This October, we celebrate three remarkable alumni at the Double Discovery Center Gala:

💙 Khadijah Sharif-Drinkard CC’93
💙 Dr. Denise De Las Nueces CC’03
💙 Duchesne Drew CC’89

📖 Learn more about their stories: www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fa...

#DDC60 #DDCGala #ColumbiaAlumni

We’re thrilled that Tony, Emmy, Grammy & Pulitzer winner Tom Kitt will perform at @Columbia’s Double Discovery Center 60th Anniversary Gala!

25K+ first-gen students impacted. Help us reach more deserving students.

💙 ddc.college.columbia.edu/content/60th...

#Broadway #TonyAwards #FirstGen

💙 Stand with DDC at the 60th Anniversary Gala, Oct. 22: ddc.college.columbia.edu/content/60th...

“Education Changes Lives” The Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center celebrates 60 years of helping students realize their greatest potential.

“We have alumni whose story isn’t just ‘DDC helped me get into college,’ it’s ‘DDC saved my life.’” – Sasha Wells, Executive Director.

📖 Read how The Double Discovery Center saves lives:
www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fa...

#DDC60 #FirstGenStudents #CollegeAccess

The Roger Lehecka Double Discovery Center. 60 years of helping first-gen college-bound students.

Celebrate DDC: join our Gala or make a gift to keep the mission strong: ddc.college.columbia.edu/content/60th...

#SupportEducation #CollegeAccess #CollegeAccess #ColumbiaUniversity

www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

BREAKING: Epstein estate agrees to hand over documents to Congress, including the "birthday book," according to ranking member @robertgarcia.bsky.social.

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Senate Republicans voted AGAINST an amendment to Trump’s budget that would have saved over 300 rural hospitals at risk of closure or cut services.

They don’t give a damn about their constituents.

Neon Films released THE LIFE OF CHUCK. Because they’re small, they depended on Mark Hamil, Tom Hiddleston, and others to go on the circuit and talk the movie up. Thank you, guys. Now go bust a move!

Djokovic says he’s still sad that Nadal, Federer, and Murray are no longer on tour with him:

‘I was sad and I still am sad that they’re all gone. Those guys were my greatest motivations for why I competed so intensely and for so long’

(via Roland Garros Press)

FBI Director Kash Patel’s post about the arrest of a judge has now been re-posted after being deleted over an hour ago.

BREAKING — All FDIC employees just received an email confirming DOGE presence at the agency.

"The DOGE team has neither requested nor been granted access to sensitive bank information." We'll see how long that remains true.

Text of email shared with me:

This is terrible, and decent people everywhere know it 😡

Rest well Sir!

James Earl Carter Jr.

A great role model for young men:

—Served his country (Navy Submariner)
—Graduate Work in Nuclear Physics
—Married 77 years
—Entrepreneur
—39th President
—Nobel Peace Prize
—Author, 30 Books
—Habitat for Humanity Volunteer
—Sunday School Teacher

RIP

Best News of the Day! I was so worried you might be shutting things down. Thank you!