Centre College just landed a $225M anonymous gift, the heart of a $450M campaign, to expand scholarships and access for students. A landmark moment for liberal arts education. #HigherEd #Philanthropy
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WILD: The ending of Columbia and Penn was insane 🤯
Absolutely terrible game management by Penn.
But his “prestigious” military career came to an end when Barre was ousted in 1991 after two decades of oppression that saw up to 200,000 civilians killed and millions displaced.
'I served with Ilhan Omar's father in the Somali military - people were scared of him' ex-officer claims trib.al/6mNO4FE
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The donations from the Big Mac Challenge have been finalized
$31,127.07 to the Pete Frates ALS Foundation
*which Dave Portnoy is 100% matching today
*plus $1500 from Johnny, the owner of the McDonalds
So that’s $63,754.14 to them
and $6K to the Ronald McDonald House Chicago
Opportunity in action: a $50M gift from The Stephens Greth Foundation to UT Austin will create new scholarships for Permian Basin students and support the new Autry C. Stephens Engineering Discovery Building. Investing in students pays off for generations. #HigherEd
Congratulations to Dr. April Lavette Jones of Alabama A&M University, named the 2026 recipient of CSWE's Distinguished Recent Contributions to Social Work Education Award! Well deserved! #SocialWork
Big step for college access: Assam, India began monthly stipends for 540,000+ higher-ed students this week via its Nijut Moina (girls) and Nijut Babu (boys) schemes, aiming to boost enrollment and help end child marriage. #HigherEd #EducationEquity
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This is Susan Collins & Troy Jackson’s 4th debate
Jackson has gone from rolling his eyes at Collins, to burping while she speaks, to telling her to “shut up”
Classless. Disrespectful. Unacceptable.
Ithaca used to rule the industry, we can bring them back again!
Hollywood’s center of gravity is increasingly tilting to the East Coast.
While California kept its crown at No. 1 with $1.76 billion in movie and TV production spend, New York is drawing major titles at a much more rapid pace, according to industry tracker ProdPro’s closely-watched quarterly snapshot released on Thursday. The state surged 87 percent in production spend in the quarter to $1.61 billion compared with California’s 17 percent uptick.
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Incredible news. I’m sure he will be an awesome role model to the students he serves.
$161,628,892 in career earnings later, Amar'e Stoudemire is now a police officer in Miami 🫡
KFC signs Coca-Cola on as new beverage partner, ditching PepsiCo trib.al/Pd2rgh6
"A leader never stops learning." Tuskegee University President Dr. Mark A. Brown, the first alumnus to lead the university, has joined 71 leaders statewide in Leadership Alabama Class XXXVI, which launched this week. #Leadership #HBCU #HigherEd
Collins to Jackson…
#MaineSenate
Bangor Daily News: Susan Collins gets the 1st tribal endorsement of her career
The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik has endorsed U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in her reelection bid against Democrat Troy Jackson, a first for the five-term Republican.
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