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1. What we know about Columbia's $221 million settlement with the Trump administration. The news that Columbia University will pay more than $200 million to the federal government comes after several investigations and months of negotiations with the Trump administration. Read the story.
— Elissa Nadworny, NPR Education Correspondent and Jordan Owens, NPR Education Fellow
2. Lawyers for Harvard and Trump square off in court in Boston. In a packed federal courtroom on Monday, lawyers for Harvard University argued that the federal government's freeze of more than $2 billion in grants and contracts is illegal and should be reversed. Read the story.
— Emily Piper-Vallilo, Reporter, WBUR and Elissa Nadworny, NPR Education Correspondent
3. President Trump takes aim at college sports with a new executive order. The order seeks to empower federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education, which disburses funds to public universities, to help enforce new provisions on athletic scholarships and "pay-for-play" licensing deals for athletes. Read the story.
— Becky Sullivan, NPR Sports Correspondent
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Michael Vargas in his room on April 3, 2024, in Miami.Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR |
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How NPR's college podcast champion overcame his fears and inspired listeners around the world.
When he sent his story to NPR's College Podcast Challenge, Michael Vargas Arango had no idea how his life was about to change. In his podcast, he talked about growing up in his native Colombia and then moving to the U.S. to study at Miami-Dade College, all while living with a rare mental health condition. "I am not dangerous. I'm not crazy, and I'm not delusional," he says by way of introducing himself. "I'm just one more guy with a mental health condition living with it.
He called his podcast The Monsters We Create, and he used his own voice, interviews with other students and creative audio effects to convey what it's like living with schizoaffective disorder. That's a chronic mental health condition where a person experiences symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorders like depression. It's rare — Vargas Arango is among the 3 in 1,000 people who experience it.
Recently, Vargas Arango sent us a new podcast, The Monsters We Saved, in which he talks about surprising responses he's received from listeners around the world. Many were from people with their own mental health conditions who talked about how his story made them feel understood and seen.
Read/listen to the story here.
As always, thanks for reading and listening!
– The NPR Education Team
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