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Why a $2.5 billion mistake might not be a bad thing for Mass.

Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, discusses the deal for Massachusetts to repay the more than $2 billion in federal aid it mistakenly spent on unemployment insurance during the pandemic.

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From One Coalition, Dozens of Projects Advance Asian American Health in Communities

The ADAPT coalition encourages faculty and students to work alongside community organizations in Chinatown to improve the health of Tufts’ neighbors

Politics and the Dating Pool

A student research project looks at what the partisan divide means for finding love

The New York Times

The Military Led Diversity Efforts. West Point’s Club Ban Is a Shift.

Associate Dean Diane M. Ryan is quoted throughout this article about the disbanding of dozens of affinity groups at West Point in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for an end to diversity, equity and inclusion policies at the federal level saying “You’re going to have a much more effective military when the demographics of the military represent the demographics of society.”

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The Boston Globe

Healey is promising businesses relief on costly unemployment insurance. Don’t count on it.

Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, is quoted about Governor Maura Healey’s efforts to overhaul Massachusetts’ employer-funded unemployment insurance system, saying, “There seems to be a huge gulf between business groups and the state.”

Tisch College Announces Spring 2025 events

Thought leaders across the political spectrum to appear on campus

PBS

Retired military leaders weigh in on Trump ordering Pentagon to cut DEI programs

Associate Dean Diane Ryan joins PBS Newshour to share her perspective on the impact of President Trump’s executive order to end DEI initiatives at the Pentagon and within the military, saying these programs “about leveraging the talents of all of our people and recognizing the different strengths that people bring to the fight. It's leader development.”

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More Than 33,000 Apply to the Undergraduate Class of 2029

Record applications received for the School of Engineering and more first-generation college applicants than ever before

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WBUR

Unwrapping Gov. Healey's proposed taxes on candy, Zyn

Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, joins Radio Boston to discuss Governor Maura Healey’s proposal to add a sales tax to candy and synthetic nicotine products in the state.