Sat.Nov 11, 2023

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‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter

The Guardian Higher Education

Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother Dr Doseline Kiguru, a Kenyan expert in world literature, was overjoyed when she secured a permanent position at Bristol University. But that all changed last week when the Home Office refused to allow her six-year-old daughter to join her.

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You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover

Confessions of a Community College Dean

You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover Elizabeth Redden Sat, 11/11/2023 - 09:07 AM Laura Skandera Trombley reflects on the artful stitching together of a first-semester first-year seminar.

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Floating factories of artificial leaves could make green fuel for jets and ships

The Guardian Higher Education

Cambridge University scientists develop a device to ‘defossilise’ the economy using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide Automated floating factories that manufacture green versions of petrol or diesel could soon be in operation thanks to pioneering work at the University of Cambridge. The revolutionary system would produce a net-zero fuel that would burn without creating fossil-derived emissions of carbon dioxide, say researchers.

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Ayomikun Ayodeji ’22 named a 2024 Rhodes Scholar

CAPD

Julia Mongo | Office of Distinguished Fellowships Published by MIT News on November 11, 2023 Ayomikun “Ayo” Ayodeji ’22 from Lagos, Nigeria, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar for West Africa. He will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. Ayodeji is passionate about championing reliable energy access across the African landscape and fostering culturally inclusive communities.

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For marketers, generative AI changed everything in 2023 - Sharon Goldman, Venture Beat

Ray Schroeder

Generative AI is completely transforming the business of marketing, say a variety of experts VentureBeat spoke to over the past few weeks, including executives, vendors, agencies and consultants. Marketing, with its goal of identifying and communicating with customers — through data analysis and content creation — has long been cited as one of the most obvious candidates for disruption by generative AI tools.

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Students Take A Seat At The Table For UWO Budget Discussion - Robert Kennedy, WTAQ

Ray Schroeder

Administrators at UW-Oshkosh are continuing to navigate staff layoffs as part of the university’s plan to mitigate an $18 million budget deficit. Recently, some students expressed concern over a lack of communication between officials and the student body. “What’s done is done and there’s going to be a lot of restructuring going on with departments and everything, and we want to make sure students have a voice in that restructuring so we can be represented,” UW-Oshkosh Student President Ben Blas