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At Cornell University, the Faculty Senate has passed a formal vote of no confidence in the school's administration, targeting President Michael Kotlikoff and other senior leaders. It's a rare and pointed rebuke from within, signaling deep internal fractures over how the institution is being run.
Turning to the arts, Fiona Apple has released a new cover of Mother Earth's nineteen sixty eight protest song Revolution, recorded alongside collaborators known as The Bolt Cutters. The track appears on an album called Right Now, with proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders — a reminder that music has always found its footing in political moments.
And over at Sony Pictures, the studio has acquired rights to The Heartstring Duet, a self-published dark fantasy romance series by Liv Zander that went viral online. The two-book series blends horror, fantasy, and romance, and it's the latest example of social media turning independent authors into major Hollywood properties almost overnight.
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