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Feeding Texas celebrates Healthy Texan Week, highlights nutrition pilot

Feeding Texas and health-care partners kicked off Healthy Texan Week by highlighting a new pilot program providing medically tailored meals to Texans with chronic conditions.

May 4 • 4:12 PM EDT • Health • kxan.com

NWA Business Journal seeks nominations for awards programs - Talk Business & Politics

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is accepting nominations for multiple awards recognition programs, including its longest-running awards program, Forty Under 40. Selection to the recognition programs is based on nominees’...

May 4 • 3:06 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net

Dolly Parton Cancels Las Vegas Residency Due to Health, Shares Update

"I'm responding really well to meds and treatments, and I'm improving everyday," the Grammy winner said, while noting that "it's gonna take me a little while before I'm up to stage-performance level."

May 4 • 3:06 PM EDT • Health • hollywoodreporter.com

PhD grad reframes media research through a computer science lens

Lein De Leon Yong had no intention of exploring AI and computer science when she was first searching for a doctoral film studies program. That all changed while De Leon Yong was interviewing for the PhD program in media arts and sciences at Arizona State University.

May 4 • 3:04 PM EDT • Science • news.asu.edu

New Jersey sanctions girls flag football as a high school sport

After four years in pilot program status, girls flag football became New Jersey's newest high school sport on Monday.

May 4 • 2:57 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

With ex-patients dying, Idaho was ‘flipping couch cushions’ to restore this program

Lawmakers cobbled together the money to restore a critical mental health program. But not all patients can be found, and its future is murky.

May 4 • 2:52 PM EDT • Health • idahostatesman.com

Cleveland celebrates Small Business Month with grant awards

Cleveland is awarding steelyard tax increment financing grants to multiple small businesses, while also reopening the Storefront Renovation Program in recognition of Small Business Month.

May 4 • 2:01 PM EDT • Business • spectrumnews1.com

Inspire Vancouver grant program debuts with $6M for local arts, culture, heritage, and science -

The City of Vancouver is launching Inspire Vancouver, a new grant program designed to spark creativity and create more arts, culture, heritage, and

May 4 • 1:24 PM EDT • Science • cityofvancouver.us

RCHD highlights adolescent health services for National Adolescents Health Month

Richmond City Health Districts (RCHD) is highlighting services and programs that support the health and well-being of Richmond youth in honor of National Adolescent Health Month.

May 4 • 1:11 PM EDT • Health • wric.com

WTEN: Cowgirls Begin Play At UTR Sports NIT Championship Tuesday

LAKE CHARLES-- McNeese women's tennis, the 2026 Southland Conference regular season champions will make their second postseason appearance in program history on Tuesday, May 5 in the UTR Sports Women's Tennis NIT Championship in Rome, Georgia, at the Rome Tennis Center. The tournament runs through May 7. Live streaming will be available on PlaySight, and live scoring will be available via IOnCourt.

May 4 • 10:43 AM EDT • Sports • mcneesesports.com

Passion for health care fuels physician assistant grad’s desire to serve

“The PA program challenged me in ways that helped me grow not just as a future provider, but as a person,” says Johnathon Boles.

May 4 • 10:13 AM EDT • Health • jagwire.augusta.edu

Cleveland Clinic Children’s Unveils Program to Expand Access to Pediatric Mental Health Care

Renovations underway at Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation with fall opening slated

May 4 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org

Kings Dominion unveils dramatically expanded and reimagined summer entertainment program

DOSWELL, Va. — Kings Dominion is redefining summer fun with a dramatically expanded and reimagined entertainment lineup for Summer 2026, turning live entertainment into a true centerpiece of the gu…

May 4 • 8:39 AM EDT • Entertainment • amusementtoday.com

Manulife commits $500,000 to expand youth mental health prevention programs across Quebec

Manulife today announced a renewed partnership with the Youth In Mind Foundation (Fondation Jeunes en Tête), including a $500,000 commitment to support the Quebec–based organization's work to prevent psychological distress among youth aged 11 to 18. The announcement coincides with Mental Health Week in Canada, reinforcing Manulife's commitment to prioritizing health and well-being.

May 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com

In depth: A flood of rural healthcare money could reshape Idaho, and seep into higher ed

This story was originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on April 30, 2026. POCATELLO — A $930 million flood of federal grants could address Idaho’s rural healthcare needs — shortages that stretch across its landscape and reach into nearly all professions. The money could also bolster programs that serve small towns and align with Idaho State University’s […]

May 4 • 6:10 AM EDT • Health • idahocapitalsun.com

Basketball transfer portal’s early losers: Big names, big swings, bigger questions

As the dust settles on the 2026 basketball transfer portal cycle, early returns suggest not every big swing by high‑major programs is paying off.

May 4 • 6:06 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms

The party’s congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries.

May 4 • 5:03 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

New Orleans youth sports group, facing funding cuts, could slash programs

A popular youth sports nonprofit may have to cut hundreds of kids from its rosters amid a loss of local and federal funding and a lack of facilities to accommodate growing demand.

May 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • nola.com

SBA Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year: The Schegg Group

The Schegg Group is a human resources consulting firm that provides services including career transition programs, training and development, leadership and management coaching, team building, mediation and workplace problem-solving, and […]

May 4 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • hartfordbusiness.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.

May 4 • 3:59 AM EDT • Health • impactfunding.substack.com

WashU Olin Business launches dual AI initiatives to prepare workers, companies

The school is offering $10,000 scholarships to support affected professionals enrolled in the new AI for Business master’s program, while new corporate development offerings help organizations redesign work and reskill teams.

May 4 • 1:01 AM EDT • Business • source.washu.edu

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers For Monday, May 4 (May The Forest Be With You)

Looking for help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Here's an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today's answers and Spangram.

May 3 • 10:00 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com

How Perimenopause Became America's New Health Scare

If you’re a woman who speaks English, it sometimes feels like you can’t spend time on the internet without being bombarded with all the ways in which your body or your mind could be just a little broken. A few years ago, Instagram was full of women talking about attention deficit disorder, and lo and behold: From 2020 to 2022, the percentage of women (between the ages of 23 and 49) newly diagnosed with it nearly doubled. Not long ago, premenstrual syndrome was all the rage, with the algorithm pushing videos that explained why it’s okay to fly off the handle once a month. These days, the word perimenopause is everywhere. Perhaps you’ve seen the headlines. “Perimenopause is having a millennial moment. Here are 7 ways to cope,” says The Washington Post. Or perhaps you’ve seen Apple TV’s glossy drama Your Friends & Neighbors, which is back for its second season; the female protagonist Mel is explicitly perimenopausal, and in the first season, she keyed a car for no apparent reason. She’s played by Amanda Peet, who talks about being perimenopausal in real life (“God knows I’ve wanted to key a lot of cars in the last three years,” she’s said.) In fact, it sometimes feels like every celebrity interview with a forty- or fiftysomething woman requires her to open up about what’s going on with her hormones. Drew Barrymore joked on CBS Mornings that when she found out how long perimenopause can last, she thought she’d “never make it 10 years like this.” Katherine Heigl told Business Insider that “whoever designed it so that women would be going through perimenopause while raising teenagers should be sent a strongly worded letter.” At the same time, influencers who talk about perimenopause seem to have cropped up out of nowhere with something to sell you, causing people online to wonder where this all came from. It’s trickled down from Instagram to tchotchke shops, which sell fridge magnets that say “Perimenopause Is Hot.” You can buy a T-shirt that proclaims “Perimenopause Made Me Do It!” My mom, who is 48, started uncontrollably shaking her leg at night a few years ago. “It’s perimenopause,” she told me when I complained about how annoying it was. But what exactly is perimenopause—and why are we all talking about it all of a sudden?

May 3 • 7:52 PM EDT • Health • thefp.com

Prisma Health hosts 20th Dragon Boat Festival, raising thousands for cancer research

The Dragon Boat event mainly supports the Prisma Health Cancer Institute’s Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship program.

May 3 • 4:15 PM EDT • Health • foxcarolina.com

How to watch NASCAR in 2026: Weekly listings guide

Get network information and the latest listings for NASCAR programming on TV throughout the 2026 season, including races, updated weekly.

May 3 • 3:56 PM EDT • Sports • nascar.com

Raptors Face Worrying Brandon Ingram Update Before Game 7

Toronto Raptors dealt with Brandon Ingram injury update ahead of game seven against the Cavaliers.

May 3 • 2:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Raptors All-Star Brandon Ingram in walking boot, downgraded to doubtful ahead of Game 7 vs. Cavaliers

May 3 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Is Brandon Ingram playing for Raptors in Game 7?

Here's the latest on Brandon Ingram as the Raptors try to win a road Game 7 and advance to the second round of the NBA playoffs.

May 3 • 1:31 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

STRIDE Adaptive Sports expands iCan Bike program to Adirondacks

STRIDE Adaptive Sports will hold a summer learn-to-bike program in Tupper Lake as part of its iCan Bike initiative.

May 3 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • adirondackexplorer.org

THE BLOODHOUND Immersive Experience To Be Presented By USC Themed Entertainment

The University of Southern California’s Themed Entertainment program will present “The Bloodhound,” a fully immersive theatrical production. Part of the larger USC School of Cinematic Arts.

May 3 • 10:41 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadwayworld.com

Something Nefarious Is Happening in Your Living Room Every Time You Watch TV

Music streaming services, newsletter platforms, and even Instagram are reshaping their products for the biggest screen in your house.

May 3 • 5:40 AM EDT • Technology • slate.com

United Way launches fundraising for new mental health fund

United Way of Northeast Florida launched a campaign to raise $250,000 for its mental health programs by May 31.

May 3 • 5:15 AM EDT • Health • jacksonville.com

Central Mass. by the Numbers, Sunday, May 3

A look at business news in Central Mass. over the past week.

May 3 • 5:03 AM EDT • Business • telegram.com

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers For Sunday, May 3 (Something’s Fishy)

Looking for help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Here's an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today's answers and Spangram.

May 2 • 10:00 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com

‘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

May 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • columbiaspectator.com

Photos: Sold out second Saturday of Jazz Fest sees lots of sun and music

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival continued with regular programming after 2 days of schedule scrambles due to weather. The tickets for the second Saturday sold out. Headlines included the Eagles, Alabama Shakes and T-Pain.

May 2 • 4:09 PM EDT • Entertainment • nola.com

‘Don’t Minnesota’ my state: Land of 10,000 Lakes becomes a political punching bag

After a tumultuous political year, a higher profile for Gov. Tim Walz and problems with fraud in state programs, Minnesota popping up as a talking point elections far beyond its borders.

May 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • startribune.com

Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers For Saturday, May 2 (All The Right Moves)

Looking for help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Here's an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today's answers and Spangram.

May 1 • 10:00 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com

Everyday Heroes: Wheelchair basketball team soars to Nationals

In Portland, a wheelchair basketball program is flourishing. These athletes are Everyday Heroes because of their determination to pursue the sport they love.

May 1 • 8:09 PM EDT • Sports • katu.com

Raptors forward Brandon Ingram ruled out for Game 6 vs. Cavaliers due to heel injury

May 1 • 5:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Ind. PD introduces two-week 'sabbaticals' for officer mental health

The program is available to officers and civilian workers who have worked for the Charlestown PD for more than five years; the time off is unrelated to their vacation, personal and sick time

May 1 • 5:12 PM EDT • Health • police1.com

Punk Politics/Camp Costume is a fashion exhibition curated by (some of my) brilliant Parsons students!

I have the most amazing students. I teach Fashion Journalism at Parsons, as part of its MA Fashion Studies degree, though I have students of all different disciplines throughout the New School in my class — from fine-art photographers to investigative journalists to textile designers. And I learn about all sorts of fascinating things from them, like that designers are adding faux sweat stains to their garments now (part of a trend piece about “anatomy core”) and that real “French girl style” is actually about being “cunti cunta” (aka loud, rude, too much, liberated). So when I found out that some of my students were curating a fashion exhibition opening tonight(!!!), I just knew that it would be brilliant too. Wearable Art is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe It’s called Punk Politics/Camp Costuming1, and it’s up through May 10 at La Sudestada, the wonderful gallery and concept store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I asked the exhibit’s lead curator, Ella Birney (a talented costume and knitwear designer from Belfast who also happens to be in my class), all about it. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Tell me about the idea of this exhibition and how it came about. Ella Birney: For our Fashion Curation class, we had to pitch [exhibition] proposals to our professor, Jessica [Glasscock], and I really wanted to continue on the themes that I was exploring in my BA when I was studying in London a couple of years ago. My BA was very punk-inspired and very political. Everything I do, as you know from my writing, always has a slight Irish, political twist to it2. So in my BA project, it was looking at knitwear as a conveyor for exploring political identity in somewhere like Ireland, where identity is such a point of contention. And looking at the images that I generated from that project, there was something so camp about the whole thing. Like, it’s so playful and in bad taste to do a political message — like a knitted Union Jack — out of mohair. There’s something very camp about that. So that’s where it kind of became punk politics/camp costuming — looking at how from the 1970s to now there’s been protest through costume and clothing. What was your BA in? It was fashion textiles, knitwear. Very craft heavy, which — craft is never taken seriously either. That’s also a kind of spin [on the punk/camp thing]. The Union Jack knit that you made is included in the show — what is camp about knitting a Union Jack out of mohair? The whole ethos of camp is kind of bad taste, doing things that are tongue in cheek and a bit wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Like, this is a bit silly. Everything I do is like, this is a bit silly. Like, being from the North of Ireland, everything you do is political. So it’s like, everything is going to be looked at in a certain lens anyway, so we may as well lean into it. So the Union Jack was because I come from a mixed marriage — Protestant-Catholic. And in the North of Ireland, that’s still a big deal. And even though I’m a Catholic and brought up in a very like Catholic Nationalist family, there [were] Union Jacks [the symbol of the United Kingdom] on my street. So I was like, then I’m gonna make your Union Jack out of knitwear. And then that kind of all linked back to the punk movement that Vivian Westwood forefronted in the late 70s, [with her stores] Let It Rock and Seditionaries. How did you source your items? Once we decided on this exhibition idea, everyone in the class was put to [think about] what do you think can fit into punk politics/camp costuming and finding designers that fit that brief. Me and my co-curators, Dulcinea Flores and Allison Gramando, made a brief to send out — with a mood board and color stories, stuff like that — and then everyone kind of got to work emailing people. We reached out to other Parsons grads. Even through Instagram stories we’ve been able to reach so many people who were like, Yeah, of course, I’ll write something for this, or Please — let me submit stuff. It actually was quite easy sourcing things. … The Parsons thing gets you quite far. What were some great pieces you got? There’s a Brooklyn-based, nonbinary artist called Buzz Slutsky. I can’t even remember how I found them, but I came across this crazy, shoe thing — they had made all these different shoes out of papier-mâché, and the story behind them is so fantastic, so interesting. They were just so obliging, like, Of course, you can have these for a few weeks. I was really happy about that. And then we have art from a collective here called Art Comes First. And they lent loads of really amazing pieces that just tied everything together. You have your Union Jack knit in the show too. Any other pieces that you made? There’s three of my BA mohair knits. There’s the Union Jack. There’s a mohair with the word “No” — which is based on an old political campaign in Ireland that was “Ulster says no to sodomy.” And then there’s another one that is red, white and blue, like the Union Jack, but has the word “Catholic” on it and lots of holy medals. I’m so happy I got to include those. How many pieces are in the show? Between 49 and 52, something like that. A load of clothing and accessories, shoes. There’s a Brooklyn-based Irish photographer who’s given us photos. There’s also a shopping cart that is an art piece by Art Comes First that has gold knuckle dusters as the handles. There’s also lots of T-shirts, original pins from the 70s and 80s that were from people’s dads. I also brought my record player, and all of [co-curator] Allison’s dad’s original albums so everyone could play records. Oh my gosh! Yeah, it’s cool. Anything else you would like to add? If we get to do an exhibition, why would we not make it political in this day and age? I hope that people come. There’s a lot of history, because it starts back in the 70s. It’s not like chronological or anything, but there are historical objects. I hope people come out of it thinking, out of all the really horrendous decades of the 70s and 80s and 90s, all these amazing subcultures happened. There are horrible political times, but there’s art that comes out of it that lasts. Punk Politics/Camp Costume is on view May 1-10 at La Sudestada, 67 West St. Suite 513, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. RSVP for the opening Friday May 1 6pm-8pm here. There’s also a button-making and patch-making workshop and artist talk May 9. Follow the show’s Instagram page @punkxcamp.parsons. Special shout out to all the students who put on this show: Ella Birney (lead curator), Dulcinea Flores (curator), Allison Gramando (curator), Pierre Sanon (lead exhibition designer), Eliana Daneshvari (exhibition designer), Reilly Lowell (editor), Jess Gayo (researcher/writer), Joyce Gayo (researcher/writer), Maria Magdalena Ugarte Montero (researcher/writer), Cassidy Colarik (exhibition press officer), Shelby Shovein (educator), Sarah Mahnke-Baum (educator), Trinidy Coleman (graphic designer), and Leonie Soravia (project manager). Jessica Glasscock was the faculty advisor. 1 The website is definitely worth checking out. 2 This is true!

May 1 • 3:59 PM EDT • Politics • raquellaneri.substack.com

2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Awards & Honorable Mentions

Congratulations to our current graduate and undergraduate students and alumni who have received prestigious 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) and Honorable Mentions. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend and a cost of education allowance to the institution. Left to right: Row 1 – 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients: Jasmin Bioteau, Kasey Chung, Daniel Cohn, Michael Eng, Tyler Martinez. Row 2 – Henry Shavel, Breanna Sprague, Abigail Wilson, ofia Ando, Daniel Kendall. Row 3 – Rebecca Lee, Lauren Van Auken, Tim Duong. NSF Honorable Mention recipients: Evan Baerg, Isaac Hendrix. Row 4 – Nathan Palmer, Paul Saucedo, Helen Elmer and Maximilian Floridia. 2026 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) were awarded to current graduate students Jasmin Bioteau (Kwon), Kasey Chung (Garg), Daniel Cohn (Kappel), Michael Eng (Doyle), Tyler Martinez (Barber), Henry Shavel (Alexandrova), Breanna Sprague (Garg), Abigail Wilson (Garg); undergraduate researchers Sofia Ando (Shafaat, headed to Princeton for graduate school), Daniel Kendall (Barber, headed to MIT for graduate school), Rebecca Lee (Chen, headed to Stanford for graduate school) and Lauren Van Auken (Garg, headed to the Caltech for graduate school). Former undergraduate researcher Tim Duong ’25 (Neuhauser/Caram, now a graduate student at Princeton) also received the fellowship. 2026 Honorable Mentions by NSF, also a significant national academic achievement, were accorded to current graduate students Evan Baerg, Isaac Hendrix (Tinoco Valencia), Nathan Palmer (Conway),and Paul Saucedo (Doyle). Also receiving Honorable Mentions are former undergraduate researchers Helen Elmer ’25 (Gelbart/Knobler, now a graduate student at the Stanford University School of Medicine), and Maximilian Floridia ‘25 (P. Weiss, now a graduate student at Caltech). Congratulations again to all the recipients! Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, penjen@g.ucla.edu.

May 1 • 3:50 PM EDT • Science • chemistry.ucla.edu

Hunnicutt, national wellness leader, joins North Dakota’s rural health transformation effort | Health and Human Services North Dakota

North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced Dr. David Hunnicutt, as a Rural Health Transformation Program strategist. Hunnicutt brings more than two decades of nationally recognized leadership to this role, having served 20 years as CEO of WELCOA—one of the largest and most influential corporate health and wellness organizations in the U.S. As principal of his own consulting firm, he spent seven years partnering with Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF) and the Impact Institute to design and launch initiatives that elevate leaders across North Dakota and strengthen the state’s capacity for long-term community well-being.

May 1 • 3:20 PM EDT • Health • hhs.nd.gov

Dallas Green Business Certification Program Continues to Grow

The Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability is proud to announce that the Texas Discovery Gardens has joined the Certified Green Business list […]

May 1 • 12:42 PM EDT • Business • dallascitynews.net

Windows 11's April update is now breaking third-party backup apps

Windows 11 update KB5083769 is causing software failures with several backup programs. Microsoft hasn't released a fix yet.

May 1 • 12:16 PM EDT • Technology • pcworld.com

Don't buy the lie that Power Four programs have to cut sports

Arkansas Razorbacks athletics had nearly $196 million in revenue in FY 25. Not allocating less than $3 million for tennis is nothing but a choice.

May 1 • 8:58 AM EDT • Sports • lubbockonline.com

Indiana to end HIV outreach program amid federal funding cuts

Indiana is set to end its statewide HIV outreach and testing program this summer.The decision comes after health officials said a drop in federal pandemic relie

May 1 • 7:46 AM EDT • Health • wsbt.com

Health clinics exempt from drug discount rule change

A major overhaul to a federal drug discount program Indiana officials allege is being misused to generate hospital profits will exempt dozens of clinics serving low-income Hoosiers.

May 1 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • indianacapitalchronicle.com

States Rush To Figure Out How To Enforce Trump's Medicaid Work Requirements

By Rachel Spears and KFF Health News HealthDay ReportersFRIDAY, May 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — State officials remain unsure how to enforce a requirement for many adult Medicaid enrollees to show they’re working — even as one state launches its program this week. They’re taking a variety of ...

May 1 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com

Instagram disables account of decade-old Native Hawaiian business

Kakou Collective had used the social media platform to reach its 50,000 followers/

May 1 • 4:26 AM EDT • Business • hawaiinewsnow.com

‘Move fast and break things’ not way to fix Colorado’s roads

By Donna Lynne, Kelly Nordini and Rebecca McClellan This month, after the effects of federal H.R. 1 hit Colorado’s budget like a sledgehammer, Colorado lawmakers had to cut more than $1.5 billion from our state budget, leaving virtually no corner untouched. Critical programs for health care, the environment and education felt the effects. We do […]

May 1 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com

ESPN loses sole executive who cracked down on political, racial rhetoric

ESPN EVP David Roberts, who oversaw the network's turnaround by cutting divisive programming and boosting SportsCenter ratings, plans to retire in August.

Apr 30 • 7:48 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Keweenaw school to host Family Fun Night fundraiser for sports program

The academy says next school year will be its first year in varsity sports.

Apr 30 • 5:56 PM EDT • Sports • uppermichiganssource.com

Who has won NCAA beach volleyball championship? List by year

USC is the winningest program in NCAA beach volleyball. Find out the all-time winners since the inaugural championship was held in 2016.

Apr 30 • 5:46 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com

City of Vancouver and Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber launch grant program for Fourth Plain businesses -

Fourth Plain For All investment area The City of Vancouver, in partnership with the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber, has launched a new Small Business

Apr 30 • 5:08 PM EDT • Business • cityofvancouver.us

Health alert issued for blowing dust in Albuquerque

The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Program issued the health alert ahead of gusty wind conditions expected Thursday evening into Friday, May 1. FULL STORY ⬇️

Apr 30 • 4:55 PM EDT • Health • koat.com

Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J. Craig Venter, how close are scientists?

Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually changed medicine and the environment, nearly two decades on?

Apr 30 • 4:54 PM EDT • Science • theconversation.com

Aviation Day spotlights how Vermont’s regional airports support small business growth

Representatives from airports, flight training programs and aerospace companies highlighted aviation’s role in Vermont on Thursday.

Apr 30 • 4:28 PM EDT • Business • wcax.com

Mercer Health’s Play Hospital Continues Tradition of Hands‑On Learning for Kindergarteners

Mercer Health’s annual Play Hospital, held April 24-30, hosted nearly 800 kindergarteners who stepped into the world of healthcare through hands‑on exploration and imaginative learning. For over 30 years, this beloved program has welcomed students from Mercer County elementary schools—including St. Henry, Celina, Marion Local, Coldwater, Parkway, Fort Recovery, and Immaculate Conception—along with Versailles Elementary […]

Apr 30 • 3:37 PM EDT • Health • mercer-health.com

‘80s legends and Grammy-nominated artists join America 250 celebrations in Pa.

Pennsylvania's free America's 250th birthday celebration expands its lineup with Grammy-nominated artists across Hershey, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittsburgh venues

Apr 30 • 1:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com

Nova Classical STEM Academy taps athletic director to build sports program from the ground up

As it prepares to open its doors in August 2026, Nova Classical STEM Academy has named Tyler Turner as its physical education teacher and athletic director, bringing on an experienced educator and youth athletics leader to develop the school’s inaugural sports programs.

Apr 30 • 12:32 PM EDT • Sports • prioritymarketing.com

Reeves establishes Mississippi office for Rural Health Transformation Program funds

Gov. Tate Reeves has announced the creation of an office to manage federal funds for improving rural healthcare in Mississippi.

Apr 30 • 12:26 PM EDT • Health • seattletimes.com

Governor signs bill to continue funding Medicaid in N.C.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed the Medicaid funding bill into law. The health insurance program faced running out of money within weeks.

Apr 30 • 11:38 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com

Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party ‘Tools’

A new developer program for LightOS allows anyone to create tools for the Light Phone, whether that’s a local public transit app for your city or a way to read ebooks.

Apr 30 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • wired.com

Prescribing Better Health: YSM Formalizes Nutrition Education Throughout MD Curriculum

Starting in 2026, the MD program will launch a longitudinal thread that enhances nutrition content in the curriculum and emphasizes the role physicians play in

Apr 30 • 10:50 AM EDT • Health • medicine.yale.edu

Savannah Impact Program & Peach State Health Plan Present “Spring Fling Health Fair”

SAVANNAH – The Savannah Impact Program (SIP) in partnership with Peach State Health Plan is presenting a “Spring Fling Health Fair” at Temple of Glory Gymnasium on Saturday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. At this free public event, different vendors will come together to provide the entire family with health assistance on […]

Apr 30 • 9:04 AM EDT • Health • savannahpd.org

LeAnn Rimes’ health scare: Singer cancels shows after ‘severe illness’

LeAnn Rimes has had to make the difficult decision to reschedule some of her upcoming shows as she reveals she’s experiencing a “severe illness. ” The singer took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Ap...

Apr 30 • 8:28 AM EDT • Health • yahoo.com

Instagram cracks down on content aggregators

The update targets content aggregators that don't post original content and instead simply re-upload others' posts.

Apr 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Fine chandeliers are a specialty for New Orleans business | Home/Garden

Michael Melesurgo and Ricardo “Rico” Mencia purchased Classic Chandelier from the business’s founder, Peter Sather, in 2023, when he decided to retire. The business partners rebranded the company as Vintage Chandelier and relocated it to 455 Philip St. in the Irish Channel in December 2025.The company offers a variety of services including cleaning, moving, restoration, installation, pick-up, delivery and general maintenance of light fixtures, with a specialty in fine antique chandeliers.Additional specialties include the installation and restoration of mirrors and artwork, with pick-up and delivery included. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-mobile-1'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-tablet-1'); }); “We mainly focus on older fixtures, but we have also worked on newer ones, especially with installation,” Melesurgo said. “We aim to be able to work on almost anything within reason. But chandeliers are the meat and potatoes of the business.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-sticky-rail-1'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-desktop-1'); }); The team at Vintage Chandelier has worked on some of the best-known chandeliers in New Orleans, at hotels including the Ritz-Carlton and the Hyatt Regency, the Milton H. Latter Memorial branch of the New Orleans Public Library and several prominent homes.Inside Out sat down with the duo to discuss the identification and care of fine chandeliers. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-mobile-2'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-tablet-2'); }); What are some of the hallmarks of a fine chandelier?Melesurgo: Some of the finer points of elegant chandeliers are pristine crystal, clean craftsmanship, original pieces and parts and stamped pieces to ensure authenticity. Everything should be clean and working.How should you clean a fine chandelier?Melesurgo: The material in question determines the methodology for cleaning. Crystal chandeliers should be cleaned by hand, crystal by crystal, to ensure the best outcome, and to avoid deterioration of metal wiring typically used in connecting pieces together. Spraying cleaners can, over time, sit on the metal and end up rusting connections that compromise the connections. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-mobile-3'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-tablet-3'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-sticky-rail-2'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-desktop-2'); }); What in your backgrounds led you to this business?Melesurgo: I have an electrical background. I started as an electrical apprentice in the local union (IBEW 130) in 2005. Then Katrina hit. I ended up going back to school and getting a degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism and graduating in 2011. I started working for Peter (Sather) at Classic Chandelier & Mirror in 2012, which was supposed to only be temporary, but I ended up staying for a lot longer. I have always enjoyed working with my hands and being creative. This allows me to be creative and keep a lot of beautiful history alive. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-mobile-4'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-tablet-4'); }); Rico, you worked as a draftsman alongside an engineer at YKM Consulting. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-sticky-rail-3'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-breakout-desktop-3'); }); Mencia: The job was interesting, especially working on the Ochsner expansion, but staring at two monitors all day became unbearable. I went to work for Peter (Sather), which opened a new world to antiques and chandeliers that I find fascinating. Vintage Chandelier, 455 Philip St., (504) 309-8983, @vintagechandelier.504 on Instagram googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('fixed-sticky-rail-4'); });

Apr 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com

In 1987, a Student Set Out to Fix a Mac Problem. The Code Spiraled Out of Control, and He Ended up Creating "Photoshop"

A routine display fix on a 1987 Macintosh mutated into an unwieldy codebase. Industry doors shut. Then a single meeting at Adobe altered software history.

Apr 30 • 6:45 AM EDT • Technology • dailygalaxy.com

$6.4M boosts rural health training, expands MAHEC fellowships and launches WCU clinic

The University of North Carolina System is awarding more than $6.4 million for rural healthcare training programs across the state.

Apr 30 • 6:38 AM EDT • Health • wlos.com

Port of San Diego expanding Blue Economy Business Incubator program

The Port of San Diego’s ECOncrete pilot project is a one-of-a-kind coastal protection project that has attracted 60 different species of marine life and is now being expanded around San Diego…

Apr 30 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • fox5sandiego.com

Scientists Reveal Why Breast Cancer Risk Rises With Age

"With the most dramatic changes occurring at menopause."

Apr 29 • 11:40 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com

City council Introduces Ordinance Establishing Downtown Entertainment Zone

The City Council received and reviewed the Downtown Culver City Entertainment Zone Management Plan and unanimously introduced an ordinance to establish an entertainment zone during special events in Downtown Culver City. The proposed program, developed in partnership with the Downtown Business Association (DBA), would allow patrons to purchase alco...

Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • culvercityobserver.com

Engineering, Computer Science Faculty Earn Writing Mentorship Award

The Faculty Development Center’s Writing Across the Curriculum program recognized Cal State Fullerton faculty members Yoonsook Choi and Kanika Sood as the 2026 WAC Student Writing Mentorship Award recipients. Choi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been a faculty member at CSUF since 2014. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering with a specialization […]

Apr 29 • 7:00 PM EDT • Science • news.fullerton.edu

Orange County & Orlando launch new small business program

Orange County leaders have received more than 100 applications, many were in the previous program, but some are new.

Apr 29 • 6:46 PM EDT • Business • mynews13.com

Ohio Valley Health Center, Urban Mission host free mammograms for Minority Health Month

Women in Steubenville had a chance Wednesday to get a free mammogram screening as part of National Minority Health Month.Ohio Valley Health Center partnered wit

Apr 29 • 6:14 PM EDT • Health • wtov9.com

Daniel Perez, Hinge Health CEO: A Fortt Knox Update

Hinge Health CEO Dan Perez told Jon Fortt the company is launching a Migraine Care Program today, built around its FDA-cleared Enso wearable, now indicated for migraine via trigeminal-nerve neuromodulation. In trials, 56% of users dropped from moderate/severe pain to mild or no pain. The pitch: 1 in 6 adults, $78B in employer cost, only ~700 US specialists. 125 enterprise customers signed; ~2M American adults get day-one access. Earnings Tuesday.

Apr 29 • 5:12 PM EDT • Health • cnbc.com

Mental health series presented by MSPR and campus partners

Morehead State Public Radio, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, Social Work & Criminology, Counseling & Health Services, and the JED Foundation, will present a five-part radio series throughout May 2026 in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month. The series, “Call to Mind,” is produced by American Public Media and hosted by veteran journalist Angela Davis. The hour-long programs feature sound-rich storytelling and expert insight, highlighting the experiences of individuals navigating mental health challenges and exploring ways to support well-being. You can listen to WMKY at 90.3FM at www.wmky.org, via a phone app, or by smart speaker (“Play WMKY”). For additional information, email Hitchcock at p.hitchc@moreheadstate.edu or call 606-783-2334.

Apr 29 • 2:53 PM EDT • Health • moreheadstate.edu

Kirkwood to launch Business Analytics Technician program in fall 2026

Kirkwood Community College will introduce a new Business Analytics Technician program beginning in the fall 2026 semester, the college announced Wednesday, April 29. The online, two-year program prepares students for careers in data analysis and business intelligence. According to Lightcast labor market data, demand for business analytics technicians — classified as a subset of data […]

Apr 29 • 2:32 PM EDT • Business • corridorbusiness.com

The LINQ Promenade Celebrates Cinco De Mayo With Food, Drink and Entertainment Specials, May 1 - 5

LAS VEGAS – The LINQ Promenade is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a weekend-long lineup of food and beverage specials, comedy programming and entertainment options across its open-air destination from Friday, May 1 through Tuesday,

Apr 29 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • nevadabusiness.com

Indianapolis public health office mismanaged oversight of most contracts, audit finds

The city’s public health office, established in 2016, oversees programs focused on homelessness, violence reduction and behavioral health.

Apr 29 • 11:54 AM EDT • Health • ibj.com

Lawmakers urged by AHA to support key health initiatives in FY 2027 appropriations bill

The AHA April 29 urged House and Senate appropriations committee leaders to fund health care programs that have been successful in improving access to care for patients and communities nationwide, as the committee begins drafting the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bills. The AHA encouraged Congress to support various programs focusing on the health care workforce, maternal and child health, rural health, disaster preparedness, medical research and behavioral health. Additionally, the AHA urged legislators to include specific bill language that would bar the use of funds for the implementation of a 340B Rebate Model Program at the Department of Health and Human Services.

Apr 29 • 11:26 AM EDT • Health • aha.org

HACC reverses course, will continue sports programs for next school year

HACC has reversed course on previously announced sports cutbacks, restoring several programs through the next academic year. On Wednesday, the Harrisburg-based community college stated that it will continue men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball through the 2026-27 school year. Last week, HACC stated that it […]

Apr 29 • 11:19 AM EDT • Sports • theburgnews.com

PFA's dominance and other key electrophysiology trends on display at Heart Rhythm 2026

Heart Rhythm 2026 Program Chair DJ Lakkireddy, MD, spoke to Cardiovascular Business during the conference about several key EP trends.

Apr 29 • 10:47 AM EDT • Business • cardiovascularbusiness.com

Certain Floridians die more often of cancer and disease. Will AI make it worse?

More Hispanics in Florida went without healthcare in 2023 and 2024 at higher rates than the Black and white populations.

Apr 29 • 10:12 AM EDT • Health • miamiherald.com

Why Treehub Is Investing In Science-First Founders Leading Healthcare Innovation

Treehub, the Stanford-adjacent residency program backed by the AI Health Fund, is focused on building the next generation of great healthcare founders born in labs, hospitals and academia instead of traditional startup circles.

Apr 29 • 9:45 AM EDT • Science • forbes.com

Why Treehub Is Investing In Science-First Founders Leading Healthcare Innovation

Treehub, the Stanford-adjacent residency program backed by the AI Health Fund, is focused on building the next generation of great healthcare founders born in labs, hospitals and academia instead of traditional startup circles.

Apr 29 • 9:45 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com

Mississippi Launches Rural Health Transformation Program Office and Website

Governor Tate Reeves today announced the establishment of the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Office and launch of the official Mississippi RHTP website.

Apr 29 • 9:12 AM EDT • Health • governorreeves.ms.gov

UNC System awards over $6.4 million to expand rural health care training programs across North Carolina

The UNC System has awarded over $6.4 million in state-funded grants to help its universities, North Carolina Area Health Education Centers, and rural hospitals expand and establish new rural health care workforce training programs.

Apr 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • northcarolina.edu

Never miss the action: FOX One brings streaming sports and more to Delta Sync

SkyMiles® Members can now enjoy 24-hour complimentary access to the FOX One streaming platform — home to sports, news, weather, business, entertainment and more — through Delta Sync Wi-Fi. The new partnership brings more than 5,000 hours of live programming on board and positions Delta Sync as a premium destination for major sports moments.

Apr 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • news.delta.com