H&M to use digital clones of models in ads and social media
Fashion retailer H&M is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital "twins" of 30 models. Read more
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Fulbrighters in Flux
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. Read more
Toronto appoints first female president in 200-year history
Melanie Woodin will succeed Meric Gertler, who has led Canada’s largest university for more than a decade, on 1 July Read more
New literary prize inspires students to write next ‘Great American Novel’
A new novel-writing competition with the theme “America 2076” hopes to inspire new talent, particularly students, to write the next great American work of fiction. Read more
‘It Is Remarkable How Quickly the Chill Has Descended’
Legal scholars on what Columbia University should have done — and what other colleges could do next. Read more
AAUP, Middle East Studies Association Sue Trump Over Deportations
On Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from deporting a Columbia student who moved to the U.S. when she was 7. Read more
The mind-changing method measured in minutes
People will be far more open-minded than you realise if you adopt these simple conversational techniques. Read more
Colleges and universities have received nearly $60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts, watchdog finds
American colleges and universities have received close to $60 billion in foreign gifts and contracts over a decades-long span, according to a new watchdog report. Read more
Transform by addressing ‘sacred cows’, UK universities told
Expensive pensions schemes among issues highlighted as institutions look for ways out of current turmoil Read more
ACLU sues West Virginia for grant to Catholic trades college
The ACLU is currently suing the West Virginia Water Development Authority over a $5 million grant it made to a Catholic trades college, alleging the funding violates the state constitution. Read more
