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FT SeriesThe world’s best house museums
House museums #64: Edgar Allan Poe
...The interiors are spartan, with modest furnishings, a reproduction of Poe’s writing desk and a few (potentially) authentic items: a mirror, a bed and a rocking chair....
April 20, 2024
FT Schools
FT Schools competition: what sustainability actions will you prioritise?
...The judges are looking for: A clear essay or ArcGIS StoryMap, supported by evidence and which reaches a clear conclusion Submissions that do not exceed 1,000 words (excluding references) Referenced sources...
April 13, 2024
FT Live
Investing in Piauí – Brazil
Exploring business opportunities and delivering sustainable growth
Friday, 17 May22 Vanderbilt, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, USA
Live news: Columbia University switches to remote learning as tension over protests grows
Columbia University switches to remote learning as tension over protests grows
...Antisemitic language, like any other language that is used to hurt and frighten people, is unacceptable and appropriate action will be taken,” she said in a statement....
April 22, 2024
US society
Columbia University calls in police to break up pro-Palestinian protest
...The tough action came a day after she and other senior university officials had testified in front of a largely hostile congressional education committee, speaking out firmly against antisemitism and naming...
April 18, 2024
Special ReportFuture of AI
Healthcare professionals demonstrate immunity to AI
...In 2021, a first practical example emerged of AI identifying a drug that has been put into practice: baricitinib, an existing treatment for rheumatoid arthritis was shown to be a way to treat complications...
March 26, 2024
News in-depthAnt Group
Chinese fintech Ant Group targets global growth after Jack Ma’s exit
...When Chinese regulators torpedoed the $37bn listing of Ant Group in 2020 to rein in billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma’s financial empire, the future of his lending and payments business was thrown into doubt...
April 4, 2024
FT Live
Innovation in Wealth Management Summit
Augmented intelligence for client-centric services
Thursday, 2 May9 Montague Close, London, UK
Israel-Hamas war
New York police arrest NYU protesters as US campus tensions rise
...We need a reset.”...
April 23, 2024
ReviewAlbums
Bleachers review — Jack Antonoff’s band blend New York indie-rock with Bruce Springsteen
...Last month Jack Antonoff won the Grammy prize for best producer for the third year running. “I love you to death, Taylor,” he said, brandishing the award....
March 6, 2024
Special ReportFT Wealth: April
Hillsdale College: the conservative model for education
...It was dedicated in 2019 by the conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after a $30mn fundraising campaign kick-started with $12.5mn from Jack Babbitt, a chemical engineer turned Christian philanthropist...
April 12, 2024
HTSI
Can John and Jack Whitaker make Olympic showjumping history?
...Jack shoots back. While the Whitaker name is lauded whenever one of its members enters a ring, John has a special place in the hearts of showjumping fans....
April 2, 2024
US society
Gifts to Wharton fall amid campus tensions after Hamas attack on Israel
...Alumni pressure helped trigger a shake-up leading to the resignation of Scott Bok as chair of the board of trustees, and the departure of Liz Magill as president after she struggled at a congressional hearing...
April 8, 2024
Gender politics
Academics boycott Wiley gender journal after ‘anti-woke’ shift
...Publishers also face growing demands to increase subscription revenues at a time of cuts to university research budgets and a shift to open-access platforms....
March 15, 2024
Special ReportOnline MBA 2024
Online MBAs move beyond isolated, independent study
...It keeps the online costs low partly by stripping down the elective elements to focus on a core series of courses. A few schools have moved away from in-person tuition entirely....
March 10, 2024
Harvard University
Former Harvard president urges scrapping of legacy admissions
...“Unless there is persistent harassment of particular students or a really clear and present danger, freedom of speech must be given a very broad latitude,” he said....
February 26, 2024
News updates from April 4: British billionaire avoids prison for insider trading; Italy seizes assets in EU fund fraud case
Stanford University taps business school dean Jonathan Levin as new president
...Levin will be a relatively rare example of a business school leader taking the top job at a leading university, and at a time of fierce focus on the costs, content and values of higher education in the US...
April 4, 2024
FT Live
Finance Disrupted at TNW Conference
Shaking The Foundations Of Finance | Formerly Future of Finance
Thursday, 20 JuneAmsterdam, Netherlands
Special ReportEurope’s Leading Start-up Hubs
Turning ideas into technology: the value of university-business links
...Even if they fail, as long as people come out with an entrepreneurial toolbox, we see that as a win.”...
March 14, 2024
Education
Campaigners raise millions for US campus antisemitism lawsuits
...“We have a number of others who we’re going to be suing, and it’s going to be soon,” said Marc Kasowitz, a high-profile litigator and partner with the firm Kasowitz Benson Torres, which has brought recent...
March 14, 2024
Letter
Letter: Boeing and the Jack Welch quip on shareholder value
...In that regard, the board and senior executives of Boeing might also reflect on the perspective of the late Jack Welch, often regarded as the father of the “shareholder value” movement....
January 26, 2024
Letter
Letter: Greek and Roman culture, the influence is undeniable
...One senses underneath Tristram Hunt’s characteristically well-rounded review of Josephine Quinn’s “How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History” (Books, Life & Arts, March 2) lurks a doubt about her...
March 15, 2024
White collar crime
Ponzi scheme that tapped Harvard Business School network shut down
...An alleged Ponzi scheme run by a Harvard MBA who solicited money from fellow alumni of the prestigious US business school has been shut down by a New York court after collecting more than $2.9mn....
February 29, 2024
Transcript
Transcript: Can Boeing get back on track?
...But Afghans are finding a way to get past the bans through online courses. Joining me now to discuss is the FT’s Andrew Jack. Hey, Andrew. Andrew Jack Hi....
January 9, 2024
News in-depthNikkei Asia
Cambodia vexes Vietnam with plan to divert Mekong trade via China-built canal
...Last year China Harbour Engineering, a subsidiary of CBRC, signed a contract to help build the port....
March 21, 2024
Education
‘Learning crisis’ brews in lower-income countries, warn experts
...“There’s a learning crisis, but we are backtracking on measuring learning poverty,” said Rachel Glennerster, associate economics professor at the University of Chicago who sits on a leading educational panel...
February 7, 2024
MBA
Challenging era puts the traditional MBA under scrutiny
...While much of the polemic is focused on undergraduate education, even business schools have not been exempt from a level of criticism and antagonism not seen in more than half a century — since the McCarthy...
February 11, 2024
Education
Columbia University faces pressure to help impoverished students
...“We think we can get there but it’s a decades-long process. We are 75 years old while Columbia was founded in 1754 and has a greater share of the endowment.”...
February 11, 2024

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