Afternoon Update: Which colleges have produced the most individual Olympic medals in Paris?

Under anti-DEI pressure, Mizzou drops chief diversity officer; a conservative professor on academe’s conformity; grad education in 2035; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. MAKING THE PODIUM [Which Colleges Have Produced the Most Individual Olympic Medals in Paris?]( By Amelia Benavides-Colón and Nell Gluckman [STORY IMAGE]( The Chronicle is tracking which campuses helped train the most medalists at this year’s Games. Is your college on the list? ADVERTISEMENT [Which Colleges Have Produced the Most Individual Olympic Medals in Paris?]( ANTICIPATING ATTACKS [A Decade Ago, Racial-Justice Protests Led Mizzou to Hire a Chief Diversity Officer. Now the Job Is Gone.]( By J. Brian Charles [STORY IMAGE]( The university’s top leader says it’s a concession to the tremendous pressure that colleges are under as lawmakers seek to ban DEI efforts. THE REVIEW | OPINION [A Conservative Professor on Academe’s Political Conformity]( By Mark Moyar [STORY IMAGE]( Decades of ideological conformity have hurt everyone. ADVICE [What Will Graduate Education Look Like in 2035?]( By Leonard Cassuto [STORY IMAGE]( Predictions and hopes for the future of Ph.D. training. CAMPUS CUTS [Valparaiso U. to Eliminate 30 Undergraduate and Graduate Programs]( The private university in Indiana said the cuts would affect only about 2 percent of the student body, who are focusing in those fields. New enrollments will be halted in the programs, but the affected students will be able to complete their degrees. Some faculty cuts are expected, but Valparaiso did not specify a number. (The Post-Tribune) TECHNOLOGY [New Jersey City U. Is Hacked by Ransomware Group Demanding $700,000]( The public university, which has [faced]( a [host]( of recent [financial problems]( said the cyberattack had resulted in the theft of students’ and employees’ Social Security, bank-account, charge-card, and driver’s-license numbers. Thousands of people could be affected. The university did not say if it planned to pay the ransom, which is due by Saturday. (The Jersey Journal, The Chronicle) FACULTY [U. of Iowa Settles With Tenured Professor Over Unspecified ‘Internal Proceedings’]( The university will pay Kaikobad Irani, a lab director and cardiologist, $350,000 to resign by August 31 and will suspend “any internal proceedings” involving him. The agreement also specifies what will happen with his lab’s federal research funding, including if it needs to be paid back. The settlement also says neither Irani nor the university admits wrongdoing. 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