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Shelby Kennedy Releases New Book On Navigating The Music Business

Veteran music executive and songwriter Shelby Kennedy has penned a new book for aspiring [...]

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May 19 • 10:43 AM EDT • Business • musicrow.com
Report: Suns will explore trading into draft's 1st round

The Phoenix Suns enter the 2026 NBA Draft with the 47th pick. A path to moving into the first round remains hard to see.

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May 18 • 4:54 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Georgia Republicans Grasp for a Contender to Take On Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

On the eve of their primary, Republicans have grown nervous about their prospects in November against Mr. Ossoff, regarded as the most vulnerable Democratic senator in the fall midterms.

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May 18 • 2:13 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Aspiring actress travels across the world to pursue entertainment career
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May 18 • 11:58 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Cancelled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake's voiced protagonist and naked robo-person bums bared in this reportedly leaked cinematic

A cinematic reportedly from the cancelled Aspyr version of the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has leaked.

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May 18 • 11:35 AM EDT • Technology • rockpapershotgun.com
CAA Baseball Weekly Awards

Campbell senior infielder Joey Morton was selected as the CAA baseball Player of the Week, while Hofstra senior Carlos Martinez and Northeastern junior Robbie O’Connor shared CAA Pitcher of the Week honors. Charleston freshman outfielder Nick Diaz was chosen as the CAA Rookie of the Week.

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May 18 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • caasports.com
Report: Cancelled Star Wars KOTOR Remake Version Surfaces With Opening Cinematic

MP1st has come across a newly surfaced cinematic from Aspyr's canceled Star Wars KOTOR Remake, showing familiar characters for fans.

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May 17 • 5:11 PM EDT • Technology • mp1st.com
Local nonprofit hosts expo to celebrate Small Business Week

The nonprofit Aspire Community Capital wrapped up its celebration of Small Business Week with an expo at West Charlotte High School.

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May 17 • 1:52 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Natrona County health and food inspections (5/8/26–5/14/26)

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and

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May 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • oilcity.news
A unique Oregon law allows it to block healthcare deals. In five years, the state hasn’t done so once

Lawmakers said that giving the state oversight would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs. Some who supported the law say it hasn’t been nearly as effective as they hoped.

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May 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • opb.org
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch

The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.

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May 17 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
To Critics, Trump Remarks Reveal a Billionaire Out of Touch

The president has never pretended to be an ordinary American, but a recent “truth bomb” has opened him to criticism that he doesn’t grasp the economic strain of his war with Iran.

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May 17 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Too many mistakes cost Yankees in loss to Mets

At least one thing went wrong in every aspect of the game as the Yankees took a loss on Saturday.

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May 16 • 10:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Aaron Rodgers reportedly agrees to 1-year-deal with Steelers

Former NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers is running it back with the Steelers as he reportedly agreed to a one-year deal to return to Pittsburgh.

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May 16 • 8:37 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
3-star Wayne Shanks Jr. commits to Arizona

The Wildcats got their first running back for 2027, three-star Wayne Shanks Jr., who now headlines the class regardless of position.

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May 16 • 4:02 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Bill Nye Says 'It's Still Hard to Grasp' the Impact of His Beloved Science Show: 'Put My Heart and Soul into It' (Exclusive)

'Bill Nye the Science Guy' premiered in 1993 and ran until 1998 on PBS, later becoming a staple across classrooms in the country

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May 16 • 2:58 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Randy Bennett's 1st ASU roster nearly set

A look at what ASU's starting lineup could like and where the roster could use more help ahead of Randy Bennett's first season at the helm.

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May 16 • 2:15 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Feature: Moore ’26 Keeps Busy with Double Science Major and Music

Luke Moore ’26 came to Kansas Wesleyan on a music scholarship. He’s graduating this weekend (May 16) with a double major in Chemistry and Physics. He’s as active on the music side as he is with his science activities — he’s played the cello for 10 years, including four years at Kansas Wesleyan. It’s common, he said, for scientists and musicians to share those interests. “I’ve spoken to plenty of musicians who would have done science if they weren’t musicians, and I’ve talked to plenty of scientists who would have done music if they weren’t scientists,” Mooresaid. He played the cello in the string orchestra, which he’s done since his first year, and as a junior and senior, sang in the Philharmonic Choir as a bass. He hadn’t sung in a choir since middle schoolin Garden City, but he found he really enjoys that aspect of his college career. Also as a junior, Moore helped re-activate the STEM Club as vice president. For two years, he helped build the club’s battlebot. Last year the bot came home from battles in Kansas City in pieces, lots of pieces. This year it came home with the first-place trophy. He’s helped make frozen nitrogen ice cream at Homecoming and other events and helped organize the STEM Club’s first gingerbread house competition for the holidays. Willing to get his hands – and face – dirty for science, he encouraged fellow musicians and scientists to smash him in the face with whipped cream pies on Pi Day (March 14) as a fundraiser for the STEM Club. His capstone project involved developing a metallic organic framework (MOF) that takes a methylene blue dye out of water. “I’m proud that I was able to design this project, and I was proud that I did end up making the MOF,” Moore said. The professors and attitudes at KWU have made all this possible. “I don’t actually have time for everything,” Moore said. “I have to prioritize things. Things inevitably fall through the cracks, but it’s hard for me to choose one over the other, because I like a lot of things. And I don’t want to not do music, and I don’t want to not do science.” Moore said that Kansas Wesleyan, as a smaller university, gives students the opportunity to try things. “If I were to want to be in a music ensemble, it would probably be a bit harder in a larger school. One nice thing about this school is that everyone’s involved in something,” he said. “Professors know that you have other things going on, and they are flexible and understanding.” Moore has applied to grad schools, with an goal of earning his Ph.D. and landing at a university big enough to allow for a small research team that also gives him an opportunity to teach. He’s off to a good start. Moore is receiving the award for Outstanding Research in the Math, Physics and Computer Studies Department at Commencement this year. Story by Jean Kozubowski

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May 15 • 4:27 PM EDT • Science • kwu.edu
Saints Jamie Meeks awarded ASPDA Service Award

Director of Sports Nutrition honored at American Sports and Performance Dietitians Association’s 18th Annual Conference

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May 15 • 12:21 PM EDT • Sports • neworleanssaints.com
The State of Rural Hospitals in the U.S, 2012-2023

ASPE’s Office of Health Policy has developed an Issue Brief modeling the key determinants of rural hospital closure or conversion as well as an interactive Rural Hospital Dashboard to highlight key characteristics and trends among rural hospitals. The Issue Brief uses a Cox proportional hazards model to identify low occupancy rates, for-profit ownership and proximity to an urban county as key determinants of closure or conversion to outpatient only facilities.

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May 15 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • aspe.hhs.gov
Bickley: Cardinals face brutal schedule

No team with 14 losses the previous season has ever been gifted as brutal a schedule as the 2026 Arizona Cardinals, Dan Bickley writes.

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May 14 • 9:57 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Aspen launches new platform for business licensing, tax filing, STR permitting

The city of Aspen has announced the transition to a new online platform, Localgov, for business licensing, short-term rental permitting and local tax filing beginning June 1.

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May 14 • 4:38 PM EDT • Business • aspentimes.com
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NFL schedule leaks: Cardinals to face Chargers in Week 1

The Cardinals' full NFL schedule doesn't drop until Thursday afternoon, but that hasn't stopped the leaks from pouring in.

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May 14 • 2:27 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Gavin Newsom Beats The Drum For Nationwide Entertainment Industry Incentives, And Dances Around His Presidential Aspirations

Throughout his decades in politics, Gavin Newsom has been called everything under the California sun by friends and foes alike, but there is one moniker the two-term Golden State governor embraces, th...

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May 14 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Meet Anno Takahiro, founder of Japan’s hottest political party

The software engineer and sci-fi writer wants to use AI to reshape politics

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May 14 • 8:55 AM EDT • Politics • economist.com
Aspen Science Center interns level up community education

In autumn 2025, the Aspen Science Center (ASC) launched a new program, Community STEM Leaders Interns (CSLI), to supplement its long-standing Summer

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May 13 • 7:30 PM EDT • Science • soprissun.com
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Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang are in a HBO doc on being Asian American, Pacific Islander

Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, “The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” has dropped on HBO Max | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

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May 13 • 12:13 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang are in a HBO doc on being Asian American, Pacific Islander

Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, “The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” has dropped on HBO Max | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

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May 13 • 12:13 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
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Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang are in a HBO doc on being Asian American, Pacific Islander

Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, “The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” has dropped on HBO Max | WBEN

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Sandra Oh, Kumail Nanjiani and Bowen Yang are in a HBO doc on being Asian American, Pacific Islander

Timed for release during AAPI Heritage Month, “The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas” has dropped on HBO Max | 830 WCCO

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Apple Plans Customizable Camera for Pros, Siri Design Changes in iOS 27

Apple Inc. is planning to upgrade its Camera app, making the software fully customizable as part of a broader set of user interface changes coming in its next iPhone software update.

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May 12 • 3:43 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com
Grizzlies forward, Desert Vista alum Brandon Clarke dead at 29

Brandon Clarke went to Desert Vista High School in Phoenix before a pair of college stops. He was drafted in the first round of the 2019 NBA Draft.

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May 12 • 2:31 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Diamondbacks trade OF Alek Thomas to Dodgers

The Diamondbacks acquired a 17-year-old prospect from the Dodgers for Alek Thomas.

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May 12 • 11:05 AM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
New Software: Introducing Rivian Assistant and Rivian Unified Intelligence

Unlike basic voice command tools found in phone-mirroring systems, Rivian Assistant is built directly into your vehicle’s hardware and software, providing the unique power to talk to every aspect of the vehicle and get things done for you.

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May 12 • 10:59 AM EDT • Technology • stories.rivian.com
Aspirity inks debut deal with stake for payments business

The private equity firm closed its first-time fund last year with €890m in commitments

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May 12 • 3:19 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
Donells Candies, GW Mechanical win Casper Chamber business awards

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 123rd year of supporting local industry May 6 by honoring the people and businesses

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May 11 • 7:45 PM EDT • Business • oilcity.news
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What's the early read on Cardinals' Mike LaFleur-led offense?

It hasn't taken long for Cardinals playmakers to understand (or even love) the philosophy behind first-year head coach Mike LaFleur's offense.

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May 11 • 11:53 AM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Nike Gives TODAY Inside Look at Its Sports Research Lab

TODAY's Craig Melvin gets a rare look at Nike's high tech sport research lab, where scientists and engineers are working to understand the demands of the sport, the athlete, and the environments they play in to innovate and improve every aspect of athletic performances. The 84,000 sq. ft. facility boasts tech-embedded basketball courts, turf fields, treadmills, and sweat rooms that give Nike designers real time feedback on every kind of athletic performance.

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May 11 • 9:52 AM EDT • Sports • today.com
The Business Of “Summer”—How Summer Fridays Built Beauty’s Most Aspirational Feeling

Summer Fridays didn’t just build a beauty brand: it built a feeling. Eight years after launching with Jet Lag Mask, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland own "summer."

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May 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
CAA Baseball Weekly Awards

Campbell sophomore utility player Jett Music was chosen as the CAA baseball Player of the Week, while Northeastern senior Luc Rising and Charleston graduate student Kurt Rogers shared CAA Pitcher of the Week honors. UNCW freshman pitcher Trey Williford was selected as the CAA Rookie of the Week.

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May 11 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • caasports.com
Eduardo Rodriguez just short of complete game in win

Diamondbacks pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez dominated the New York Mets through 8.1 innings on Sunday.

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May 10 • 6:37 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Serie A official line-ups: Milan vs. Atalanta

Milan in crisis miss Christian Pulisic, so Santiago Gimenez partners Rafael Leao upfront against Atalanta’s Giacomo Raspadori and Charles De Ketelaere.It kicks off at San Siro at 19.45 UK time (20.4...

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May 10 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Natrona County health and food inspections (5/1/26–5/7/26)

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and

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May 10 • 10:00 AM EDT • Health • oilcity.news
Class of 2026: Aspiring medical illustrator Zora Weir-Gertzog is drawn

At VCU, her two degrees, independent project and broad collaborations reflect longtime creativity and motivation.

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May 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • news.vcu.edu
Diamondbacks' Justin Martinez begins throwing bullpens

Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Justin Martinez throws "electric" first bullpen since Tommy John surgery.

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May 9 • 5:57 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Cardinals rookie Karson Sharar's patience paid off

Patience paid dividends for former Iowa linebacker Karson Sharar, as he turned starting reps as a senior into a shot at NFL glory.

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May 9 • 1:07 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Roma’s Manu Kone not unsellable, confirms Gian Piero Gasperini

Manu Kone has been one of the best midfielders in Serie A across the last two seasons. There is now a rising possibility of him departing at the end of the campaign.There have been doubts that the Fre...

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May 9 • 8:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
One Critical Factor Predicts Longevity Better Than Diet or Exercise, Study Finds

It's vital for almost every aspect of our well-being.

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May 8 • 6:41 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Cardinals' dialog with Jacoby Brissett 'good'

The Cardinals and veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett continue to have discussions amid his request for a raise and absence from voluntary work.

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May 8 • 3:19 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Computer science students take video games from concepts to the actual arcade

Along the way, the aspiring game designers in Professor Srikanth Vemula’s course had the chance to collaborate with other departments across campus to yield impressive finished products.

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May 8 • 2:02 PM EDT • Science • csbsju.edu
Mid-Michigan entertainment for the weekend of May 8-10 and beyond

Check out what’s going on around the area.

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May 8 • 6:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • themorningsun.com
Multi-use clinic River City Health & Wellness finds its solo space in Scott's Addition

“People can do their workout, do their recovery aspect, and they’ve got their providers all on-site,” owner Helen Robertson said. “I do think this model’s going to really start taking off…I know we’re the first ones in Virginia doing all of the things under one roof.”

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May 8 • 2:01 AM EDT • Health • richmondbizsense.com
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Nihar Gala Scholarship Program for American Entrepreneurs Launches to Support Emerging American Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders

Seaford, Delaware--(Newsfile Corp. - May 8, 2026) - The Nihar Gala Scholarship for American Entrepreneurs officially opens its application cycle, offering a strategic opportunity for undergraduate students and aspiring business professionals across the United States. This initiative focuses on identifying the next generation of innovators who demonstrate resilience and a clear vision for the future of the American economy. By providing financial support and a platform for creative thought, Nihar

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May 8 • 1:22 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
The Real Danger to Women Isn’t Hormone Therapy, It’s Bad Science

Are all hormones created equal? Drs Rachel Rubin and Kelly Casperson unpack the missing details in recent menopause research and explain why nuance matters.

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May 7 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • medscape.com
ASU's Randy Bennett on NIL, retention

Randy Bennett shared his vision for roster building that runs counter to modern NIL when he was formally introduced Thursday, crediting his staff for getting the tenure started right while he dealt with a health situation.

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May 7 • 5:40 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
The National Academy of Sciences Elects Two Berkeley Lab Researchers

Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. They are part of a cohort of 120 new members and 25 international members. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and — alongside the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Medicine — provides science, engineering, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. The 2026 electees bring the total number of active members to 2,705 with 557 international members. Gary Karpen is a biologist senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Biological Systems and Engineering Division and a Professor of Cell and Developmental Physiology in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. Karpen studies how the structure, organization, and maintenance of genetic material impact inheritance and cell function. His lab focuses on chromatin — a packaged form of DNA strands wrapped around proteins that comprises our chromosomes — with a particular emphasis on centromeres, rarely expressed sequences called heterochromatin, DNA repair, and regulatory RNAs. His research reveals insights into fundamental aspects of nuclear organization and genome regulation that are shared across the tree of life, broadening our understanding of cancer and other diseases, birth defects, and aging. Kam-Biu Luk is a Professor Emeritus of physics at UC Berkeley and a retired senior faculty scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Physics Division. He is an experimental particle physicist whose research has focused on neutrinos: nearly massless, electrically neutral elementary particles that can pass through matter virtually undetected. Neutrinos are created during radioactive decay processes, including the fusion process occurring in stars and the fission process that powers nuclear reactors. Luk initiated and co-led the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, a project based in China with more than 200 international collaborators. In 2012, the Daya Bay experiment discovered a new form of a phenomenon called “neutrino oscillation” in which neutrinos change from one type to another. For this discovery, Luk and his collaborator Yifan Wang received the 2014 American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields W.K.H. Panofsky Prize for outstanding work in experimental particle physics, and he was also the co-recipient of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize. Luk is currently participating in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) hosted by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, which will investigate any potential difference in behavior between neutrinos and antineutrinos that may shed light on the evolution of the universe, especially why antimatter is absent in the present universe. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 7 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Arts & Entertainment Agenda, May 8-14

‘The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition,” May 7-10 Theatre Aspen Education presents Nickelodeon’s “The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition,” daily at 7 p.m. May 7, 8 and 9 and at 2 p.m. May 10 at Black Box...

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May 7 • 10:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • aspentimes.com
Victoria Beckham’s Teen Daughter Turned Her Skin Issues Into Business Idea

Victoria Beckham’s teen daughter turned her skin problem into a business idea. During an episode of the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast, the fashion designer made an appearance. She spoke about how h...

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May 7 • 9:09 AM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Tom Aspinall reveals his UFC 328 main event prediction

We're deep into UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland fight week and analysts, fighters, and fans are making their predictions for the main event middleweight title bout. Undefeated champion Khamzat Chimaev puts his title on the line for the first time against former titleholder Sean Strickland and ...

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May 7 • 12:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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ASU's Randy Bennett 'feeling great,' ready for Big 12 challenge

Arizona State head basketball coach Randy Bennett's early stages in his new role weren't what he drew up.

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May 6 • 6:12 PM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
Trump's student loan limits could rock the health care industry

Borrowing limits could force aspiring doctors to drop out or seek risky private loans.

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May 6 • 5:14 PM EDT • Health • axios.com
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Baltic health ministers convene in Vilnius for 20th Baltic Policy Dialogue

Milestone anniversary edition focuses on long-term care investment as ageing populations place growing pressure on health and social systems across the region Vilnius, 6 May 2026 — Health ministers from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are meeting in Vilnius today (5-6 May 2026) for the 20th edition of the Baltic Policy Dialogue (BPD), a milestone that marks two decades of structured, evidence-based health policy cooperation across the three Baltic States. Jointly organised by the governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies and the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the BPD has since 2004 served as a unique sub-regional platform where senior health decision-makers can candidly exchange experiences, examine comparative evidence, and explore policy options. Founded in the wake of the Baltic EU accession, the BPD series was born from a shared ambition: to open a wider window into health systems across Europe and to build lasting cooperation among countries with common aspirations and shared challenges.

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May 6 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • eurohealthobservatory.who.int
Ludacris to be inducted into Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame

Atlanta hip-hop artist Ludacris has been named one of the newest inductees into the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame.

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May 6 • 7:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Monroe County Region high school sports roundup for Tuesday, May 5

Summerfield's girls track and field team had to improvise to reach Whiteford in time for its meet, then clinched its first league title since 1990.

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May 5 • 11:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Can a new Heisman program empower the next generation of youth sports?

Heisman and The Aspen Institute are teaming in an effort to empower leaders across high school athletics. And to reach as many kids as possible.

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May 5 • 6:08 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
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Roma’s sporting director shortlist revealed

Roma is seeking clarity regarding the future. Gasperini was eloquent in his press conference: mistakes are forbidden in the pursuit of returning to the Champions League, and no more confusion in plann...

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May 5 • 3:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Indianapolis to host national NRA conventions in 2029, 2031

Each of the events is expected to draw more than 70,000 visitors and generate $26.4 million for the city's economy.

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May 4 • 4:02 PM EDT • Business • ibj.com
Hobbyist xenomorphs Raspberry Pi into Alien-themed DIY laptop

: Everything you need to build the PS-85 is available from its designer's website, even if you can't get to space

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May 4 • 3:07 PM EDT • Technology • theregister.com
CAA Baseball Weekly Awards

Campbell senior infielder Joey Morton was selected as the CAA baseball Player of the Week, while Charleston junior Carson Bryant received CAA Pitcher of the Week honors. Campbell freshman outfielder Carlos Lugo repeated as the CAA Rookie of the Week.

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May 4 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • caasports.com
CAA Softball Weekly Awards

RICHMOND, Va. – Towson’s Alyssa Myint went nearly perfect at the dish to secure Player of the Week honors, while UNCW’s Lynsie Herman and Hofstra’s Madison Steppe snagged CAA Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively, on Monday.

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May 4 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • caasports.com
Global Health & WASH: May 2026 Funding Opportunities (14 new opportunities!)

The May update for Global Health & WASH brings new calls that cluster around three distinct shifts: LMIC research leadership moving from funder encouragement into a hard eligibility constraint, pharmaceutical and corporate-linked funders running structurally independent education and use-inspired research portfolios at substantial scale, and AI adoption shifting decisively from speculative tool to operational capability across health and WASH systems alike. In LMIC Research Leadership as Eligibility, Not Encouragement, Wellcome anchors the dominant signal of the month with three separate major calls that all require or strongly center LMIC leadership in their basic eligibility architecture. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs (£1.5-£1.9M per hub over 3-5 years) explicitly requires an LMIC-based lead applicant, treating Global South leadership as a design constraint rather than a participation goal. Wellcome’s Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award funds transdisciplinary teams whose lead must be a mid-career or established researcher based at an organization in Africa, South Asia, or Southeast Asia. Wellcome’s larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1M-£8M for optimizing licensed interventions) requires the administering organization to be in eligible LMIC regions and at least 50% of applicants based there. Around Wellcome, the same pattern shows up at smaller scale and across funders: CHINNOVA channels $1M into West and Central African research institutions for climate-health work; IBRO’s Neuroscience Training Grants explicitly tier ceilings by region of residence with Africa receiving the highest amount ($5,000); IHME’s GBD Emerging Researcher Award reserves at least one of its two annual awards for an LMIC researcher; Sidaction’s HIV Cure call funds research teams across France, the Netherlands, and eligible African countries with a minimum two-country collaboration requirement. Taken together, these calls signal a meaningful shift in how research equity is being operationalized — not as encouragement language at the bottom of a call, but as a structural feature of who can lead, where the work must be administered, and what proportion of the team must be regionally rooted. In Pharma-Funded Independent Medical Education and Use-Inspired Research, the lineup this month is unusually deep. Pfizer alone runs four parallel calls under independent education and quality improvement frameworks: a Migraine and Women’s Health RFP (200K x 2-year, $500K pool), Migraine IME ($200K, $1M pool), JAK Inhibitor evidence-based education ($100K), and Maternal Vaccination HCP Education in Saudi Arabia ($75K), plus a separate Pediatric Pneumococcal Surveillance research call in Saudi Arabia ($400K per project). Novo Nordisk Foundation runs four parallel calls of its own at substantial scale: Infectious Diseases Catalyst Grants (DKK 60M pool, up to DKK 7M collaborative), Non-Diabetic Endocrinology Collaborative Grants (DKK 53M pool, DKK 5-10M per project), Pioneer Innovator Grant Health (DKK 1.1M), and Distinguished Innovator Grant Health (DKK 6.8M). LEO Foundation deploys DKK 2-4M per project for dermatology research excellence. Pfizer’s framing across calls deliberately separates the funding from product promotion, emphasizing measurable practice-relevant change and structural distance between scientific outputs and commercial activity. Novo Nordisk’s “use-inspired” hard filter pushes researchers toward a credible translation pathway from mechanism to deployable tool. The pattern: industry-aligned funders are running structurally independent portfolios at meaningful $ that fund implementation evidence, not promotion. In AI as Operational Capability, Not Speculation, several calls this month explicitly treat AI adoption as a near-term operational question with real evidence and governance requirements, rather than a speculative trend to be watched. Wellcome’s ESIC Hubs frames AI as “the accelerator” for evidence synthesis, asking hubs to translate technical innovation into adoption-ready workflows that can match real-world policy timelines. UNICEF Venture Fund’s new Climate Tech for Children’s Health call funds for-profit startups deploying AI, machine learning, and blockchain in low-resource environments, with a strict requirement that solutions must already have a working prototype with promising pilot results. The Water Research Foundation has launched two simultaneous AI calls treating reproducibility, cybersecurity guardrails, and human-in-the-loop deployments as core design constraints rather than nice-to-haves: one on GenAI and Agentic AI in water utilities ($200K), one on alternatives to water shutoffs that explicitly screens for implementation economics evidence. Nordic Innovation’s quantum technology call (NOK 4.5M) extends the same logic into life science and healthcare, demanding consortium-stage projects mature enough to test with real users. TEF-Health offers €300K in subsidized testing infrastructure for European healthcare AI and robotics SMEs. The pattern: funders are converting AI pilots into playbooks, requiring transfer evidence and risk controls before AI can move from experimentation to sector-wide operational practice. For LMIC-based researchers in infectious disease or evidence synthesis, the three Wellcome calls together represent the deepest concentration of LMIC-led research capital in recent memory — pair the Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Development Award (£200K, deadline May 19) as a strategic pipeline feeder into the larger Infectious Disease Clinical Trial Award (£1-£8M, deadline June 2), since the development award functions explicitly as a track into the larger trial scheme. For Nordic researchers, the four Novo Nordisk Foundation calls plus LEO Foundation and Nordic Innovation Quantum represent ~$30M in regional research capital this cycle, all with deadlines clustered in May-August. For WASH practitioners, the three Water Research Foundation calls together (each up to $200K) are a cluster worth reading across — one on AI deployment, one on shutoff alternatives, one rewarding applied innovation — and the strongest applicants will articulate how their work bridges utility operations to policy-relevant evidence. For US-based clinical researchers and educators, the four Pfizer calls plus the APF Portfolio’s 80+ programs form an unusually accessible recurring pipeline; APF’s prohibition on indirect costs is a meaningful structural feature for early-career applicants whose institutions might otherwise absorb significant overhead. Snapshot of New Opportunities Total Estimated Funding Pool: $100 Million+ USD The grants are organized into three categories: Open Calls: Current grant and opportunities with a deadline. Grants are listed by closing date. 39 open opportunities- 14 new! Rolling Applications: current grant and opportunities with rolling applications (but it’s still best to submit as early as possible). 14 rolling opportunities- 1 new opportunity! Long term planning: Grants that have closed their current rounds, but are expected to open new windows. 4 long term opportunities! A quick tip for returning readers: if you want to jump straight to the newest additions, use CTRL F to search for “New!” and navigate quickly to the latest funding opportunities This post is for paid subscribers. This helps support the time and effort it takes to curate and organize these opportunities. Subscribe To keep this accessible to everyone who needs it, we’re happy to offer pay what you can rates. You can find more details here. Open Calls: Migraine Competitive Grant Program: Migraine and Women’s Health (Quality Improvement and/or Research RFP), Pfizer.*Closing soon!* Pfizer, in collaboration with the American Headache Society, is seeking independent quality improvement and research projects that close persistent gaps in migraine care for women across the United States. The funding logic centers on measurable, practice-relevant change: proposals should generate actionable evidence, tools, or system improvements that can be shared and used widely, not just within a single site. Priority areas span menstrual migraine and screening in women’s health settings, the role of hormonal fluctuations across the lifespan, sex-specific risk factors, comorbidities and quality-of-life burden, and disparities in outcomes by race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. The call is structured as a two-step competitive process with an initial Letter of Intent, with the strongest concepts expected to translate scientific insight into implementable improvements in diagnosis, management, and equity. Geographies: United States. Who can apply: U.S.-based organizations (not individuals), including professional schools, healthcare institutions, professional organizations, and other entities focused on healthcare improvement. Funding amount: Up to USD $200,000 total over 2 years; total pool USD $500,000. Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: migraine, women’s health, quality improvement, clinical research, menstrual migraine, health disparities. Deadline: LOI: May 5, 2026; Full proposal (by invitation): August 28, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This RFP rewards “shareable impact”: the most competitive submissions will pair rigorous methods with a clear plan for system uptake and dissemination beyond the originating institution. ReSSARC: Strengthening the Health Sector and Food Security in the Central African Republic (AID 013381/01/0) Call for Proposals, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). *Closing soon!* AICS is seeking a limited set of high-capacity humanitarian partners to deliver an integrated package that stabilizes essential health services while reducing acute malnutrition and strengthening food security resilience in priority areas of the Central African Republic. The funder’s logic is explicitly nexus-based: proposals should meet urgent, life-saving needs while reinforcing local systems, coordination mechanisms, and community-level capacity so results persist beyond the emergency window. AICS emphasizes inclusion and protection outcomes, expecting gender-sensitive design and explicit measures for groups facing compounded vulnerability, including women, children under five, internally displaced people, and people with disabilities. The call also signals a localization pathway, encouraging stronger collaboration with national NGOs and balanced partnerships, alongside clear coordination with existing cluster and humanitarian actors to minimize duplication and improve coverage. Geographies: Central African Republic (Bangui, Ombella-Mpoko, Ouham, Ouham-Pende, Lim-Pende, Lobaye). Who can apply: Non-profit organizations registered with AICS, plus eligible non-profits without an office in Italy that have a pre-existing collaboration agreement with an AICS-listed organization. Funding amount: Total pool EUR €1,800,000; max EUR €800,000 (single applicant) or EUR €1,000,000 (ATS). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: malnutrition prevention and treatment, maternal and child health, community health services, food security and resilience, localization partnerships Deadline: May 5, 2026. Learn more and apply here. This call is structured to reward partners who can link frontline service delivery to system durability and localization, not just short-term coverage gains. Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare, Innovate UK. *Closing soon!* Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences Addiction Healthcare Goals program, is procuring R&D to accelerate innovations that can improve treatment outcomes, strengthen recovery, and reduce harm and deaths linked to drug and alcohol addiction. The competition is positioned as a market-facing readiness push: selected projects are expected to advance solutions toward later-stage validation, generate evidence of user acceptability and UK market fit, and map credible routes through regulatory and certification requirements. Innovate UK signals a preference for innovations that can be field-tested in relevant UK settings and progressed to TRL 6 or 7, with practical plans for commercialization after contract completion. This structure favors applicants that can execute most work in-house, co-develop with service providers and people with lived experience, and translate technical progress into deployable tools for addiction healthcare delivery. Geographies: United Kingdom. Who can apply: Single organizations of any size (including EU, EEA, or international) leading delivery, with most work and key deliverables carried out in the UK; subcontractors for specialist skills only. Funding amount: GBP £200,000–1.5 million per project (inclusive of VAT); Total pool: GBP £20 million (across two strands). Targeted Sectors / SDGs: Health; Focus areas: Mental Health, Health Systems Strengthening, Research & Development, Technology Access. Deadline: May 6, 2026 (11:00am). Learn more and apply here. This call uses procurement to pull near-market addiction innovations toward operational proof and adoption pathways in UK services.

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Natrona County health and food inspections (4/24/26–4/30/26)

CASPER, Wyo. — The Casper-Natrona County Health Department inspects restaurants, grocery stores, convenience stores, mobile food units, commissaries and

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Have West Ham given Tottenham an escape route?

When Tomas Soucek's effort grazed the post in the final stages of West Ham United's defeat at Brentford on Saturday afternoon, their supporters could've been forgiven for exchanging exasperated looks. The 3-0 scoreline at Gtech Community Stadium may point to a comfortable victory for Keith Andrews' Europe-chasing side, but it tells only half the story. Victory would have lifted West Ham five points clear of the bottom three, but instead they have left the door ajar for Tottenham to leapfrog them with victory at Aston Villa on Sunday night.

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Curing U.S. Health Care, Part II

On March 23, 2010 President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — usually referred to either as the Affordable Care Act or as Obamacare — into law. Joe Biden, then the vice president, could be overheard whispering “This is a big fucking deal.” And it was. The ACA, which went into full effect in 2014, created a system of subsidies and regulations designed to make health insurance available to many Americans who had previously been left out. It worked: In 2010 there were 47 million uninsured people in America, but by 2016 this number had dropped to 27 million. This still fell short of the universal health insurance that every other advanced nation has, but it was real progress. In 2017, during his first term, Donald Trump tried to destroy the ACA, replacing it with the American Health Care Act — legislation that would have eliminated most of the provisions that expanded health insurance under Obama. At the time the Congressional Budget Office projected that the G.O.P.’s replacement bill would nearly double the number of Americans without health insurance, increasing the total uninsured population by 23 million and undoing all of the progress achieved under the ACA. However, the attack on Obamacare failed by one vote in the Senate, and the ensuing public backlash against the G.O.P. delivered a large victory in the 2018 midterms to the Democrats. After these developments many observers assumed that the ACA had become a more or less permanent feature of American life. Such assessments, however, failed to take into account the deep hostility of the U.S. right toward policies that expand access to healthcare. As we’ll see, this hostility goes back generations. And the second Trump administration has taken actions that the CBO projects will add 16 million people to the rolls of the uninsured by 2034. How did we get here? And now what? Today’s primer will analyze the political economy of U.S. healthcare since the 1940s and the combination of danger and opportunity created by the current crisis. Beyond the paywall I will discuss the following: US health care on the eve of Trump II 80 years of US health politics The Obamacare story The new assault on healthcare

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How to get the Super Rocket Radar to face Giovanni in Pokémon GO?

Team GO Rocket battles are some of the most exciting aspects of Pokémon GO, and the ultimate test in this grind is facing Giovanni. Beating the suave Boss of the villainous group lets you catch a Shadow Legendary, often a new force to be reckoned with in both/either the PvE and PvP meta For more […]

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‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Staff Writer Arjun Menon can be contacted at arjun.menon@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter and like Spectator on Facebook. Produced with Spectate by Emily Ta

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Embrace science, logic to counter misconceptions: Ahmadiyya leader

Qadian (Gurdaspur): Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, headquartered in Qadian, has issued a strong call for greater focu.

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Jays Score 8 In The 8th, Beat Twins

Blue Jays 11 Twins 4 Jays did everything they needed to do in the top of the eighth: But there was also bad news, George Springer took a pitch off the, already broken, toe and had to come out of the game. I’d imagine he’ll be back on the IL. I was wrong the Jays […]

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Monaghan snatch thrilling extra-time win over Derry

Rory Beggan's last-gasp two-point free in extra-time sees Monaghan break Derry hearts with a 1-30 to 3-23 win to qualify for the final of the Ulster Senior Football Championship.

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Roma keen on Summerville but West Ham block his exit

Roma is looking ahead and starting to plan for the future with clear ideas. The new coaching direction is under Gian Piero Gasperini, who has already identified the priorities for strengthening the sq...

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Pitkin County discusses parking availability, traffic at Airport  Business Center

Pitkin County is worried about traffic in the Aspen Airport Business Center.

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AAPI athletes honor origins, find identity through sport

Asian American and Pacific Islander athletes across different ASU sports reflect on what it means to honor their heritage and origins while pushing toward greatness.

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Dualsense on PC: This $16 Raspberry Pi Adds Wireless Adaptive Triggers and Haptic Feedback To The PS5 Controller

The full-fat experience.

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Charleston Sweeps 2026 CAA Women’s Golf Awards

RICHMOND, Va. – Charleston swept the 2026 CAA Women’s Golf awards as Molly Hardwick (Player of the Year), Carys Fennessy (Rookie of the Year) and Jamie Futrell (Coach of the Year) earned recognition as voted on by the league’s coaches.

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Ten years in, Nubian Square's Black Market is struggling

Black Market hoped to help small businesses plant roots in Nubian Square. Now after years of business struggles, they're at risk of losing their place there too.

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Arts and Entertainment Agenda, May 1 to 7

Aspen Community School presents ‘Dahlapalooza,’ May 1 Aspen Community School will perform “Dahlapalooza” at 7 p.m. May 1 at the Wheeler Opera House, 320 E, Hyman Ave. The stage performance features Roald Dahl’s most popular...

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Alexander Blockx reacts after shocking Casper Ruud upset

Alexander Blockx secured a 6-4, 6-4 win over Casper Ruud in the Madrid Open quarter-finals. The Belgian put together another impressive showing, eliminating the defending champion in straight sets.

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Someone built the PlayStation controller PC dongle that Sony refuses to make

All it needs is a Raspberry Pi.

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SF State business school moves to UC Law’s Tenderloin academic village

The academic village that UC Law San Francisco is building at the edge of the Tenderloin is already home to future lawyers and doctors. Now aspiring business executives will be joining the mix.

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CAA Rowing Weekly Awards –Apr. 29, 2026

RICHMOND, Va. (Apr. 29, 2026) – The CAA has announced its fifth honoree for rowing weekly awards during the 2026 season. Villanova’s Varsity 8 boat collected the accolades for its performance in the Lake Wheeler Invitational.

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2026 CAA Women’s Lacrosse Postseason Awards Revealed

RICHMOND, Va. – Stony Brook, Hofstra and Monmouth highlight the 2026 CAA Women’s Lacrosse postseason awards, officially announced on Wednesday, ahead of the league’s conference tournament.

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How the Rams made the bold business decision to draft QB Ty Simpson

Entering a season with Super Bowl aspirations, we dive into the Rams' reason for taking Simpson with their highest draft choice since 2016.

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Gasperini wants Dybala to stay

The future of Roma and Paulo Dybala will be decided in the coming days. Gasperini has asked Dan and Ryan Friedkin to meet to outline the path forward for next season. It will likely be a video call, w...

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Survey reveals extent of pressure parents put on kids through sports

Why do children participate in sports, quit sports or maybe never even start them in the first place? Kids survey points directly and mom and dad.

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Things are getting real in Neverland

Five siblings discover that they really can go back to Neverland in Thunder River Theatre Company’s production of the play “For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday.” Performances are planned over the next three weekends.

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Apr 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • aspendailynews.com
Three top clubs interested in Kone

After also having Dybala back, Gasperini is awaiting Koné. The coach hopes to have the Frenchman back against Fiorentina, given El Aynaoui’s suspension. Four games to chase the Champions League dre...

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Apr 28 • 3:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Lawmakers pile on Colorado taxpayers — even more

By Mark Hillman That our two political parties have such different philosophies regarding business and taxes is exasperating because prosperity would serve even the very different interests of Democrats and Republicans. Democrats want more revenue for government to spend it on social welfare, health care and schools. Republicans want to stimulate the economy, leading to more […]

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Apr 28 • 2:45 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Bickley: Suns' season ends with conflicting feelings

The Suns' playoff appearance in Year 1 showed Jordan Ott may have them on the right path, but the sweep at the hands of the Thunder shows they still have a long ways to go.

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Apr 28 • 1:09 AM EDT • Sports • arizonasports.com
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One critical question the 2026 election has already answered

Whether Democrats triumph in November’s elections or Republicans benefit from another improbable Trumpian comeback, they’ll be remembered for a new narrowing of a critical aspect of American democracy.

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Apr 28 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Arch Capital Management Launches to Provide Flexible Working Capital, Factoring, and ABL Facilities

MIAMI, April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Capital Management (“Arch”), a new working capital and asset-based lending platform, today announ...

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Apr 27 • 10:49 PM EDT • Business • markets.businessinsider.com