Today's Clips (3/28/25)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Many customers are questioning the safety of their DNA information after a popular genetic testing company declared bankruptcy.

Steph Curry doesn’t just roll out of bed and get buckets. Compression sleeves, naps, and spinach have allowed him to keep thriving in the NBA.

Curry's alma mater is hoping that his big donation to its basketball programs can bring Davidson back to the NCAA Tournament.
IN OTHER NEWS

And how universities can fight the president’s “destroying agenda.”

The world’s most famous green frog will most likely give some encouraging words to the class of 2025.

California banned affirmative action decades ago. The Trump administration says it plans to investigate whether schools there are still considering race.

The Turkish national with a student visa was detained by federal authorities this week.

Are anti-Israel groups at Columbia a ‘propaganda arm’ of the terrorists?

A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Texas A&M university system’s ban on drag shows at its campuses, allowing “Draggieland” to go on.

Elon University often gets confused with the billionaire in charge of DOGE, despite no connection, but the mix-ups have increased in the most recent Trump era.

The 79-page audit details a variety of financial reporting deficiencies that have “snowballed” over the last several years.

Duke University is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons from the hit HBO show The White Lotus.

Yes, college campuses are full of oddballs with strange — and sometimes objectionable — ideas. It’s a feature, not a bug.

Republicans are targeting university endowment tax hikes to help reduce the national deficit and as a potential lever to force universities to comply with the Trump administration’s priorities.

Nearly a third of the academic institutions under investigation for antisemitism by the Trump administration had already resolved earlier complaints or had never been subject to such complaints at all, according to 31 colleges' responses to Reuters queries and an analysis of public records.

The planned purge is another escalation of Trump's aggressive crackdown on immigration and antisemitism that civil libertarians say stifles campus speech.

America’s colleges and universities enrich everyone in ways that aren’t often acknowledged. It’s high time to remind Americans of them.

TRADES

Some foreign Fulbright students are still waiting to hear about their visas for next academic year while applicants remain in the dark about their status. As the academic year comes to a close, international students in the U.S. as part of the Fulbright program usually turn to their advisers at the Institute of International Education, the nonprofit that administers Fulbright programs, for help with immigration paperwork. That can include signing off on visa renewals, helping students get authorization to work in the U.S. after graduation and even booking plane tickets home for those whose scholarships include travel costs.

The flagship has struggled mightily to recruit and retain students of color, but the scope of Thursday’s cuts still came as a shock to many.

Archive available here: davidson-clips.ongoodbits.com
*|LIST:ADDRESS|*
Unsubscribe | View in browser