Today's Clips (7/20/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

“Stephen Curry: Underrated” is a portrait of a man — the greatest three-point shooter of all time — who has felt inferior playing the game he loves since he was a scrawny kid playing on his local under-10 team.

The Powerball jackpot was the game's third highest and the seventh largest U.S. lottery prize.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 292 million to one. Can you do better?

Tim Chartier breaks down the probability that you have of winning when you play the Powerball.

Tim Chartier, a math professor from Davidson College, breaks down the lottery and gives tips on how to attempt success at winning the lottery.

A new coming-of-age play explores what happens when the American Dream collides with the reality of immigration and family.

IN OTHER NEWS

With the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children of alumni.

Marc Tessier-Lavigne was cleared of accusations of scientific fraud and misconduct. But the review said his work had “multiple problems” and “fell below customary standards of scientific rigor.”

The president of Stanford and the head football coach at Northwestern left their positions after being scrutinized in campus newspapers.

An expert panel found fault, but not misconduct, in several neuroscience papers by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Here are the details.

Institutional trust depends on loyalty and personal relationships, but loyalty needs to run both ways.

TRADES

Sarah Lawrence College will ask applicants about the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban, quoting directly from the decision. Is it a savvy workaround or a brash rejoinder? Sarah Lawrence College released a new essay prompt for applicants on Tuesday, just ahead of the launch of this year’s Common App. It directly quotes language used in the Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions.

Using courseware has become unavoidable. So has giving up information.

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