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· Michelle De Pacina
Renaming of University of Oxford college after Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ now ‘in doubt’
Last year, Linacre College announced that it would be changing its name to Thao College after Vietnam’s first and only woman billionaire after she pledged a 155 million British pound (approximately $171.4 million) donation from her Vietnamese investment group Sovico Group.…
· Rebecca Moon
Oxford University defends $180MM donation from Vietnamese billionaire ‘Madame Thao’ amid investigation
Oxford University’s Linacre College is defending its acceptance of a $180 million donation from Vietnam’s first self-made woman billionaire, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao. Oxford University’s Linacre College is defending its acceptance of a $180 million donation from Vietnam’s first…
· Jiselle Lee
University of Oxford graduate college to be renamed for Vietnam’s richest woman
A University of Oxford college is planning on changing its name to Thao College after receiving £155 million from a Vietnamese investment group. Donation: Linacre College signed a memorandum of understanding on Oct. 31 with SOVICO group to receive a donation of £155 million…
· Ryan General
Rising hallyu: 26 new Korean words added to Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the accepted principal dictionary of the English language, recently included dozens of Korean words in its September update. At the “crest of the Korean wave”: Citing South Korea’s culture, which “continues to rise in international…
· Bryan Ke
Immigration officials approve first-ever ‘Dreamer’ Rhodes Scholar’s application to leave to study at Oxford
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved a “Dreamer’s” application to leave to England to study at the University of Oxford, his lawyers, Boston-based WilmerHale, announced. The details: In 2018, South Korean immigrant Jin Park became the first-ever…
· Ryan General
Gemma Chan Reveals How She’s Used Her Oxford Law Degree Since Becoming an Actress
Actress Gemma Chan recently shared how her law degree from Oxford University somehow became quite useful in her acting career. The “Crazy Rich Asians” star was featured on the cover of Modern Luxury magazine’s March issue where she gave a fascinating interview about her…
· Carl Samson
‘Chinglish’ Phrase ‘Add Oil’ Officially Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
One of the most perplexing yet ever-present phrases used across China entered the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary this month. The dictionary defines “add oil,” previously considered to be Chinglish, as a phrase expressing “encouragement, incitement or support,” Formosa…
· Carl Samson
Oxford Student’s Debate Video on Tech Gets Attacked By Misogynistic Trolls
A competitive debater in the Oxford Union received more feedback about her looks than what she had to say. The debate on February 1, posted on YouTube at the end of the same month, motioned that the rise of technology empires threatens society.
· Bryan Ke
Aung San Suu Kyi to Be Stripped of Oxford Honor After Defending Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
Myanmar’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, is reportedly set to be stripped of her Oxford honor after her controversial defense of the Rohingya crisis currently taking place in the country. Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s leader who won the 2015 election by a landslide, came under fire for…
· Ryan General
Pakistani Activist, Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai Accepted to Oxford
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who, at age 17, became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate, has recently announced that she has just won a spot to study at Oxford University. Yousafzai announced on Thursday that she was “excited” after she was accepted to study Politics,…
· Ryan General
Philippine President Duterte Says Oxford University is a ‘School for Stupid People’
Oxford University, which ranks consistently among the top five universities in the world, has recently been dismissed as a “school for stupid people” by no less than the brash-talking Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. The 72-year-old leader’s pronouncement was reportedly a…
· Editorial Staff
Black Oxford Student Refuses to Tip Struggling Waitress Because She’s White
Many are coming to the rescue of a woman who burst into tears after a black Oxford student refused to tip her because she was white. Instead, the South African man and his friend wrote on the cafe bill: “We will give tip when you return the land.” Ntokozo Qwabe, who attended…
· Editorial Staff
Oxford Study Reveals Where You Can Touch Your Friends and Strangers
An individual’s level of comfort for being touched depends on a combination of factors that include the type of relationships involved. A new study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was carried out by researchers to determine the level of comfort…
· Max Chang
Kanye West’s ‘Best, Illest Quotes’ From His Oxford Guild Business Society Lecture
Gather around and listen everyone! Kanye West dropped some straight Kanye truth to the 350 members of the Oxford Guild Business Society on Monday.
· Carl Samson
Hong Kong voids visa of Chinese scientist behind world’s first gene-edited babies
Just hours after announcing his plan to conduct research in Hong Kong, Chinese scientist He Jiankui saw his work visa revoked on Tuesday. He, the biophysicist who created the world’s first gene-edited babies, was released from prison in April 2022 after serving three years for…
· Carl Samson
Chinese scientist behind world’s first gene-edited babies shares children’s status
He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist behind the world’s first genetically modified human babies, has provided an update on the children’s lives. The researcher first announced the controversial babies — a pair of twins — in 2018, drawing massive condemnation from the international…
· Michelle De Pacina
Is this 11-year-old boy smarter than Stephen Hawking?
Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old student in the U.K., scored the highest possible Mensa test score for people under 18, beating Stephen Hawking’s Mensa IQ test score. Shah scored a 162, automatically placing him in the top one percent of people with the highest IQ. Mensa is an…
· Ryan General
Texas voters elect Muslim lawmakers in historic first
On Nov. 8, Democrats Salman Bhojani and Suleman Lalani became the first Muslim lawmakers to be elected to the Texas House. Bhojani defeated Republican Joe Livingston in Tarrant County with around 58 percent of the vote to represent House District 92, while Lalani won against…
· Ryan General
People of different cultures around the world like, dislike the same smells, says new study
A new study has found that culture plays a minimal role in the perception of odor pleasantness. According to the study, 225 participants from nine cultures displayed similar odor preferences. The participants were asked to smell 10 substances and place them in order from most…
· Bryan Ke
US formally recognizes Myanmar military violence against Rohingya as genocide
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken officially declared that Myanmar’s military junta has committed genocide and crimes against humanity on Myanmar’s Rohingya minority. The declaration, which occurred at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Monday, did not…