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The Hill
a day ago
- Business
- The Hill
13 US schools top 2025 ranking of best global universities
More than a dozen of the U.S.'s higher education institutions ranked in the top 20 of global universities. The 2025-26 ranking from U.S. News & World Report included 2,250 top universities from more than 100 countries and considered factors like the school's international opportunities, student makeup and research opportunities. People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Three American universities tied for 16th place in the ranking: Cornell University, Princeton University and the University of California, San Francisco. New York-based Cornell — one of the Ivy League schools under the Trump administration's microscope — earned its rank through its diverse student population and programs. On the other hand, Princeton and the University of California's wide variety of centers, programs and research opportunities were mentioned in their ranking. University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia May 15, 2019. (Getty Images) A Pennsylvania-based public school, the University of Pennsylvania has Penn Abroad, which allows students to take part in 'study abroad, service learning, summer internships and short-term programs each year.' A sign is seen in front of part of the Johns Hopkins Hospital complex, July 8, 2014, in Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University in Maryland partners with international universities to offer more than 400 study abroad programs in more than 50 countries, with opportunities at Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Advanced International Studies. UCLA Campus (Getty Images) Though Los Angeles is known as a city of fun, its University of California chapter is all business. The university has 28 centers for multidisciplinary research, with more than 192 research, teaching and student exchange agreements worldwide. Students walk up to the entrance of the Columbia University library in New York City. (AP) Despite problems with the Trump administration over student protests and subsequent job cuts, Columbia capped off the Top 10 of the ranking for its 'study abroad programs, global internships and international service learning and research opportunities,' U.S. News & World Report said. The campus of Yale University is seen, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in New Haven, Conn. (AP) Another university with a heightened international student population, the Connecticut college is home to the Yale Young African Scholars program, which helps African high school students to apply to U.S. universities. People walk past cherry blossoms on the first day of spring on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson/File) With more than 500 study abroad options and more than 8,000 international students, the University of Washington, Seattle offers a global approach to health and environmental studies. Sather Gate is the main entrance to the University of California Berkley campus. (AP) The final University of California campus to make the list, the 'International House at Berkeley is home to nearly 600 students and scholars from more than 70 countries,' according to U.S. News & World Report. Students walk on the Stanford University campus on March 14, 2019, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) Stanford University's ranking is reliant on its summer opportunities like the Global Studies Internship Program, which sends students to more than 20 countries on six continents for a wide variety of disciplines. The Maclaurin Buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus are seen in Cambridge, Mass., on Dec. 12, 2023. Known for its STEM focus and low acceptance rate, MIT is a thoroughly global school. 'More than 3,430 international students are currently enrolled at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and during academic year 2023-2024 the school hosted 2,247 international scholars from 100 countries,' U.S. News & World Report writes. Dunster House across the Charles River on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Perhaps the most well-known U.S. university, Harvard has faced challenges from the White House over its campus protests and policies, but it still tops the list of best global universities. Harvard offers courses in more than 100 languages, and international students made up 27.2% of the university population in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Will the Giants ruin Jaxson Dart? Rookie QB (& J.J. McCarthy) minicamp takeaways
Would it be better or worse for Jaxson Dart's future if he starts Week 1? Yahoo Sports' Jason Fitz, Frank Schwab and Jori Epstein share their rookie QB minicamp takeaways. Why is there so much fervor around Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns? Did the New Orleans Saints doom their franchise by picking Tyler Shough? They even include honorary rookie J.J. McCarthy! The show wraps up with a preview of the NFC West. How do we feel about the rookie QB class post minicamps? (Photos by,, AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (Photos by,, AP Photo/Seth Wenig) 🖥️ Watch this full episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
A caddie at heart, Bones Mackay makes sure to get the 18th flag to Spaun's bagman
Philip Barbaree tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, chips onto the seventh green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler tees off on the seventh hole during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Philip Barbaree tees off on the 13th hole during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, chips onto the seventh green during the third round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Scottie Scheffler tees off on the seventh hole during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Jim 'Bones' Mackay often has said he would always be a caddie, even now that he has left his longtime role to be a course reporter for NBC Sports. That much was evident in the final, chaotic hour of the U.S. Open. Mackay was with the final group of Sam Burns and Adam Scott. By the time they reached the final hole Sunday, the championship had been decided. J.J. Spaun made a 65-foot birdie putt to finish at 279. The last two players on the course were five shots or more behind. Advertisement That's when Mackay identified a potential problem and solved it. When it was over, he removed the flag on the 18th hole, which traditionally is the 'trophy' for the winner's caddie. That was Mark Carens, who had to leave the 18th with another group coming through. 'We were 200 yards away when J.J. made his putt,' Mackay said Tuesday. 'That scene ... I realized J.J. won the tournament and I was super happy for both of those guys. But it just occurred to me, Mark might not have access to the flag.' Carens joined Spaun in the scoring area. Sam Burns and Adam Scott closed out their rough back nine with bogeys. Mackay waited for them to finish and grabbed the pin. 'There were so many people inside the ropes, I just wanted to make sure Mark got it, or to have the option,' Mackay said. 'As I got to scoring, he was coming out with J.J. I handed it to him, said, 'Congrats,' and left him alone.' Advertisement Only a caddie would think to do that. Mackay is a caddie. Portmarnock in the mix The Royal & Ancient Golf Club talks about a feasibility study for the British Open to return to Turnberry. Far more serious is whether to take golf's oldest championship outside the United Kingdom for the first time. The topic was Portmarnock in Ireland. The response from Mark Darbon, the R&A's new CEO, was that 'we're serious.' 'We're having a proper look at it,' Darbon said in a recent interview 'It's clearly a great course.' Darbon said he went to Portmarnock, located on a peninsula about 10 miles (16 kilometers) northwest of Dublin, for the first time last month. Advertisement 'Wonderful links golf course,' he said. 'And clearly a links course that provides a challenge to the best golfers in the world is right in the heart of our thinking about where we take our prized Open Championship.' Darbon pointed out the history with Portmarnock and the R&A, specifically the Walker Cup in 1991 and the British Amateur in 1949 and 2019, along with the Women's British Amateur last year and in 1931. 'We think if we're happy taking our Amateur Championships there, why not consider it for the Open, too?' he said. Work remains, particularly the logistics of a massive crowd — The Open is all about 'big' these days — on and off the peninsula. Advertisement The PGA Championship a decade ago flirted with the idea of going around the world. For the British Open to leave the U.K. for the first time would not open more borders. 'I think the simple answer is 'no,' it wouldn't open up our thinking more broadly,' Darbon said. 'If you go back in history, the home territory of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is the British Isles, basically. We think if we've got this great history with the Republic of Ireland and its great golf course, then why not look at it?' KPMG Women's PGA The KPMG Women's PGA is now on equal terms with the U.S. Women's Open when it comes to prize money. KPMG announced Tuesday its total purse is now $12 million, up from $10.4 million a year ago. Advertisement KPMG took over as title sponsor in 2015 when the PGA of America became partners with the LPGA in the major championship that dates to 1955. More than money, the company has provided players with data to improve their games called 'KPMG Performance Insights,' which operates on a smaller scale of the ShotLink data on the PGA Tour. For the Women's PGA, which starts Thursday at the Fields Ranch East at PGA of America headquarters near Dallas, KPMG is adding AI-enhanced features like hole-by-hole analysis delivered to players after each round. Another feature is AI-generated scoring targets, particularly the cut, giving players an idea if they're safe or need to make a move. Advertisement 'The high purse, top courses, comprehensive broadcast coverage, and technology are all ways we are setting the standard,' said Paul Knopp, the U.S. chairman and CEO of KPMG. Ryder Cup locks Another measure of how well Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have played this year — McIlroy until the Masters, Scheffler ever since then — is that both already have locked up a spot on their Ryder Cup teams with at least two months left in the qualifying period. Scheffler locked up his spot among the leading six players two weeks ago. Team Europe disclosed Tuesday that McIlroy already has clinched a spot. The Ryder Cup is at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York, at the end of September. Advertisement More interesting is who gets the other spots, or even is in position for a captain's pick. U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun moved all the way up to No. 3, followed by Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa. All have Ryder Cup experience. Of the next six in the U.S. standings, only Harris English and Brian Harman have played in a Ryder Cup. McIlroy is followed by Tyrrell Hatton, Shane Lowry, Robert MacIntyre, Sepp Straka and Rasmus Hojgaard. MacIntyre moved up seven spots to No. 4 with as the U.S. Open runner-up. Keegan Bradley, the U.S. captain who has said he would play if he qualifies, is at No. 17 with three $20 million tournaments to play and the British Open. Advertisement Divots The PGA Tour says 143 players have competed in a signature event since 2024. The Travelers Championship is the final one of 2025. ... The Korn Ferry Tour is adding a tournament in Amarillo, Texas, to its 2026 schedule. The OccuNet Classic will be played played June 11-14 at Tascosa Golf Club. ... The two players picking up medals on the 18th green at Oakmont for the U.S. Open were from San Diego State — J.J. Spaun, the U.S. Open champion, and Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands, the low amateur. ... Corey Conners, who had to withdraw from the final round of the U.S. Open with a wrist injury, withdrew from the $20 million Travelers Championship. He was replaced in the field by Jhonattan Vegas. ... The field for the KPMG Women's PGA features all 100 players from the Race to CME Globe on the LPGA Tour. Stat of the week Philip Barbaree Jr. finished in last place at the U.S. Open and earned the largest paycheck of his career at $41,785. Final word 'I feel like I've earned the right to do whatever I want to do.' — Rory McIlroy. ___ AP golf:
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
J.J. Spaun takes a long road of hard work to become US Open champion
J.J. Spaun celebrates by hugging his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) J.J. Spaun celebrates with his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates by hugging his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) J.J. Spaun celebrates with his caddie, Mark Carens, after making a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) J.J. Spaun celebrates with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Oakmont Country Club Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Oakmont, Pa. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — J.J. Spaun faced his first big moment on a big stage in golf and he wasn't ready for it. He didn't even have a club in his hand. Spaun was a 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie at Torrey Pines in 2017. He was not eligible for the pro-am and wanted to see the North course when he came across an enormous crowd that could mean only one thing: Tiger Woods. Advertisement He was walking along the edge of the fairway when Amy Bartlett, a Nike representative, spotted him and offered a chance to meet Woods. Spaun shook his head and took a step back. Bartlett laughed and dragged him over. 'I was too scared,' Spaun said a few weeks later. 'I didn't want to bug him.' Woods was gracious, as he often was with young players. For Spaun to imagine then that their names would be on the same piece of hardware — a silver U.S. Open trophy — would have been hard to fathom. 'I never thought I would be here holding this trophy,' he said in the Sunday twilight at soaked Oakmont during the trophy presentation. 'I always had aspirations and dreams. I never knew what my ceiling was.' Advertisement Spaun isn't quite an out-of-nowhere winner that majors can produce — think Shaun Micheel at the 2003 PGA Championship for his first PGA Tour title or Jack Fleck taking down the great Ben Hogan in a U.S. Open playoff at Olympic Club in 1955. He feared losing his PGA Tour card last summer and fell to No. 119 in the world at the end of 2024. But he had a close call at the Sony Open in January and was one turn of the golf ball away from winning The Players Championship, instead losing in a playoff to Rory McIlroy. More than being on the rebound, Spaun was having a good year, already up to No. 25 in the world ranking. A new ceiling. Advertisement And then he shattered it. In March, Spaun was in the interview room after his playoff loss when he looked up at a television and saw for the first time his tee shot on the island-green 17th at the TPC Sawgrass that didn't quite reach land. 'It's floating,' he said as he watched the golf ball in the air. Far more fun was looking up in the scoring room at Oakmont for his first look at the 65-foot birdie putt on the 18th that capped off a wet-and-wild finish to the 125th U.S. Open. Equally memorable, if not more important, was standing on the tee at the 314-yard 17th hole, remembering the cut driver he hit during the practice round and envisioning a repeat, which is what he delivered. The drive settled 18 feet behind the hole for a two-putt birdie that gave him the lead and ultimately made him a major champion. Advertisement Where he goes from here is less interesting than how Spaun reached this point. He didn't have the easiest path. He just worked as hard as anyone. And he always kept going. In his second year playing on the Canadian Tour, Spaun missed the cut in all but one of his seven tournaments. The next year he won, getting him to the Korn Ferry Tour, and then getting him to the PGA Tour. 'I think it's just perseverance. I've always kind of battled through whatever it may be to kind of get to where I needed to be and get to what I wanted,' he said. 'I've had slumps at every level. I went back and said: 'You've done this before. You've been down before. You got out of it.' 'There's a little pattern, so hopefully I don't do that pattern again.' Advertisement No one should rush to anoint Spaun the next star. Sure, he is the eighth of the 10 players who won the U.S. Open at Oakmont for their first major. That list includes Jack Nicklaus and Johnny Miller, Ernie Els and Dustin Johnson. Spaun doesn't fit that profile, in age or pedigree. He had only one PGA Tour title in his eight previous years on tour. The latest U.S. Open champion at Oakmont is a 34-year-old Californian who gave up on skateboarding only when he realized he couldn't make a living. But he is more about Pittsburgh grit than California chill. Spaun, whose heritage from his mother's side is Filipino and Mexican, was asked as a rookie if being a minority in golf was more about the bank account or the color of his skin. Advertisement 'It would probably be money,' he said. 'We didn't have the means to play the AJGA (American Junior Golf Association). That was like playing a professional schedule. You had to pay to fly to tournaments, pay for the tournaments. My parents would have to take time off from work, another flight, another hotel room.' He feels fortunate to have leaned on the Southern California Junior Golf Association, among the best. He starred at San Dimas High School east of Los Angeles. He wasn't heavily recruited and walked on at San Diego State and worked his way up to a 70% scholarship. 'I had to fight through it and be tough,' Spaun said. 'My dad always instilled in me to work hard and let golf do the talking, to make my own luck.' The reward was enormous, greater than the $4.3 million he won at the U.S. Open, more than he had earned in any season on the PGA Tour. Spaun moved to No. 8 in the world. The victory moved him to No. 3 in the Ryder Cup standings, and it would be hard to imagine him not being at Bethpage Black at the end of September. Advertisement Most telling is what Spaun said about his future as a rookie. He loved skateboarding, but he always felt there was something special in his future with golf. 'Maybe it's helping younger kids,' he said in 2017. 'Golf is going to help me reach a broader moment. And I'm waiting for that moment to come. I don't know what it is yet.' J.J. Spaun, U.S. Open champion. How's that? ___ AP golf:
Glasgow Times
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Rory McIlroy determined to build on ‘good feeling' with driver at US Open
McIlroy's Masters hangover continued as he battled to make the cut at a punishing Oakmont course before eventually finishing tied for 19th. He played his best golf of the week during Sunday's final round, where his three-under-par 67 was the joint best round of the day. McIlroy's driver was ruled 'non-conforming' ahead of last month's PGA Championship before he missed the cut at the Canadian Open after misfiring from the tee. Rory McIlroy was happier with his game off the tee at Oakmont (Seth Wenig/AP) But the Northern Irishman believes that was the most positive part of his game at Oakmont. He said: 'I feel like I've driven the ball well all week. After the way I drove it on Sunday, I'd say I finished in the top five in strokes gained off the tee. 'Really encouraged with the driver and how I drove it as well. It's not necessarily the driver, it's more me and sort of where my swing was. 'I feel like I got a really good feeling in my swing with the driver, which was great. Hopefully I can continue that on into next week.' McIlroy will play the Travelers Championship at Hartford next week before heading to back to the United Kingdom for a break before the Scottish Open and the Open. 'I'm looking forward to just getting back in general,' he said. 'Obviously I've got one more week over here. Play Hartford next week. 'We've got a lot to look forward to, got our new house in London, play the Scottish and then obviously The Open at Portrush.' JJ Spaun won the US Open in dramatic fashion (Seth Wenig/AP) McIlroy was long gone from Oakmont by the time JJ Spaun claimed victory with a stunning 64-foot putt on the 18th hole. Spaun lost to McIlroy in a play-off at the Players Championship in March and was determined to not become a nearly man. 'I just felt like you keep putting yourself in these positions, like eventually you're going to tick one off,' he said. 'I don't put myself in this position often, or at all, for a major, that's for sure. 'This is only my second US Open. But all the close calls that I've had on the PGA Tour this year has just been really good experience to just never, never give up.'
