What Students Are Saying About: The Bystander Effect, Fraying Friendships, and...
Losing friends is a part of life In only 15 years of living I have learned that people change - sometimes it’s for the better, and sometimes it may not be. In a situation where I feel a friend and I start to lose contact, I always think to myself - What am I doing…
Word of the Day: salinity
The word salinity has appeared in 26 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 25 in “Salty Suburban Roads Are Clouding the Future of N.Y.C. Drinking Water” by Hilary Howard:The study, released last week by the city’s Department of Environmental Protection, found that while salt was edging upward throughout New York’s vast…
How Much Racism Do You Face in Your Daily Life?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.When is the last time you can remember thinking about your racial identity? Was it prompted by something someone said or did? Do you think your experience of race is similar or different from that of your peers?In “How Much Racism Do You Face Every Day?” Amy Harmon writes…
7 benefits of cloud computing
Cloud computing is becoming more and more popular. Every day, more companies are turning away from traditional IT infrastructures and corporate data centers. Instead, they're flocking to cloud services and platforms — but why?In this article, we'll explore the many benefits behind cloud computing's popularity. But first, let's look at what cloud computing is.What is…
Talking With Relatives Across the Political Divide
Peter Coleman, a professor of psychology and education at Columbia University and the director of the Morton Deutsch International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution, says it’s also necessary to set the ground rules for what types of conversations you want to partake in with loved ones. He explains there is an important distinction between…
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Reflections on Our Summer Reading Contest and Our Week 10 Winners
All summer long teenagers told us about the Times articles, Opinion pieces, videos, photos and podcasts that got their attention, and all summer long we celebrated our favorite responses. We heard, of course, about the big headlines of the summer, like the Women’s World Cup, the protests in Hong Kong, the migrant detention centers, and…
One Last Adventure
When the outdoors enthusiast Isabella de la Houssaye was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer, she decided she would go on one last adventure with each of her five children. The image above shows the journey she took with her 19-year-old daughter — a climb to the top of Aconcagua, the highest summit outside the…
University of London’s new Marketing degree: An ethical approach
The brand new University of London’s Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Marketing is designed for you, that is looking for analytical skills to advance in your marketing career, but that is also interested in ethical issues associated with over-consumption, environmental crisis and inequality. This degree has been created with the understanding that marketing can play…
Coursera raises $103 Million in Series E round of financing
Today, we’re happy to share that Coursera has raised an additional $103 million of investment in a Series E equity round. With this round, we welcome SEEK Group, a global leader in investing, scaling and operating online employment and education businesses, as our new investor. Existing investors Future Fund and NEA also joined the round.…
Strange Cuisine
Do you like to get creative in the kitchen or at snack time? Have you ever made a unique food or drink concoction that excites or repulses your friends or family? Is there a food you love that many others can’t stomach? Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more…
Learn How To Use Python For Data Science In Our New...
If you’re interested in a career in tech, you probably already know that data jobs are hot right now. Tech runs on data, and data science can be applied to virtually every industry. Chances are, if you think of a field you’re interested in, there are jobs that require data skills. And if that isn’t…
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RESILIENCE
Labor employers place a high value on the ability to work under duress. When you go for an interview, the interviewer will ask you questions like, “What is/are your motivation(s) while working?” Have you ever felt so stressed out at your previous job that you wanted to quit, and what did you do when that…
Billion Promise Agunia: “Alison offers an opportunity to empower oneself through...
“My name is Billion Promise Agunia and I’m from Nigeria. I was the last child born to a polygamous family in Rivers State. I studied Law at Rivers State University as a result of my academic experience with Alison and other online learning platforms.” How did you learn about Alison? I found Alison after finishing…
Hands
What message do you think this illustration is trying to convey? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us in the comments, then read the related Opinion essay to see what it is about.About Picture Prompts• Find…
Film Club: ‘‘Baptized in Blackness’: Why Homecoming Is Vital to the...
“Let the show begin.” “Homecoming at a historically Black college and university is everything.” “Homecoming itself — it’s like being baptized in Blackness.” “It’s almost a ritual. It’s almost like church.” “It was a culture shock for me, personally, because I haven’t really been to school with so many Black kids. And then to see…
How Do You Handle Boredom?
Do you find yourself easily bored? What do you do to cope with the monotony?
Should Social Media Companies Be Responsible for Fact-Checking Their Sites?
Meta — the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Whatsapp — announced on Jan. 7 that it would be ending its longstanding fact-checking program, a policy instituted to curtail the spread of misinformation across its social media apps.As part of the content moderation overhaul, the company said it would also drop some of its…