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Diti Kohli

@ditikohli.bsky.social

boston globe transporation reporter 🚊

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last mo.

Boston flagged the area around where Louisa Gag was struck and killed on her bike as a point of concern years ago, saying it lacked in both “bike safety and comfort.” But improvements were never made — a sign Boston is "moving backwards" on bike safety. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/10/m...

‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe

Louisa Gag, a bike-share and transportation planner for the City of Boston who was responsible for helping improve roadways and expand city bikes, was struck and killed at the intersection Thursday, r...

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Aidan Ryan@aidanryan.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Dartmouth has moved swiftly to embrace AI. @ditikohli.bsky.social and I covered its deal w/ Anthropic, how AI is leading to classroom tension, and how officials are under fire for paying an undergrad to promote a mental health chatbot in the student paper. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/b...

Dartmouth College went all-in on AI. Then came the tension. - The Boston Globe

The swift rollout at the Ivy League school is a case study in the turbulence that AI can bring.

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Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 6mo ago

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

Bradley D. Custer@bradleydeanc.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My comments in @bostonglobe.com on how dismantling of ED affects colleges: “When you haphazardly cut whole teams, and people from other teams quit or are forced to retire, there are going to be problems with everything.” @ditikohli.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/04/b...

Massive cuts at the Department of Education are causing big problems at Massachusetts colleges - The Boston Globe

Local universities rely on the agency in order to disburse financial aid disbursement, create new programs, or merge with other institutions. Now, they're scrambling.

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The Fort Pointer@fortpointer.bsky.social · 11mo ago

‘It’s just crickets’: An uptick of apartment vacancies in Boston suggests a decline in student enrollment… www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/15/b... Andrew Brinker and @ditikohli.bsky.social

‘It’s just crickets’: An uptick of apartment vacancies in Boston suggests a decline in student enrollment - The Boston Globe

Signs are emerging that there may be fewer international and graduate students in the Boston area this academic year.

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Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social · last yr.

The U.S. government is deploying an AI tool, called SweetREX and developed by DOGE, to gut federal regulations. (More specifically, the tool was developed by an undergrad who took leave from college to join DOGE...) www.wired.com/story/sweetr...

A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation

Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.

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Usha Lee McFarling@usha.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Massive and confusing inconsistencies at NIH. New director says health disparities research is critical yet grants are being cut left and right. With @aniloza.bsky.social and @ericboodman.bsky.social. (Also my last story for STAT. 😢) www.statnews.com/2025/08/01/n...

Jay Bhattacharya once studied health disparities. As NIH director, he’s allowed such research to wither

Jay Bhattacharya’s tenure as NIH director has seen health disparities research swept up in the Trump administration’s attack on DEI

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Contemporary theater at Berklee. Ancient history at Clark. Seven degrees at the University of Maine. In an era of cost-cutting and layoffs, universities are eliminating — or scaling back — some academic programs. For @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/b...

As financial woes mount, colleges are starting to cut majors - The Boston Globe

Degrees are being eliminated or scaled back at Boston University, Clark, Lesley, and the Berklee College of Music to the dismay of students and faculty.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Students and professors are the most visible part of universities. But college staff who rarely enter the classroom are the first to be impacted by colleges' mounting financial crisis, raising questions about the future of the Mass. middle class. My latest: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/27/b...

As colleges cut back, non-teaching staff are the first to go - The Boston Globe

Project managers, events directors, and research scientists — who never stand at the front of the classroom — are bearing the brunt of universities’ financial crisis.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Grant Watch — now called Grant Witness — is the leading watchdog of lost research dollars from the NIH and NSF. I wrote about how the site came to be and about Scott Delaney (@scott-delaney.bsky.social), the Harvard research scientist who helped make it happen: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/b...

How a researcher from Medfield created the go-to database of federal research cuts - The Boston Globe

A lawyer-turned-Harvard scientist built what was known as Grant Watch from a Google spreadsheet over a matter of months.

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Chris Serres@chrisserres.bsky.social · last yr.

The Globe spent seven days reporting from immigrant communities, where the streets and pews are quiet, the graduation is skipped, the barber shop empty. Some families have locked their doors and pulled their shades, turning their homes into stifling bunkers. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...

ICE arrested more people in Mass. in a month than all of last year. Here’s what happened next. - The Boston Globe

Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Our elite universities are fighting for billions in lost research dollars. But many of the large public schools in the South and Midwest see themselves well-positioned to grow, or even flourish. For @bostonglobe.com w/ @hilaryburns.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...

As Trump administration punishes Ivy League, universities in the heartland stand to benefit - The Boston Globe

SEC school leaders predict wealth and talent will soon be broadly distributed at public universities around the country and less concentrated in elite institutions.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Shorter reappointments for Harvard postdocs. Staff layoffs at the Kennedy School. And a push to have some PhD candidates graduate early. In the midst of the Trump-Harvard battle, here are the myriad ways the university is already cutting back. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/b...

As battle with Trump persists, layoffs and cuts are spreading at Harvard - The Boston Globe

Harvard is pulling from a far smaller pool of money for day-to-day operations than it’s used to.

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Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · last yr.

Exclusive: A new analysis from the Institute for Women's Policy Research estimates that the Dobbs decision overruling Roe v. Wade—issued 3 years ago tomorrow—is costing the nation more than $133 billion annually. First reported by me for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The costs of restricting abortion? More than $130 billion per year.

A new report quantifies the costs of rising abortion restrictions three years after Dobbs.

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Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · last yr.

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists www.wired.com/story/fbi-wm... @rshapiro.bsky.social of @propertyofthepeople.org does excellent FOIA work, give them a follow

How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Harvard has long said its $53 billion endowment is not a piggy bank to be tapped in emergencies. But as Trump's attacks intensify, will the university's budget crunch will be enough to warrant — or force — a change of course? My latest @bostonglobe.com story: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/27/b...

Harvard has a $53 billion endowment. Will that be enough to withstand Trump’s assault? - The Boston Globe

The university endowment is an enormous asset, but tapping it isn’t as simple as withdrawing cash from an ATM.

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ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.

“No one is watching, no one will hold them accountable, so they can just do what they want,” said one HUD attorney. “The civil rights laws that people marched for and fought for, ... it’s not happening. And people are really being harmed by it.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

How the Trump Administration Is Weakening the Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws

Starting with cases involving sexual orientation and identity, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is hobbling enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Said one HUD attorney: “People are…

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

Harvard Medical School operated in the red for years. What does that mean now, as research dollars vanish, layoffs begin, and leaders talk about a "longterm, sustainable" shift in how the school operates? My latest for @bostonglobe.com: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/24/b...

Amid Trump’s crackdown, Harvard Medical School braces for layoffs, cuts, and broad changes - The Boston Globe

The country’s premier medical school has lost money for years and leans heavily on research dollars that are now under threat from the White House.

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Diti Kohli@ditikohli.bsky.social · last yr.

The Globe higher ed team (and me!) will be answering questions about the Harvard-Trump standoff live on Thursday at 11 a.m. And we're taking questions until then here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/22/m...

What questions do you have about the Trump administration’s battle with Harvard? Submit them here, then join our reporters for a live Q&A. - The Boston Globe

As the weeks-long standoff between the university and the president continues, we want to know your questions. Then, join us on Thursday, April 24, at 11 a.m. to get answers.

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