Today's Clips (8/6/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Evy Leibfarth's Olympics are over, but she will leave Paris with a bronze medal.
Evy Leibfarth has one event left in this year's Olympics, kayak cross, which begins Friday.

Evy Leibfarth of the United States earned a bronze medal in women's canoe slalom. She was sitting in third place with one competitor standing between her and a first first Olympic medal.

Older siblings have an economic leg up on their younger counterparts, according to a growing body of economic research.

Do you want to live forever as a chatbot?

Viral events for liberal white men and women have become a fundraising sensation, drawing A-list celebrities and VP contenders.

IN OTHER NEWS

Bloomberg Philanthropies gives what are thought to be record-breaking gifts to the endowments of Meharry Medical College, Morehouse and Howard University.

The appointment of Dr. Garber, who took over as interim president after Claudine Gay resigned, follows months of harsh public scrutiny and immense private turmoil at the university.

Months after protests rocked Columbia University’s campus, President Minouche Shafik is proposing additional muscle for the school’s security force.

Non-techie students are learning basic generative-AI skills as schools revamp their course offerings to be more job-friendly.

The technology that is mired in internal debate can detect text written by artificial intelligence with 99.9% certainty.

Louie Leonardo climbs inside a boiler and tries not to get knocked over by an industrial power tool. ‘You have to take pride in what we do.’

TRADES

Urban Institute researchers say the financial burden not only puts a strain on the borrowers themselves but also the social welfare programs designed to be their safety net. Student loan forgiveness was a key component of President Biden’s 2020 campaign. While the policy has faced legal and legislative challenges, the issue of Americans’ more than $1 trillion in student debt has been thrust into the national conversation, mostly centering on loan forgiveness for Generation Z young professionals and middle-aged millennials.

How to start the semester in ways that will pay off for the rest of the course.

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