Dyson College of Arts and Sciences News

Dyson Professor Seong Jae Min speaks to South China Morning Post regarding a viral controversy involving an image posted by a singer in K-pop girl group Aespa. Professor Min explains how pop culture figures often become flashpoints for geopolitical and historical tensions in East Asian media environments.

Dyson Professor Katherine Fink pens an op-ed for The Conversation examining why many nonprofit news organizations avoid selling advertising, despite IRS records showing that fears over tax penalties or threats to nonprofit status are largely unfounded. Drawing on interviews with nonprofit newsroom leaders and an analysis of hundreds of IRS filings, Professor Fink finds that advertising revenue is both more permissible and less risky than many assume, even as political pressures under the Trump administration have made some nonprofits more cautious.

Bloomberg leads the week, featuring Pace University’s Fed Challenge Team in its Economics Daily Newsletter after winning the 22nd Annual National College Fed Challenge—an extraordinary national achievement. Pace topped finalists Harvard College and UCLA.

On the West Coast, FOX-KTVU speaks with Dyson Criminal Justice Professor and Department Chair Cathryn Lavery, as survivors push for greater transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Professor Lavery offers insight into the stakes of congressional action and how renewed scrutiny could affect public trust, victim advocacy, and accountability in high-profile abuse case.