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Stanford student collects her Master’s degree at the age of 105
Family ties to Stanford In many ways, Hislop’s work in education after leaving Stanford began with her children. When her daughter Anne started first grade in Washington, Hislop advocated on her behalf so that she could take advanced English, rather than a home economics course being suggested by the school. “I felt that she could
June 21, 2024
Student loan borrowers refuse to pay, prod Biden to pony up more debt forgiveness in election year
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January 18, 2024
A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and ‘Destiny’: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago
Special Reports > Exclusives — A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One by Randy Dotinga, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today November 22, 2023 Last Updated November 28, 2023 Sixty years ago, at the age of just 25, a fourth-year medical student named Joe Goldstrich helped colleagues
November 22, 2023
College student once banned from Twitter for tracking Elon Musk’s airplane has a new jet-setting target: Ron DeSantis
Jack Sweeney, the 20-year-old college student who was once banned from Twitter for posting the real-time movements of Elon Musk’s jet, has a new aircraft in his sights: that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. On Monday, Sweeney launched a new Twitter tracker using the name @DeSantisJet that follows the movements of the official Florida jet
May 23, 2023
Student debt forgiveness plan unlikely to succeed
Students from rich families tend to be over-represented in medical programs because of the established link between wealth and academic performance, particularly on the Australian Tertiary Academic Rank.“So these people might be getting what amounts to a massively subsidised and discounted education,” Professor Holden said.“It amounts to bus drivers subsidising wealthy kids to get medical
November 10, 2022
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan And Bitcoin
This is an opinion editorial by Robert Hall, a content creator and small business owner.President Biden on Wednesday announced a student loan relief package designed to lower the debt of millions of Americans across the country. Current and former students with student loans are poised to have $10,000-$20,000 in debt wiped out, depending on the
August 31, 2022
What to know about student debt
August 11, 2022
The government boosted loans and grants during the pandemic. It should cancel existing student debts altogether. Erika Shaker is the director of the national office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives When new grads aren’t able to land good jobs in their fields, they often end up in unrelated low-wage work. They serve tables…
Bombshell Report Claims World’s Largest Student Loan Company Misled Student Loan Borrowers
President Joe Biden (Photo by Samuel Corum-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images A new bombshell report claims that this student company misled student loan borrowers. Here’s what you need to know — and what it means for your student loans. Student Loans A new report released by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the Student Borrower…
March 14, 2022
Student researchers discover genes unique to humans in search for source of our evolutionary distinctiveness
A team of student researchers from John Jay College of Criminal Justice has discovered human microRNA genes not shared with any other primate species and which may have played an important role in the unique evolution of the human species. The students, under the direction of John Jay Professors Dr. Hunter R. Johnson and Dr.…
March 8, 2022
Indonesian Student Becomes Millionaire Overnight After Turning Selfies Into NFTs
A 22-year-old has joined the ranks of NFT royalty this week – turning his selfie collection into virtual gold. Hailing from Semarang in Indonesia, Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali embarked on a fun project way back in 2017 – a simple goal to photograph his face every single day. Since then, he’s amassed 1,000 selfies –…
January 21, 2022