My Classmate, ChatGPT
Lessons from the first graduating A.I. class.
Education
Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data?
Businesses are advised against paying – but as the Canvas platform hack shows, many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy
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After a week of outages, hundreds of millions of students’ data stolen, delayed assignment due dates, and school login pages being defaced by hackers, US tech firm Instructure – which operates the...
La Gradiva review – stunning coming-of-age story of young love and sexual tension
Cannes film festival: Marine Atlan’s debut film follows a group of French high-school kids and their long-suffering teacher on a visit to Pompeii and Naples
Here is cinematographer turned director Marine Atlan’s beautiful debut film about young love, superbly acted and directed. It is a reminder of how fundamentally dishonest and pseudosophisticated it is to laugh dismissively at the...
What A.I. Kant Do
Could we English majors have a future after all?
Finishing School
It’s graduation season, a time of aspiration and anxiety. Today is about the aspiration — the wisdom to be gleaned from great commencement addresses.
Josh Tyrangiel book excerpt: How OpenAI and Khan Academy Made a Chatbot
Inside a collaboration to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom.
Cornell Blames Students for Confrontation With the School’s President
After the president bumped into students with his car, an investigation by the university’s trustees said that the students’ actions were “inconsistent with university policies.”
‘No Essay’ College Scholarships May Have Unseen Strings Attached
Unlike traditional financial aid, the prizes are awarded by random drawings. The websites, in turn, gain access to applicants’ personal information.
After viral graduation walk, paraplegic student calls for greater accessibility: ‘It doesn’t have to be so hard’
After a truck accident left him paralyzed, Jaiden Picot crossed his graduation stage in a robotic exoskeleton
Jaiden Picot, who was paralyzed in 2024 after a truck hit him, never imagined that video of him recently walking across Virginia Union University (VUU)‘s graduation stage in a futuristic robotic suit would go viral.
But since it did, he says he wants the world to know that he intends to...
King’s College and Cranfield hope to be stronger together in surprise merger
News will come as a shock to staff, especially at Cranfield, but the institutions’ bosses say intention is growth
The announcement that King’s College London is to absorb Cranfield University came as a surprise but not a shock to England’s higher education leaders, who have been braced for sudden announcements about job cuts and course closures.
But for staff and students at both institutions...
N.Y.U. Class of 2026 Graduates After Studying Through Turbulent Years
The graduates from New York University witnessed protests and the Trump administration’s crackdown on higher education.
Justice Dept. Accuses Yale Medical School of Discriminating Against White and Asian Applicants
The finding was the second time in eight days that the Trump administration had targeted a major medical school over admissions policies.
Italians praise Catherine as they turn out for final day of trip
The Princess of Wales shone in front of large crowds in Reggio Emilia on the final day of her tour.
Climate Change as a 2026 Campaign Issue
Readers largely disagree with a guest essay that argued that Democrats should not focus on it. Also: Violence against Latinos; school closings.
University of Chicago Makes Tuition Free for Families Making Under $250,000
It becomes one of just a couple of major universities offering free tuition to families at that income level.
Flag With Swastika and Star of David Flown on N.Y.U. Building, Police Say
The flag appeared on a university building during a graduation week event, and resembled the purple N.Y.U. banners flying on campus buildings.
U.C.L.A. Considers New Tactics to Combat Antisemitism
The Trump administration has sued the university, saying it didn’t do enough to protect Jews on campus.
King’s College London to merge with Cranfield University
Merged institution will become second largest mainstream university in UK with about 47,000 students
King’s College London has agreed to merge with Cranfield University, creating a new UK “super-university” that would rival many of its international competitors in size and research output.
The merger would result in King’s taking on another 5,000 mainly postgraduate students and becoming the...
Privately educated CEOs seen as ‘safer bet’ by investors, study finds
Privilege being mistaken for competence as study reveals no evidence to suggest companies run by state-educated peers underperform
Chief executives who attended private school are perceived as a “safer bet” by investors, according to a study, despite there being no evidence they perform or behave differently to their state-educated counterparts.
Companies run by privately educated bosses tend...
UCF Commencement Speaker Draws Boos After A.I. Remarks
Humanities students made their displeasure known at the University of Central Florida.
How an Image of Washington at Prayer Became a Touchstone for the Right
A scene inspired by the winter at Valley Forge has become more prominent in the Trump era, along with claims that the United States was founded as a Christian nation.