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1 week agoBrit rent-a-GPU biz Nscale picks up $2B, hires Nick Clegg
Sir Nick Clegg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Susan Decker joined Nscale's board as the GPU rental company completed a $2 billion Series C funding round.
Jeanne Carstensen is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The World, The Nation, Salon, Nautilus, and The Global Post, among other outlets. She previously served as managing editor of Salon and The Bay Citizen, which produced the Bay Area pages of The New York Times. Her book, A Greek Tragedy: One Day, A Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, was published by Simon & Schuster/One Signal Publishers in March 2025.
When Virginia's new Democratic leaders took control of the governor's office and attorney general position last week, they wasted no time overhauling higher ed. Abigail Spanberger, the new governor, immediately appointed more than two dozen members to the governing boards of the Virginia Military Institute, George Mason University and the University of Virginia, meaning she's already appointed the majority of members on the George Mason and UVA boards.
University of Virginia board members blasted state lawmakers as "extremist" and faculty members as "out of control" in a batch of text messages published by the Washington Post.
“It's an honor and delight to welcome Glenn and Lionel to Getty's Board of Trustees. Both have a lifelong commitment to the arts, and deep and varied experience. Their contributions will benefit Getty in countless ways," Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of Getty, said in a statement. "Having known and seen each of them in action over several years, I look forward to what they will bring to Getty as we work to transform our visitor experience and expand our global reach.”
Digital marketing firm Elasticity, based in St. Louis, Missouri, promoted Collin Schuck to director of social media and public relations. He will oversee the agency's social media and influencer marketing department. William B. Jones joined St. Louis, Missouri, based labor and employment firm McMahon Berger, after nearly 18 years leading the global HR legal initiatives at Enterprise Mobility. Lawrence Group hired Nick Naeger as associate principal/senior project manager, and Colleen O'Brien as senior project accountant.