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Higher Education
October 27, 2025
Billboard’s 2025 Top Music Business Schools

Highlighting the colleges and universities providing the next generation of executives — and artists — with the skills to achieve music industry success. The Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music Business at Howard University equips students with skills and experience for nonperforming careers in the music industry, with a focus on developing social justice leaders, industry trailblazers and global game-changers. Students have access to executives, resources and opportunities. During the last academic year, the program welcomed more than 50 executives and artists to campus, including Grammy winners Poo Bear and Ne-Yo. Executives including RIAA senior vp Tom Clees and The Kelly Clarkson Show talent booker Christopher McDonald lent their expertise.

Blavatnik Awards
October 24, 2025
Celebrating Scientific Excellence at the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists Ceremony

The American Museum of Natural History provided a stunning backdrop for the 2025 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists ceremony, held on October 7, 2025 where exceptional early-career researchers were honored with the nation’s largest unrestricted prize for young scientists. The event was hosted by the Blavatnik Family Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences. Nicholas Dirks, President and CEO of The New York Academy of Sciences, highlighted the remarkable growth and impact of the awards program since its inception in 2007. “Now in their nineteenth year, the Blavatnik Awards have distinguished themselves as one of the world’s most prestigious international prizes in the scientific community, dedicated to advancing groundbreaking research and supporting exceptional talent,” Dirks explained. He emphasized the program’s success: “Since its inception, the awards have recognized over 500 honorees from 120 research institutions.” Dirks also spoke about the Award’s impressive economic impact, noting that Blavatnik Scholars have founded over 50 companies, raised 2.4 billion dollars in capital, and secured over 7,300 patents worldwide.

Higher Education
October 23, 2025
300/Atlantic Records Leaders Join Howard University’s Warner Music/Blavatnik Center

Rayna Bass and Selim Bouab have been appointed executives-in-residence at the Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music Business at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The pair are the co-presidents of 300 Entertainment and Atlantic Records Hip-Hop, R&B and Global Music. Bass and Bouab’s appointment is in keeping with the center’s goal to connect Howard University’s students with top executives in the global music industry. The program provides one-on-one mentorship, master classes and practical insights about executive leadership, creativity and the future of the business. “Howard University, together with the Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music Business, has a strong legacy of cultivating bold, creative leaders,” said Bass and Bouab in a joint statement. “That mission aligns with what we do at our label, and we’re excited to share our experiences and help raise up the next generation of music business innovators.”

Scientific Research
October 9, 2025
An AI System with Detailed Diagnostic Reasoning Makes Its Case

Researchers at Harvard Medical School are developing Dr. CaBot as a medical education tool. The system, which operates in both presentation and written formats, shows how it reasons through a case, offering what’s called a differential diagnosis — a comprehensive list of possible conditions that explain what’s going on — and narrowing down the possibilities until it reaches a final diagnosis. Dr. CaBot’s ability to spell out its “thought process” rather than focusing solely on reaching an accurate answer distinguishes it from other AI diagnostic tools. It is also one of only a few models designed to tackle more complex medical cases. “We wanted to create an AI system that could generate a differential diagnosis and explain its detailed, nuanced reasoning at the level of an expert diagnostician,” said Arjun (Raj) Manrai, assistant professor of biomedical informatics in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS. Manrai created Dr. CaBot with Thomas Buckley, a Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin School of Arts and Sciences doctoral student and a member of the Manrai lab.

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