Category: film_and_tv

• Media Monitor: NPR Health reports on the science of fear, cold and flu prep, and new menopause guidance

  25 Oct 2026 11:37 a.m. · Source: NPR Health

  NPR Health reports on why people seek out fright, how to build a sick-day kit before respiratory virus season, and new ACOG guidance expanding menopause treatment options.

  HealthMediaMedical ScienceFilm and TVSocial Issues NPR Healthfear researchrespiratory virus seasoninfluenza vaccinemenopausehormone replacement therapyAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

• Yale Architecture Students Build Rent-Free Home for New Haven Child Care Teachers

  24 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

  Yale student architects and a New Haven early childhood education center celebrated a new rent-free home for two of the center's teachers, offering both affordable housing and a hands-on lesson for students.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentEducationMedical ScienceClimate ChangeFilm and TVEnvironment Yale UniversityNew Havenaffordable housingarchitecture studentsearly childhood educationteacher housingUniversity

• Media Monitor: Newsweek Says Texas GOP's "Rich Texan" Era May Be Fading

  23 Oct 2026 6:26 p.m. · Source: Newsweek

  Newsweek uses The Simpsons' "Rich Texan" character to examine the shifting politics of Texas, noting the state's conservative identity may be changing, and promotes its membership program.

  Politics and GovernmentMediaEntertainmentGeneral PoliticsRepublican PartyState GovernmentsFilm and TV NewsweekTexasThe SimpsonsRich TexanGeorge W. Bushmedia membership

• Jazz Harp and Stradivari Instruments Take the Stage During Live! At the Library in November

  23 Oct 2026 10:09 a.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

  The Library of Congress' Thursday evening Live! At the Library series in November features jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda, a GIS Day program and SistaStrings performing on Stradivari instruments.

  EntertainmentMediaScience & TechnologyMusicFilm and TVEnvironmentEducation Library of CongressLive! At the LibraryEdmar CastañedaSistaStringsGIS DayStradivari instrumentsThe Declaration's PromiseU.S. Library of Congress

• Harvard Gazette Highlights Quest for Wisdom, Credit-Law Change, and Youth Poll

  23 Oct 2026 7:01 a.m.

  Harvard Gazette roundup features Arthur Kleinman's caring-based "quest for wisdom," analysis of how a credit-law change boosted women's spending power, and a youth poll on the nation's direction.

  HealthScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentBusinessEducationEconomyArtificial IntelligenceElectionFilm and TV Harvard GazetteArthur Kleinmancredit lawwomen's spending poweryouth pollHarvard University

• Media Monitor: MIT Technology Review Reflects on Elizabeth Holmes Film and the Limits of Scientific Scrutiny

  23 Oct 2026 5:00 a.m. · Source: MIT Technology Review

  MIT Technology Review says a new Elizabeth Holmes documentary renewed its concerns about how hard it is to verify scientific claims, even with peer review and careful reporting.

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• Penn Launches Schlein Center for Cybersecurity to Tackle AI-Fueled Threats

  23 Oct 2026 2:09 a.m.

  The University of Pennsylvania's new Schlein Center for Cybersecurity, funded by trustee Ted Schlein, unites engineers, lawyers, policy experts and industry and government partners to confront AI-driven cyber threats.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentEducationArtificial IntelligenceComputers and InternetMedical ScienceFilm and TV Schlein Center for CybersecurityUniversity of PennsylvaniaMichael HicksTed SchleinSenior HealthLinkStephanie Feldman

• WSJ Opinion Pages Take Aim at Turek's Cancer Claim, California Wealth Tax and Trump's Putin Diplomacy

  22 Oct 2026 5:10 a.m.

  The Journal's editorial board called an Iowa Democrat's health care claim a "false campaign cancer scare" and said Stephen Hubbard's release from Russia does not change Moscow's hostility to U.S. interests.

  Politics and GovernmentHealthBusinessEntertainmentMediaGeneral PoliticsDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyEconomyElectionFilm and TVMusicLegalWorldConflictWhite HouseTradeMilitaryArtificial Intelligence Wall Street JournalJosh TurekCalifornia Proposition 40wealth taxStephen HubbardDonald Trump2026 midterm electionsWall Street Journal Editorial BoardVladimir PutinXi JinpingRussiaUkrainetariffs

• Ramaswamy Ad Featuring Rival's Estranged Mother Draws Bipartisan Criticism as Vance Defends It

  23 Oct 2026 7:23 a.m.

  The spot, in which Amy Acton's mother calls her a liar, has spread on social media as the Ramaswamy campaign spends $4 million to broadcast it across Ohio.

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• Columbia President Mnookin Announces New Interdisciplinary Colloquium Series

  21 Oct 2026 3:00 p.m. · Source: Columbia University

  Columbia University President Jennifer L. Mnookin announces the Columbia Colloquium, a year-long interdisciplinary series of faculty-led conversations, with the first event on Oct. 28 exploring the purpose of a research university.

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• Library of Congress to Celebrate 55 Years of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"

  21 Oct 2026 12:17 p.m. · Source: U.S. Library of Congress

  Original cast members Peter Ostrum, Julie Dawn Cole, Paris Themmen and Rusty Goffe join a Library of Congress panel on the 1971 film, with score excerpts and archival materials on display.

  EntertainmentMediaFilm and TVMusicDigital and Print Publishing Library of CongressWilly Wonka & the Chocolate FactoryLeslie BricusseNational Film RegistryPeter OstrumCoolidge AuditoriumFilmU.S. Library of Congress

• Yale Architecture Students Build Rent-Free Home for New Haven Teachers

  21 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

  Yale student architects and a New Haven early childhood education center celebrated a new rent-free home for two of the center's teachers, a project that also gave students hands-on building experience.

  HealthEducationScience & TechnologyEntertainmentMedical ScienceSocial IssuesFilm and TVReal Estate Yale UniversityNew Havenaffordable housingarchitecture studentsearly childhood educationgliomasFulbrightUniversity

• "Coding Kids" Author Says Students Need "Tech Civics" to Navigate the 21st-Century Classroom

  21 Oct 2026 7:01 a.m.

  Harvard Gazette roundup highlights a "Coding Kids" author's call for "tech civics" in schools, plus insights on "stealthy wealthy" neighbors, tax policy and inequality, and a race exhibit.

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• Yale Researchers Find Brain's Face-Processing Network Emerges Before Birth

  20 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

  Yale study shows the brain network behind recognizing smiles, speech and eye contact develops as early as the third trimester, helping explain newborns' natural draw to adult faces.

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• Media Monitor: Amanpour to leave CNN, Stewart stays at 'The Daily Show,' arrests made in West Bank attack on Post photographer

  20 Oct 2026 7:32 a.m. · Source: Poynter

  Poynter reports Christiane Amanpour will exit CNN next June after 43 years, Jon Stewart will remain at "The Daily Show" through 2028, and Israeli police arrested 10 suspects in a West Bank attack on a Washington Post photojournalist.

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• Kennedy School 'Pre-Mortem' Warns Firms Must Act Now on AI-Enabled Terror Risk

  20 Oct 2026 7:01 a.m.

  A Harvard Kennedy School "pre-mortem" lays out the threats, vulnerabilities and possible steps around AI-enabled terror, warning that firms must act now rather than wait.

  Science & TechnologyLaw EnforcementPolitics and GovernmentEducationArtificial IntelligenceLegalEconomyFilm and TV Harvard Kennedy SchoolAI-enabled terrorpre-mortemnational securitySupreme Courthigher education

• George Mason Researchers Win NSF Grants, 4-VA Funding as Ferrer Takes New American Voices Award

  20 Oct 2026 6:30 a.m. · Source: George Mason University News

  George Mason University announces two NSF grants for space weather and cybersecurity research, 20 faculty 4-VA awards, and a New American Voices Award for historian Ada Ferrer.

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• Media Monitor: WSJ Opinion Roundup: Northeast Climate Backlash, Slotkin's Warning, Musk's SpaceX Giveaway

  20 Oct 2026 5:10 a.m. · Source: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

  The Wall Street Journal's editorial board surveys anti-fossil-fuel utility costs hurting Northeast Democrats, Elissa Slotkin's warning to young Trump staffers, and Elon Musk's SpaceX share pledge.

  Politics and GovernmentBusinessEntertainmentWorldEnergyClimate ChangeElectionTradeReal EstateMiddle EastEuropeFilm and TVLegal Wall Street JournalEditorial BoardNortheast climate policyElissa SlotkinElon MuskSpaceXGaza Board of PeaceWall Street Journal Editorial Board

• The Met to Open "Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany" on October 22

  19 Oct 2026 5:12 p.m.

  The exhibition of drawings from Louis C. Tiffany's studios runs at The Met Fifth Avenue through February 7, 2027, and is made possible by Tiffany & Co.

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• Media Monitor: CBS News' 60 Minutes Recaps Election Interference, Helium Shortage and Sacha Baron Cohen Stories

  19 Oct 2026 8:02 a.m. · Source: CBS News: 60 Minutes

  CBS News' 60 Minutes newsletter summarizes Lesley Stahl's election interference report, Jon Wertheim's helium story and Ariel Levy's Sacha Baron Cohen profile, plus a Theranos retrospective.

  MediaPolitics and GovernmentEntertainmentScience & TechnologyElectionFederal GovernmentFilm and TVComputers and InternetLegal 60 MinutesCBS Newselection interferenceFulton County Georgiahelium shortageSacha Baron CohenElizabeth HolmesCBS News: 60 Minutes

• Yale Researchers Identify Molecule That May Protect Against Toxic Protein Buildup in Parkinson's

  17 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

  A Yale-led study by geneticist Arthur Horwich has found a molecule that appears to shield against the abnormal aggregation of alpha-synuclein, the protein that damages neurons in Parkinson's disease.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentEducationMedical ScienceFilm and TVEurope Parkinson's diseaseYale UniversityArthur Horwichalpha-synucleinmedical researchclaustrumJulianne SmithUniversity

• Media Monitor: Washington Post Reports White House Preservation Group Took $2.5M From Donor Who Wanted East Wing Demolished

  16 Oct 2026 3:09 p.m. · Source: The Washington Post

  The Washington Post reports a White House preservation group accepted $2.5 million from a donor who sought the East Wing's demolition, as other donors withhold funds amid the president's silence on the project.

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• The Met to Open "Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany"

  16 Oct 2026 10:01 a.m. · Source: Met Museum

  The Met invites press to an October 19 preview of an exhibition of Louis C. Tiffany studio drawings, opening October 22, 2026 and running through February 7, 2027, made possible by Tiffany & Co.

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• Yale Experts Weigh In on Plague Fears, Climate Economics, and Diplomacy in Latest Yale Today

  16 Oct 2026 8:31 a.m. · Source: Yale University: Yale Today

  Yale's latest newsletter features a physician-scientist on why plague anxiety may be premature, an economist on climate and biodiversity, and a former NATO ambassador on diplomacy.

  HealthScience & TechnologyPolitics and GovernmentEntertainmentUSAEducationEnvironmentClimate ChangeMedical ScienceFilm and TVEurope Yale UniversityIngrid KatzPlagueStefano GiglioJulianne SmithNATOUniversity

• Harvard Gazette Highlights: AI Limits, Hidden Women in History, and Resiliency

  16 Oct 2026 7:01 a.m.

  Harvard Gazette roundup features Michael Brenner on what AI cannot replace, teachers filling gaps in history books with Schlesinger Library help, and university leaders on financial resiliency.

  Science & TechnologyEducationEntertainmentMediaArts & CultureArtificial IntelligenceFilm and TVDigital and Print PublishingSocial Issues Harvard UniversityMichael BrennerSchlesinger LibraryDouglas StuartHarvard Kennedy SchoolHarvard Museum of Natural History

• Media Monitor: USA TODAY Reports Oregon School Shooting, Mail Ballot Guidance and Winter Outlook

  16 Oct 2026 6:59 a.m. · Source: USA TODAY Daily Briefing

  USA TODAY's Daily Briefing reports a deadly Oregon elementary school shooting, USPS assurances on mail voting, a midterm rally in Georgia and NOAA's winter outlook.

  Politics and GovernmentWeatherSportLaw EnforcementMediaEntertainmentHealthUSAGeneral PoliticsElectionGeneral WeatherFilm and TVMedical Science Oregon elementary school shootingUSPS mail-in votingNOAA Winter OutlookMatt GaetzMaine Senate debateMichigan river trail deathsWNBA FinalsUSA TODAY Daily Briefing

• Media Monitor: NPR Reports Oregon School Shooting, DOJ Lawsuit Against California, and Presidential Records Case

  16 Oct 2026 6:53 a.m. · Source: NPR

  NPR reports a deadly elementary school shooting in Bend, Ore., a Justice Department lawsuit over California voter rolls, and a court fight over presidential records.

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• Media Monitor: WSJ Opinion Warns Investors on AI, Weighs Ukraine Starlink Deal

  16 Oct 2026 5:10 a.m. · Source: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board

  The Wall Street Journal's editorial board says markets are reminding investors that AI must eventually deliver returns, while also reporting Ukraine may trade a halt to energy strikes for Starlink data.

  BusinessPolitics and GovernmentScience & TechnologyMediaEntertainmentFinancial MarketsArtificial IntelligenceElectionEnergyFilm and TVClimate ChangeLegal Wall Street JournalVolodymyr ZelenskyStarlinkSupreme CourtUkraineCalifornia wealth taxWall Street Journal Editorial Board

• Dartmouth Society of Fellows Welcomes New Postdoctoral Scholars

  16 Oct 2026 4:33 a.m. · Source: Dartmouth College

  Dartmouth's Society of Fellows adds new postdoctoral scholars, while the college partners with Eversource on grid capacity and a cancer center director discusses lung cancer therapy.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEntertainmentEducationMedical ScienceEnergyFilm and TVEnvironment Dartmouth CollegeSociety of FellowsEversourceJunbo ZhaoRoy HerbstDartmouth Cancer CenterSamson Occom

• Penn Chemists Use Light to Switch Opioid Pain Relief On and Off

  16 Oct 2026 2:25 a.m.

  Chemist and pharmacologist Dirk Trauner and collaborators developed a platform that turns opioid activity in the central nervous system on or off with light, aiming to bypass addiction and other side effects.

  HealthScience & TechnologyEducationMediaMedical ScienceArtificial IntelligenceSocial IssuesComputers and InternetFilm and TV University of PennsylvaniaDirk Trauneropioid addictionpain reliefPenn VetOrlov TrotterThe Black Hero's Journey

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