The Facebook of Wall Street's Future

Seeded on Wed Oct 3, 2007 9:56 AM EDT (The New York Times)

School ties continue to make a difference in financial careers, but the networking game has changed.

business, hedge-funds, nytimes, facebook-com, business-schools, colleges-and-universities, executives-and-management, kohlberg-kravis-roberts-co, henry-r-kravis

Censored 'SNL' Sketch Jumps Bleepless Onto the Internet

Seeded on Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:47 AM EST (The New York Times)

The parody of two boy-band singers bearing gifts appears to be the first scripted comedy on a broadcast network to use the Web to make an end-run around the prying eyes of its censors.

television, nytimes, recordings-and-downloads-video

East Village, Out West in San Diego

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:01 PM EST (The New York Times)

Like New York City's gritty but fast-gentrifying neighborhood of the same name, San Diego's East Village was until a few years ago a crime-ridden district.

nytimes

Google Steps More Boldly Into PayPal's Territory

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:18 AM EST (The New York Times)

Google's aggressive promotion of its Checkout payment service has helped speed its adoption by online merchants.

privacy, paypal, google-inc, microsoft-corp, yahoo-inc, nytimes, computers-and-the-internet, advertising-and-marketing, ebay-inc, retail-stores-and-trade

Web Site Promotes a Holiday Gift Idea: Giving to Charities

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:16 AM EST (The New York Times)

The Case Foundation is offering a "guide to charitable gifts" online.

philanthropy, nytimes, computers-and-the-internet

Top Grades, Without the Classes

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:12 AM EST (The New York Times)

The unethical behavior often associated with big-time college sports can easily seep outward, undermining academic standards and corrupting behavior in the university as a whole.

college-athletics, nytimes, editorials, auburn-university, colleges-and-universities, national-collegiate-athletic-assn

Public Universities Chase Excellence, at a Price

Seeded on Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:12 AM EST (The New York Times)

Critics say that many public universities striving for national status are losing force as engines of social mobility in the process.

university-of-washington, university-of-florida, nytimes, university-of-california, university-of-michigan, education-trust, education-and-schools, colleges-and-universities, university-of-vermont

What's Wrong With Profit?

Seeded on Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:45 AM EST (The New York Times)

A new generation of "philanthropreneurs" has stepped forward, driven to do good and have their profit, too.

case, google-inc, philanthropy, nytimes, ebay-inc, stephen-m

In College, You Can Go Home Again and Again

Seeded on Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:36 PM EST (The New York Times)

The empty nest isn't what many parents expected it would be when their children left for college. Many students seem to be home almost as much as they're away.

nytimes, colleges-and-universities, families-and-family-life, wireless-communications, mount-holyoke-college, middlebury-college

To Sketch a Thief

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 4:52 PM EST (The New York Times)

How one young scholar is trying to combine the tools of art history and criminal pathology to help the police solve some of the world's most puzzling heists.

art, british-museum, scotland-yard, nytimes, noah, crime-and-criminals, art-loss-register, federal-bureau-of-investigation, courtauld-institute-of-art, charney

Weighing the Costs in Public vs. Private Colleges

Seeded on Wed Dec 13, 2006 10:08 AM EST (The New York Times)

As parents and students cope with the ever-rising cost of higher education, many debate whether attending private institutions is worth the expense.

finances, nytimes, education-and-schools, colleges-and-universities, scholarships-and-fellowships

So This Manatee Walks Into the Internet

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:50 PM EST (The New York Times)

In a pre-emptive strike inspired as much by F.C.C. regulations as by the laws of comedy, NBC bought the license to hornymanatee.com, for $159, after the Dec. 4 installment of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

television, federal-communications-commission, conan, nytimes, obrien, computers-and-the-internet, national-broadcasting-co

In Tuition Game, Popularity Rises With Price

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:00 AM EST (The New York Times)

Several schools have sharply increased tuition to match rivals, while also providing more financial assistance.

rice-university, nytimes, tuition, ursinus-college, university-of-notre-dame, bryn-mawr-college, education-and-schools, colleges-and-universities, university-of-richmond

'Woz' Touts Apple Successes

Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 1:26 PM EDT (spectator.com)

Echoing Apple Computer's advertising slogan of the 1990s, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak emphasized his desire to "think differently and not be one of the masses" yesterday to an eager audience in Roone Arledge Cinema.

technology, business, apple, computers, computer, apple-computer, wozniak, steve-wozniak