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US Physics Departments Expect to Shrink Graduate Programs

1 month ago | physics.aps.org | Clare Zhang

May 2, 2025&bullet; Physics 18, 95Student enrollment and guaranteed financial support are expected to fall amid anticipation of federal budget cuts, a new report finds.
Trump defunds NSF construction budget

1 month ago | physicstoday.scitation.org | Clare Zhang |Johanna Miller |Emily Blevins

The NSF budget for major construction projects is set to be eliminated for fiscal year 2025 after President Trump canceled some of the emergency funds that were appropriated by Congress in March. Top Senate appropriators argue that the action is illegal and puts at risk all $12.4 billion of the funding, which is allocated to NASA and other agencies.
A Cultural Gem in DFW: Explore the New Crow Museum of Asian Art at UT Dallas

Jan 23, 2025 | clare-zhang2333.medium.com | Clare Zhang

Clare Zhang·Follow4 min read·--Hey friends in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, your art-loving eyes are in for a treat!A brand-new, world-class Asian Art Museum has opened at UT Dallas, and here’s the kicker — it’s free to visit! Oh, and the architecture? Also top-tier. They’ve clearly gone all out to make this a cultural hotspot. https://sl.bing.net/iLiCyaIZo60Remember the Crow Museum in downtown Dallas?
Female Founder Office Hours (FFOH) launches 12th Edition, uniting 200 European VCs to tackle gender funding gap

Sep 24, 2024 | medium.com | Clare Zhang

• Female Founder Office Hours, Europe’s largest diversity-led founder initiative, is backed by Carta and Microsoft for Startups • This event will bring together over 300 female founders and 200 VCs from some of the world’s leading funds • The latest funding data shows that over £194m has been raised in 2024 by companies that have attended one of the previous editions • Since October 2019, Playfair’s office hours has delivered over 10,000 mentoring sessions for women founders across Europe On...
18 Months in VC

Jul 3, 2024 | medium.com | Clare Zhang

I'm 18 months into my career in VC and my biggest takeaway is that I've outlived the median time between fundraising rounds for startups raising capital. Seems like a silly thing to have top of mind, but this is a perfect reflection of how quickly things move in the industry. 18 months is more than enough time to have seen countless fundraises, company successes and failures, and even the rise of a significant hype trend (the AI/LLM boom in my case).
Summary of ARIMA Model

Apr 29, 2024 | clare-zhang2333.medium.com | Clare Zhang

ARIMA models, or AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average models, are a popular statistical approach for forecasting and understanding time series data. Here’s how they are relevant in time series analysis:Core Components:AR (AutoRegressive): Models the current value of the series as a linear combination of its previous values. I (Integrated): Differencing of observations (subtracting an observation from an observation at the previous time step) to make the time series stationary.
How TikTok catapulted Louisiana climate activists into the political spotlight

Apr 10, 2024 | medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Clare Zhang

Modern video platforms like TikTok are aiding activists in southwest Louisiana in a yearslong fight against the long-established liquefied natural gas industry. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for LNG export projects, announced in January, may provide the first case study of TikTok’s power to enhance local advocacy and influence federal policy. On Jan.
Biden pushes to protect consumer wallets at State of the Union

Mar 8, 2024 | medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Clare Zhang

WASHINGTON — At Thursday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for higher taxation on the wealthy, tax credits for ordinary Americans and eliminating deceptive pricing for consumers. “Too many corporations raise their prices to pad their profits, charging you more and more for less and less,” Biden said.
Photos: Trump Jr. rallies supporters in Charleston before primary day

Feb 24, 2024 | medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Clare Zhang

North Charleston, S.C. — The day before the South Carolina Republican primary, a crowd of supporters gathered at the Team Trump state headquarters to hear Donald Trump Jr. speak. As former President Donald Trump hosted a rally in Rock Hill, his son spoke to Trump campaign volunteers at smaller events in the South Carolina Lowcountry on Feb. 23. “We need to go out there, we need to finish this thing off,” Trump Jr. told the crowd.
Biden losing support in South Carolina, young Black voters say

Feb 24, 2024 | medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Clare Zhang

Columbia, S.C. — In 2020, Black voters in South Carolina handed now-President Joe Biden his first primary victory and helped propel him to the White House. This year, Biden changed South Carolina’s Democratic primary to the first in the nation, because its diversity “reflects the nation more,” with Black voters comprising over 60% of the Democratic base. With no real challengers, the president swept 96% of the vote.