NEW: Dartmouth’s embattled provost, Santiago Schnell, is resigning after a faculty-led committee found he was “not forthcoming” about his use of generative AI in published work. chronicle.com/liveblog/heres…

New investigation from @statnews: Epic's control over access to hospitals' health data means that it is picking and choosing winners in health tech and AI, and can throttle access to those it deems unworthy, or competitive with its own products. statnews.com/2026/10/28/epic…

We interrupt our usual programming to inform you that I was never hired by Facebook to do a hit job on Jonathan Haidt. statmodeling.stat.columbia.e…

SCOOP: The CDC's deputy director is leaving. Jennifer Shuford, an infectious-disease physician who had been Texas's health commissioner, was hired to help restore trust in CDC. Now she's out after six months. w @bylenasun washingtonpost.com/politics/…

In which I come out as a Bellow hater: chronicleofhighereducation.s…

Since its première, in 2022, “Slow Horses”—Apple TV’s fast-paced espionage drama about a division of MI5 where the screwups and sluggards end up—has become “a treasure to those in the know, and a nonentity to outsiders,” Inkoo Kang writes. The show, starring Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden, boasts nearly two dozen Emmy nominations, and a few wins, but has never reached the breakout status of “Ted Lasso” or “Severance.” Read why Kang thinks the underrated program is the best on Apple TV:newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Eo…

My deep dive on the "A.I.-driven" Alpha School, revealing their internal learning and enrollment data for the first time, just as the network expands into public education. There is a big gap between the marketing and reality. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/al…

“We are trying to deliver you the raw stuff of democracy. If a company allows their own greedy interests to shape that, then that’s a problem for democracy.” @dvergano on the fight inside Scientific American against interference from corporate ownership. thenation.com/article/societ…

I actually enjoyed “You can see everything” but people need to understand that this is not a documentary. And the device Elizabeth showed Nathan WAS NOT THE DEVICE

Would you lie to this man? EXCLUSIVE: Nathan Fielder, codirector of the Elizabeth Holmes documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ sat down with WIRED for an extended interview—the first he’s given to discuss the film. 🔗 wired.com/story/nathan-field…

Did Cornell do enough? What would enough have looked like? My colleague Haley Zimmerman and I take a look. chronicle.com/article/did-co…

my god this is devastating. helen was an absolute legend.

“You call something out amongst your brothers that will potentially bring the fraternity down, the idea of the potential retaliation is high. It doesn't mean they shouldn't be doing it." A look at the efficacy of campus bystander training for @chronicle: chronicle.com/article/cornel…

Lincoln University students and alumni say the state of Missouri intentionally underfunded its land-grant HBCU. Now, they’re suing for $549 million to recover decades of owed funds. chronicle.com/article/a-laws…

New: In February, a Michigan State University dean enthusiastically recommended an assistant chemistry professor for promotion and tenure. A month later, he told her she was under investigation and escorted her out of the building with orders not to return. chroni.cl/4jHGaJl

ICYMI, student journalists rock. We're hiring two for @chronicle's spring internship (or recent graduates). You can apply below. We're based in DC, but interns can work remotely from NY, NJ, NC, FL, TX, WA, VA, MD, and MI. Pay is $800 a week before taxes jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/t…

What happens when a field has a history in which an ascendant faction within a scholarly community misrepresents evidence in order to punish a political rival. My take on some disputes in anthropology: chronicle.com/article/anthro…

Joseph Henrich’s 107-page report argues that anthropology is in “a recognized crisis,” driven in part by a split over advocacy, objectivity, and methods. The AAA’s president rejects that claim: “There is no indication … that anthropology has eroded its standards.” chroni.cl/4jrembV

NEW: I talked to Joseph Henrich about why he wanted to tackle the issue of politicization in anthropology for the Vanderbilt humanities commission, what he found out, and what he thought of my Q&A with the head of the American Anthropological Association. chronicle.com/article/the-ha…