Will Social Media Define the Success of the Olympic Games? The Conversation Will Social Media Define the Success of the Olympic Games? Student Katerina Girginova of the Annenberg School for Communication writes about social media’s impact on the Olympics.
Why Breeding Bulldogs Is Borderline Inhumane The Washington Post Why Breeding Bulldogs Is Borderline Inhumane James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted about what it means to adhere to breed standards.
Yale Reconsiders Calhoun Name Inside Higher Ed Yale Reconsiders Calhoun Name Three months after Yale University said it would keep John C. Calhoun's name on one of its residential colleges, the university announced Monday that it is creating a new committee that could lead to the name being removed.
Our Weird Lack of Hair May Be the Key to Our Success BBC Our Weird Lack of Hair May Be the Key to Our Success Yana Kamberov of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about the production of sweat glands being connected to the production of hair.
Are Final Clubs Too Exclusive for Harvard? The New York Times Are Final Clubs Too Exclusive for Harvard? One midnight near semester’s end on the skirts of Harvard Yard, music thumped and laughs rang out from a colonnaded, Greek-revival mansion, the sort usually seen in Hollywood fantasies about fraternal campus life.
How Did Pocket Constitutions Become Bestsellers? Christian Science Monitor How Did Pocket Constitutions Become Bestsellers? A study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that just 36 percent of Americans could name all three branches of the U.S. government and 35 percent could only name one.
Meet the Young Republicans Who Founded ‘Students for Trump’ Chronicle of Higher Education Meet the Young Republicans Who Founded ‘Students for Trump’ Last October, when Ryan A. Fournier was about a month into his first semester at Campbell University, he identified a weakness in Donald J. Trump’s candidacy for president: a lack of social-media outreach to college-age voters. An ambitious young conservative, Mr. Fournier is a staunch supporter of Mr. Trump. The student sees the real-estate mogul as a "man of the people" who knows how to create jobs and stem illegal immigration. So Mr.
Audio: YouTube Stars to Livestream the Olympics Marketplace (NPR) Audio: YouTube Stars to Livestream the Olympics Jonah Berger of the Wharton School comments on the popularity of YouTube stars and livestreaming the upcoming Olympics.
Welcome to an Age Where the Facts Don’t Matter MacLean’s Welcome to an Age Where the Facts Don’t Matter Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the impact of factcheck.org, the non-partisan website she co-founded.
‘It Just Happened’ Inside Higher Ed ‘It Just Happened’ Either by choice or when required to do by state legislation, colleges in recent years have moved toward a policy of affirmative consent.