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The Hill: Harvard, MIT sue to block Trump administration from stripping student visas amid pandemic

Category: Business News

Harvard and MIT filed a lawsuit on Wednesday that seeks to prevent the Trump administration from stripping foreign students of visas if their universities move exclusively to online classes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The lawsuit comes after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday that international students whose courses move entirely online would be required […]

Source: The Hill

Published: July 9, 2020

The Life-Changing Magic of Doing Just Enough

Category: Business News

It’s a well-known fact among traveled women that the best-looking men on the planet can be observed at the Oslo Airport. Broad of shoulder, lean of shank, with the wellspring of Viking DNA still flowing in Norway. Less widely noted is that Norwegian women run the country.  Last summer, I left New York for a semester as a lecturer […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: March 13, 2025

CNN: The Arctic explorers locked down in a tiny hut in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago

Category: Airline / Travel

(CNN) — When Hilde Falun Strom and Sunniva Sorby began a long-planned expedition in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard last September, their main goal was to encourage conversation around climate change in the polar regions. After spending close to nine months collecting data and samples for researchers in remote Basembu, situated 140 kilometers from the “nearest […]

Source: CNN

The Norwegian American: Kahoot! game-based learning platform an international hit

Category: Business News

Kahoot! continued its growth last quarter when the coronavirus started. The Norwegian quiz game company ended with a 220% increase in sales from the same period last year. The startup delivers engaging learning and is used by teachers, students, businesses, and parents for group learning, e-learning, distance learning, and self-study everywhere. The award-winning company’s number […]

Source: The Norwegian American

Published: May 9, 2020

Kahoot! and the United Nations launch games to engage youth in the global dialogue on shaping the future

Category: Business News

In 2020, the United Nations is marking its 75th anniversary. In commemoration of this date and with its goal of building a better future for all, the United Nations launched a global dialogue initiative in January. This initiative covers a range of important global issues — including the climate, inequality, forms of conflict and the […]

Source: Kahoot!