Today's Clips (2/3/22)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Sarah Bloom Raskin, the White House’s nominee to be vice chair for supervision at the Federal Reserve, will find her views under fire.

Sarah Bloom Raskin and two other Fed nominees to testify at their confirmation hearing, a key hurdle on the way to confirmation.

U.S. President Joe Biden's nominees to the Federal Reserve Board came out swinging against high inflation on Wednesday, saying rising prices pose a threat to economic growth and stopping that trend is a paramount task for the central bank.

Former Federal Reserve Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin, Michigan State University's Lisa Cook, and Davidson College's Philip Jefferson are due to appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday for a confirmation hearing on their nominations to the U.S. central bank's powerful Board of Governors.

Glenn Youngkin’s upset victory in Virginia’s gubernatorial race is seen as a proof of concept by the GOP that pushing for parental rights resonates with voters

In Maryland, a memorial for two lynching victims reveals how America is grappling with its history of racial terror.

IN OTHER NEWS

The new policy requires that transgender women show lowered testosterone levels for 36 months. It is not clear whether it will be used during the N.C.A.A. swimming championships in March.

Plans for a new faculty committee to protect academic freedom came after the head of a prestigious program resigned, citing donor interference.

The F.B.I. said it was investigating the bomb threats, which disrupted life on more than a dozen campuses, as racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism and hate crimes.

Two Democratic politicians are proposing a law that would block U.S. colleges and universities from giving preferential treatment to the children of donors or alumni, in an attempt to level the playing field for admissions. 

Suspect's mother says "My son is mentally ill and he did something that I could not control and no one could come to help him."

Near uptown, Johnson C. Smith University campus police say they’re “readying” resources and reviewing protocols after lockdowns at other schools this week.

TRADES

A spate of student deaths has deeply shaken Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Student mental health issues, worsened by the pandemic, are a concern that extends to campuses across the U.S.

As historically Black colleges and universities reel from a wave of bomb threats, experts reflect on racist violence from Reconstruction to the present.

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