Some of the institutions where fellowships were canceled—as well as those listed as potential replacements—never received notification from the Pentagon, these universities told Inside Higher Ed. It’s unclear if any did.
www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
The arrest of a Columbia student shows the limited options that universities have in resisting ICE agents, especially if they won't follow protocols. Advocates are urging college leaders to demand that federal lawmakers hold ICE officers accountable.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
The new Spirit kits are out.
Details, photos, my take, all at Green Line Soccer
Get me good gossip
White text on a black background that says: A better way to end your ride. You asked, we listened. Starting today, Capital Bikeshare members can park ebikes near full or nearly full stations for free. Here's how it works If a station has three or fewer docks available, members can park their ebike within 40 meters of the station, and we'll automatically waive the $2 out-of-station fee, so you can lock up and be on your way.
Great news for those of us who bike to Audi on game days
A team of skilled Zamboni drivers and technicians at the Winter Olympics keep the ice in the arena at the right temperature and thickness for competition. The challenge? Each event needs a different kind of ice.
Great name!
BREAKING: A 6-3 Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs, finding the International Emergency Economic Powers Act *doesn’t* authorize the president to issue them. #SCOTUS
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Y’all, I think I finally understand curling.
A photo illustration of distressed versions of the official portrait of astronaut Ronald E. McNair from 1985 and an image of McNair playing his saxophone while aboard the space shuttle Challenger in 1986.
Trump Administration Agrees to End Race-Based Criteria for McNair Grant
The decision ends a lawsuit from a conservative student group and will open up the doctoral grant program that originally targeted underrepresented students. https://bit.ly/4aoZ7LY
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #EDUSky
It is a paid holiday off for us.
I’ve been thinking that using AI in these ghost newsrooms to help the three people behind might not be the worst thing. Because we’ve seen that the jobs and resources aren’t coming back.
The Pell Grant is projected to be short at least $100 billion over the next 10 years—a shortfall that Congress will have to address either with cuts or new money.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
okay so I actually just got off the phone with some UTEP and travel industry people if anybody is interested in a quick thread about "what an athletic department does when they wake up and see the FAA has closed their airport"
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
just to be clear, this also means that huge numbers of romance titles are now functionally out of print. and sure, romance has always been an ephemeral genre, but this decimates the genre in a very real way.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
The Education Department is investigating what organizers say is "nation’s only objective study of college student voting and registration," and threatening colleges that participate.
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Yesterday, hundreds of those people were swept out, because of the charlatans in charge. Hundreds remain, carrying on the work.
I wish Americans could really see & feel what it's like in a newsroom. The care. The effort. @sallyjenx.bsky.social captures it here: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
The Washington Post but it’s ‘The Traitors’
A subscription starts a $10 a month. We can do this.
🧵 1/ We’re devastated about the layoffs at The Washington Post, which are gutting D.C. reporting. These journalists are an incalculable loss for our city. The 51st’s mission has always felt urgent, but now we know it needs to kick into high gear.
“The Post, instead, is abandoning its current audience in search of one that may not exist.”
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
There is a (tax deductible!) way to repurpose your Washington Post subscription dollars — it is, again, making deep cuts to its local coverage — by becoming a sustaining supporter of @51st.news
Join community leaders like @mkraju.bsky.social, @eli.pizza — and lowlifes like myself and @caseym.org
Not for nothing, but it was a Washington Post article about romance fiction that pushed Jacob Tierney to contact Rachel Reid about making #HeatedRivalry.
Today’s a terrible day for DC journalism. But at least we can support the 51st.
Good question. I might feel petty enough today to find out.
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
Seven years ago yesterday, this ad ran during the Super Bowl.
And now, because he sold the team, the Commanders are returning to DC and the district is getting a new, controversial stadium. Sports matter to the community, even if you don’t care about the game itself.
OK, I’m done. But if anyone starts a DC sports outlet, let me know.
And of course, the WaPo sports section did so much than cover the games. Maybe Dan Snyder would still own the Commanders without their coverage?
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/...
