Feds say US colleges 'massively' underreport foreign funding
Since coming under federal scrutiny, the 12 schools disclosed a combined $6.5 billion in foreign funding that was previously unreported, the department said. Yale said it failed to submit foreign funding reports for the years 2014 to 2017 but later corrected the omission. It's not unusual for U.S. colleges to accept foreign funding for research projects or exchange programs, but federal reporting requirements have long been treated as an honor system. That began to change last year, however, after a bipartisan report in Congress raised alarms about colleges’ ties with China. In response to that finding, DeVos began ordering broader investigations into universities' foreign funding.
AP Source: Ivy League calls off fall sports due to outbreak
The Ivy League has canceled all fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)The Ivy League on Wednesday became the first Division I conference to say it will not play sports this fall because of the coronavirus pandemic, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The league left open the possibility of moving some seasons to the spring if the outbreak is better controlled by then. The decision was described to the AP by a person speaking on the condition of anonymity in advance of the official announcement. The Ivy decision affects not just football but everything before Jan. 1, including soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country, as well as the nonconference portion of the basketball season.
Yale, Portland pot grower to conduct medical marijuana study
Connecticut (Hartford Business Journal) - The Yale University School Of Medicine is teaming with a Portland-based medical marijuana grower to conduct the first state-approved study of medical marijuana's impact on stress and mental health. Other conditions may also be examined in the study including post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and opioid-replacement, according to Yale. Yale said the "groundbreaking" clinical study is the first approved by the state Department of Consumer Protection's (DCP) medical marijuana research program to study stress and mental-health related issues. The new study surfaces just weeks after state lawmakers added several new conditions to Connecticut's medical marijuana program. Meantime, there are currently 37,927 patients in the medical marijuana program, 1,196 certifying physicians, 15 dispensaries and four producers in Connecticut, according to DCP.
Homeless Yale grad gets help from fellow alumni
"I started reading it -- and just tears," said Kim Hershman, who'd studied a year ahead of Pleasants at Yale. Hershman -- escorted by two Yale alums, including her significant other -- began asking homeless people in the area if they knew where Pleasants camped out. Even weeks after leaving the streets, Pleasants was still acclimating. Making plans to get sober and share his storyPleasants checked into a rehab facility Friday in Los Angeles' Tarzana neighborhood, Hershman told CNN. People who used to help homeless residents, he said, ended up sitting beside "us" on the streets.