Author: KnowledgeHippo

“Finding a president is a very complicated process because everyone in the university’s constituency is interested in that choice, and making the right choice is important to everyone,” said John Isaacson, president of Isaacson, Miller, a firm that has assisted in searches for many top schools. “It’s a process that takes time.”UCLA and Yale did not respond to questions about their presidential searches.Some presidential candidates are as wary as the schools. Dr. Dirks, a former UC Berkeley chancellor, said he had heard of candidate pools shrinking as presidential candidates pondered the trappings of the jobs, despite mansion-like housing on campus…

It’s 1:01 a.m. on a Sunday morning in May, and Lorne Michaels, the creator and producer of “Saturday Night Live,” has just finished the final episode of the 49th season. He spent those 90 minutes walking backstage, hands in pockets, surveying the actors, allowing himself only an occasional chuckle of satisfaction.As cast members flood the stage to celebrate another year in the books, they enthusiastically embrace each other and the evening’s host, actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and musical guest, pop phenomenon Sabrina Carpenter.But on the floor, Michaels, 79, just finished his 20th show of the year with resignation: “I only see…

Leaders at Elon Musk’s social media company X told employees this week that 65 percent of advertisers had returned to the platform since January, according to meeting tapes obtained by The New York Times, and that smaller companies now make up the majority of its revenue.Executives, including Linda Yaccarino, who was appointed to run the company a year ago, acknowledged that the company continued to face challenges as it rebuilt its beleaguered advertising business. They did not provide updated sales figures, according to three people in attendance Wednesday and Thursday, who noted that the return of advertisers does not necessarily…

The early 1920s was the era of the gentleman driver, mostly rich men with their expensive machines, using roads that were still full of horses. At the second 24 Hours of Le Mans, held in 1924, two of these men, driving a Bentley, won the race, giving rise to the term Bentley Boys.The Automobile Club de l’Ouest, the organizers, made a major change for 1924. Due to heavy rain in 1923, they moved the race forward three weeks to mid-June, when it is still held today.New rules were also introduced. The club used the race to emphasize the durability and…

Drinking increased during the pandemic, so news of all kinds about alcohol seems to have found a receptive audience in recent years. In 2022, an episode of the “Huberman Lab” podcast devoted to discussing the various dangers of alcohol to the body and brain was one of the most popular of the series that year. Non-alcoholic spirits have gained such traction that they’ve begun to form the basis of entire nightlife guides. and more people now report consuming cannabis than alcohol on a daily basis.Some governments are responding to the new research by revising their messaging. Last year, Ireland became…

When my Saudi Arabia Travel Story was published online last week, some readers were alarmed.Why, they wanted to know, had the New York Times travel team devoted so much time and effort to a country whose authoritarian government has committed serious human rights abuses? Why was the kingdom worthy of our attention? How much had the government paid us for our coverage?The last question is the easiest to answer: Accepting money (or any other benefit) in exchange for coverage is strictly prohibited by The Times’ ethics guidelines. We just don’t.But in the context of Saudi Arabia, I can understand why…

As part of any diplomatic settlement with Hezbollah, Israel required the group to withdraw its forces north of the Litani River in Lebanon, according to a United Nations Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war between the two sides. The resolution stipulated that only United Nations forces and the Lebanese army would be allowed in the area, but both sides have accused the other of violating it.Analysts say Hezbollah is unlikely to withdraw its forces from the border. French mediators instead proposed a smaller security zone that would extend about six miles beyond Lebanon’s border with Israel and an…

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a formal apology Friday for the church’s role in the abuse and trauma experienced by Native Americans in the United States, particularly in church-run boarding schools that tried to force the assimilation of Native American children into American culture. .Beginning in the 19th century, hundreds of thousands of indigenous children were removed from their families and sent to schools, where they often faced abuse, neglect, and hard labor. Of the more than 500 domestic boarding schools established across the country, most with federal participation or support, 87 were run by Catholics, according to…

A Houston bankruptcy judge on Friday ordered the personal assets of Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to be liquidated and sold, with the proceeds distributed to Sandy Hook families. But the judge spared Mr Jones from shutting down his Infowars business empire.The ruling will allow Mr. Jones to continue broadcasting on Infowars while the families continue to seek payment of the huge defamation damages awarded to them.The outcome sharply divided the families of Sandy Hook. The families who sued Mr. Jones in Texas supported Friday’s ruling, which will keep Mr. Jones on the air but allow them to potentially receive…

In the last year, two philosophy professors have been calling eminent writers and public intellectuals with an unusual, perhaps heretical, proposition. They asked these thinkers if, for a handsome fee, they wouldn’t mind turning into AI chatbots.John Kaag, one of the academics, is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He is known for writing books such as “Hiking With Nietzsche” and “American Philosophy: A Love Story,” which combine philosophy and memoir.Clancy Martin, Mr. Kaag’s partner in the effort, is a professor at the University of Missouri in Kansas City and the author of 10 books, including “How Not…