Author: KnowledgeHippo
When 70 university presidents gathered for a summit in late January, the topic on everyone’s mind was the crisis at Harvard.Summit hosts treated the university, battered by accusations of rampant anti-Semitism, as a case study in leadership in higher education, with a slide show of its crumbling reputation.The killer slide: “Boeing and Tesla have similar levels of negative buzz to Harvard.”In other words, Harvard, a century-old symbol of academic excellence, was generating as much negative attention as an airplane manufacturer with a door that fell from the sky and a car company with a mercurial CEO and multiple recalls.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,…
Running a child care business has long been a very difficult math problem: Many providers can barely afford to operate, yet many parents can’t afford to pay more.During the pandemic, there was temporary relief. The federal government spent $24 billion to keep the industry afloat. Many providers were given thousands of dollars a month, depending on their size, to pay for expenses, the biggest of which was salaries.But that funding, which started in April 2021, ended in September. Five months later, the business is more precarious than ever.In addition to the end of monthly checks, provider costs have risen with…
Cryoport, a major embryo shipping company, said Friday it was “suspending” its operations in Alabama as it evaluates a state Supreme Court ruling that declared frozen embryos created through IVF as children.”Until the company has further clarity on the decision and what it means for Cryoport, the clinics and intended parents, it is suspending all operations in Alabama until further notice,” read an email obtained by an Alabama fertility clinic and shared with the New York Times. .The email said Cryoport “could not help” with a scheduled shipment and would instead offer a refund.The Alabama court ruling has already significantly…
When The Ranch at Malibu opened in 2010 as a luxury health resort on 200 acres in California’s Santa Monica Mountains, its approach was somewhat radical: Guests signed up for a full week of group hikes, fitness classes, spa treatments, nutrition advice and communal spas. , organic meals without caffeine, gluten, soy or dairy. The aim, says its founder Alex Glasscock, was “to mentally and physically recharge people and recharge”. On April 15, a second location, the Ranch at Hudson Valley, is scheduled to open near Tuxedo Park, New York, in a slate and stone lakeside mansion surrounded by state…
At least no one can accuse Asian football authorities of failing to sweat the small stuff. It would be easy to overlook the little things, after all, when their job is to cultivate and promote the most popular sport on the planet for the benefit of nearly five billion people spread across a third of the planet’s land.In many ways, then, it is admirable that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) can still find the time to dictate precisely which water bottles, with which labels, fans should be allowed to carry into stadiums. This attention to detail will reassure you that…
Police in Campbellsville, Ky., have arrested a 21-year-old man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a Campbellsville student on Saturday, officials said.The student, Josiah Malachi Kilman, 18, was found unresponsive in his dorm room around 12:43 a.m. and was taken to Taylor Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said in a statement.Police identified the man they arrested as Charles E. Escalera, 21. Officials said they had obtained a warrant for his arrest, charging him with murder.The university, which confirmed Mr Escalera’s arrest on Saturday night, said he was a student.Campbellsville police said in a statement that…
Claude Montana, the bold and haunting French designer whose exquisite couture defined the edgy look of the 1980s – an erotic and androgynous hard chic that brought him fame and accolades until drugs and tragedy felled him in the 90s – died Friday in France. It was 76.The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode confirmed the death, but did not specify the cause or where she died.Mr. Montana was among a cohort of avant-garde Parisian designers, among them Thierry Mugler and later Jean Paul Gaultier, who idealized the female form in extravagant, stylized ways that harkened back…
On a recent Wednesday in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood, Moshe Onunou, a former producer for CBS, Bloomberg News and Fox News, took to Instagram. He had started his morning by reading major newspapers and over a dozen newsletters. He then spent much of the day turning many of the articles into posts on his Instagram account, under the handle Mo News.A Wall Street Journal story about aging Americans was conveyed through an image of a cake that said, “A record number of Americans will turn 65 this year: rich, active and free.” At times, Mr. Oinonu, an affable 41-year-old, has also…
Those health centers have each seen revenue losses of at least $500,000 because of the Medicaid relaxation, according to Amy Simmons Farber, a spokeswoman for the health center association.By the end of December, Family Health Centers, a network of clinics in Louisville, Ky., had lost more than 2,000 Medicaid patients since the policy change took effect in April, a decrease of nearly 6 percent, said Melissa Mather, a spokeswoman for clinic. For every one percent reduction in Medicaid patient visits, he said, the clinic sees a $175,000 to $200,000 drop in revenue.Bethesda is now engaged in a “month-to-month survival game,”…
Anthony Aranda, a 23-year-old tourist from Peru, had only two days to visit Paris with his cousin, so reaching the top of the Eiffel Tower was high on his to-do list. But on Thursday, he had to cross it off that list without even setting foot on the famous Iron Lady.A labor strike, now in its fourth day, kept the tower closed.”Next we will travel to London so this was our last chance,” Mr Aranda said in the pouring rain as he looked towards the wrought iron monument. “That was the idea, at least.”Mr Aranda, who is studying electronic engineering…