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Northwestern U. Will Pay $75 Million to Resolve Trump Investigations The agreement releases $790 million in research funding that has been held up for months amid concerns about how the university handled disruptions from a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.

"Northwestern University will pay $75 million to the federal government to resolve claims that the institution discriminated against Jewish students and faculty members."

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“When Georgia Tech and UGA combine their strengths, together we create solutions that neither institution could achieve alone...These collaborations demonstrate that partnership — not rivalry — is Georgia’s most powerful tradition."

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Best ice cream by a national park! Springdale Candy Co., Springdale, UT

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

"91 839 663 (95% CI 85 690 135–98 291 626) all-age deaths, including 30 391 980 (26 023 132–35 482 636) in children younger than 5 years, were prevented by USAID funding over the 21-year study period."

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This reporter's words came into my home regularly for so long, he felt like a member of the family. Local journalism is irreplaceable.

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WORLD PLANNING SCHOOLS CONGRESS VI call for abstracts deadline is this Tuesday 25 November!

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Copenhagen replaces Vienna as world’s most liveable city Copenhagen replaces Vienna as world’s most liveable city Copenhagen has claimed the top spot in EIU’s Global Liveability Index 2025, ending Vienna's three-year dominance. Copenhagen achieved perfect scores of 100 for stability, education and infrastructure,...

"Cities in western Europe and developed Asia continue to dominate the top of the rankings. Melbourne came in fourth, with Sydney and Adelaide also making the top ten. Other leading cities were spread across Japan, New Zealand and Canada."

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An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."

Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime.

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""Brandon May isn’t traveling to visit his family for the holidays. That's because he doesn't want to risk not being able to return.

May, a professor of forensic psychology, isn’t the only faculty member at a Florida university worried about H-1B status."

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Developed countries have promised huge increases in climate finance aid to help poor nations recover from climate disasters. Some of that money is just renamed development aid – and has funded projects like airport expansions with LED lighting and an ice cream company's expansion. buff.ly/hCh8p0l

And, I thought the reason we haven't switched to metric is that 4'x8' building sheets fit in our pickup trucks.

A Home for Public Housing As director of the National Public Housing Museum, Lisa Yun Lee ’91 is challenging narratives about public housing and reimagining the idea of a 21st-century museum.

“We want to harness the power of place and memory,” Lee says, “but also, this should be a national museum so that people can understand that public housing is something that touches everybody’s lives.”

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Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above

Midtown Atlanta and Georgia Tech from above

"Rail signals a permanent investment in affordable public transit. Like no other transit type, laying tracks tells residents and developers the city is committed to enabling car-free living."

US students studying housing, health outcomes and sustainability win 2026 Rhodes scholarships Five students at U.S. military academies and three each from Yale University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are among the 32 U.S. winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes...

"Five students... are among the 32 American winners named Sunday as 2026 Rhodes scholars.

The group includes students focused on housing, health outcomes, sustainability and prison reentry programs."

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AFT’s Weingarten and AAUP’s Wolfson on Texas A&M University System Board of Regents’ Vote to Censor Curriculum COLLEGE STATION, Texas—AFT President Randi Weingarten and American Association of University Professors President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement condemning the Texas A&M University System...

“The notion that politicians or high-level administrators can dictate what can be taught, researched, discussed or debated in a college classroom is fundamentally at odds with what higher education is about."

- Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

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BREAKING: UNL Chancellor shares final $27.5 million budget cut proposal University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett announced his final budget reduction proposal in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.

"Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, which were initially on the chopping block, were left out of the final proposal, reducing the expected savings from program cuts from $7.7 million to $6.7 million."

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What San Diego-Tijuana Can Teach Us About The Future Of Where The border is a huge political issue for both parties. But the economic and cultural connections are evolving based on local conditions and local networks -- and they'll continue to grow.

"[P]erhaps the most striking thing about this binational economy – and the constant, massive flow people and goods across the border – is how matter-of-fact it all is."

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BREAKING: UNL Chancellor shares final $27.5 million budget cut proposal University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett announced his final budget reduction proposal in an email to students, faculty and staff on Monday.

"Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture, which were initially on the chopping block, were left out of the final proposal, reducing the expected savings from program cuts from $7.7 million to $6.7 million."

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November 9 pogroms showed coming Nazi brutality – DW – 11/09/2025 Jews saw thousands of their synagogues, shops and homes destroyed by Nazi-aligned mobs on the night of November 9, 1938. While the world was shocked, there were no strong reactions in the aftermath of...

"From Munich, where the entire Nazi leadership had gathered for the anniversary of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, the Nazi propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, wrote a speech in which he decreed that Jewish businesses should be destroyed and synagogues set on fire."

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Kristallnacht - 87 years ago today.

Clapping out the paper: A farewell to ink, deadlines and the print AJC Beginning on Jan. 1, this 157-year-old institution will become a fully digital news operation. No more paper. No more ink-stained fingers. No more paper in your driveway.

"[T]he most exciting time of day was between 5 and 6 p.m., when deadlines loomed. The hum of the newsroom would gradually rise — phones ringing louder, editors shouting across desks, reporters complaining about rewrites — and then, by 7 p.m., silence again."

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Cornell Will Pay $60 Million and Provide Admissions Data in Deal to Restore Federal Funding The university, which had seen hundreds of millions of dollars frozen, said the deal “will enable us to return to our teaching and research in restored partnership with federal agencies.”

The terms require Cornell, a private land-grant institution, to pay a $30-million fine to the federal government, invest an equal amount in agricultural and farming programs, and provide anonymized undergraduate admissions data to the federal government.

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World Town Planning Day at Canadian Inst Planners/ @apaintldiv.bsky.social American Plng Assn is off an running.
Next up at 10h15 NY Time: Reframing Engagement: Using Appreciative Inquiry to Inspire Inclusive, Strengths-based Community Planning. #wtpd2025
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What Georgia Democrats' PSC wins could mean for power bills and the midterm elections Georgia voters had handed Democrats a resounding victory, replacing two Republican incumbents on the Public Service Commission, the body that has final say over how Georgia Power, the state’s largest ...

“When civic education is explained in how these offices impact one’s daily life, when we go beyond rhetoric to actual education, perhaps there can be a shift in how the electorate votes...Those messages have gotten through to the rural voters."

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Six election results that didn’t make the headlines Although Democratic victories in New York, Virginia, New Jersey, and California dominated the headlines, significant contests were held across the nation.

1. JD Vance dismissed Tuesday's election as “a couple of elections in blue states.”

But there were significant contests around the country, including in purple and red states.

From coast to coast, voters rejected the MAGA agenda.

Let's review.

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Climate-Friendly Mayors Find Hope in Trump’s Election Setback The big wins by Democrats in Tuesday’s elections across the US turned into a rallying cry at an environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro.

"Many mayors, even those from outside the US, looked to the election results as a signal that green initiatives can survive the Trump administration’s attempts to lead a global turn away from climate policies."

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Global Planners Network (GPN) statement for the 76th World Town Planning Day: With Planning We Can celebrates the achievements of planning and the role of planners in unlocking sustainable, inclusive, equitable, prosperous and resilient places.
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Final Week to Submit!
Don’t miss your chance to be part of the 6th World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC VI) — June 29 – July 3, 2026, in Espoo & Helsinki, Finland.
Faculty and students from GPEAN associations, including ACSP, are encouraged to submit abstracts by November 11, 2025.