Economics website is filled with racist and sexist speech, some blame the nationโs top universities
Anonymous comments with racist, sexist and abusive messages that were posted for years on an an obscure, anonymous jobs-related website for economists originated from numerous leading U.S. universities, according to research released Thursday.
There could be a way to reverse aging health issues, study finds
According to a breakthrough study from Stanford University, our immune system weakens with age. This means it responds slower to age related diseases in the brain like dementia or makes it harder to bounce back from infection. The study says inflammatory hyperdrive plays a role in most age related disease from cancer to cognitive decline. According to the journal that published the study, a particular hormone has been found to rise with aging. The study explored what happens when you inhibit the hormone and stop it from causing this inflammatory activity.
Home security camera catches moment Nobel Prize winner finds out he won
But Paul Milgrom, a professor of Economics at Stanford University, found out he won the prestigious award while he was half asleep. pic.twitter.com/MvhxZcgutZ โ Stanford University (@Stanford) October 12, 2020When Robert Wilson rang Paul Milgrom's doorbell at 2:15 this morning, Milgrom's wife, who's in Stockholm, received a security-camera notification on her phone. Itโs Bob Wilson, youโve won the Nobel Prize," Wilson says in the video. Milgrom won the Sveriges Riksbank Prize prize in Economic Sciences for โfor improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats,โ according to the committee. Learn more about Milgromโs award by clicking here.
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
The two American economists, both professors at Stanford, won the Nobel Prize in Economics for improving how auctions work. For helping make auctions run more efficiently, two Americans on Monday won the Nobel prize for economics. Youโve won the Nobel Prize.โโ Awakened, Milgrom stammered for a moment and then said: โWow.โโThe two men tackled the tricky problem of making auctions work efficiently. Last week, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine for discovering the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus. The prize for physics honored breakthroughs in understanding black holes, and the chemistry prize went to scientists behind a powerful gene-editing tool.
'Clear as mud' housing refund plans irk college students
More and more campuses are sparking frustration by releasing plans to keep students' housing payments, even if the campuses shut down again and go entirely online in the fall. The University of South Florida and the University of Maryland have said they would not be obligated to refund students if COVID-19 prompts them to close residence halls. And Stanford University students have complained about having to move abruptly to make room for a quarantine area. The university reversed course the following week and said it would refund students living on its five physical campuses if public health officials ordered residential areas closed. Weiler said WSU wont refund students choosing to leave.
Colleges win immigration battle but fear for US reputation
They say the Trump administrations repeated attempts to curb immigration have sent students a message that they arent welcome in the United States. Higher education in the United States is still seen as the gold standard around the globe, but access to it comes with all kinds of risks, Wilcox said. More than 200 colleges signed legal briefs supporting a federal lawsuit by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Colleges have also opposed Trump's recent suspension of new H-1B work visas, which many international students use to find work after graduation. It helped orchestrate colleges' recent legal campaign, and it says it's ready to stand up for international students again.
'Heartbreaking day' โ Stanford drops 11 sports to cut costs
STANFORD, California โ Stanford was already facing some difficult financial choices as it tried to support one of the nation's largest athletics departments. Stanford also is eliminating 20 support staff positions. โAs you can imagine this has been a heartbreaking day for all of us, especially with those student-athletes and coaches involved,โ athletic director Bernard Muir said. โIf it can happen at Stanford, it can happen any place,โ Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said. Muir said the $25 million deficit for 2021 would likely double if the football season is canceled.