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The Ignition Schools list honors the top academic institutions that play an enormous role in shaping the businesses that influence society. Innovation and entrepreneurship—the editorial lodestars for Fast Company and Inc., respectively—are also the focus of Ignition Schools. The 50 colleges and universities we’re honoring in our inaugural list don’t just produce elite students and groundbreaking research; they also are economic engines that generate the ideas, businesses, and opportunities that move cities, regions, and countries toward a better future.  At Fast Company, we’ve always covered the link between the ideas born in academic settings and their commercialization through public-private partnership, venture capital, visionary leadership,…

Ona swampy afternoon this past spring, I met Mitt Romney in his soon-to-be-vacated Senate office. It was strange to see him in person again. For two years, we’d talked almost every week as I worked on a biography that would cement his reputation as a Republican apostate. Since the book’s publication last year, we’d kept in sporadic touch mostly through texts, the senator’s preferred medium for venting about politics—but we hadn’t spoken in much depth. Some things hadn’t changed. Romney was, as ever, acutely attuned to his own mortality. “I saw an article this morning saying that they find your chances of…

It simplifies operations and unlocks revenue opportunity Distribution software company for airlines and tour operators CitizenPlane has announced the launch of the CitizenPlane Operating System (OS) for mid-tier carriers and fast-growing airlines.  The modular, all-in-one platform enables airlines to control offer creation, revenue optimization, distribution, and delivery.   The industry-first offering leverages CitizenPlane’s recent acquisition of Passenger Service System (PSS) provider Travel Technology Interactive’s (TTI) Zenith software.  Looking ahead, CitizenPlane plans to further enhance its OS capabilities, to include for example, revenue accounting and crew management solutions, through strategic acquisitions and product innovation. The CitizenPlane OS builds on,…

With less than two months remaining before Senegal’s early legislative elections on November 17, political parties are preparing for battle. They have just four days left to submit their candidate lists for validation by the Ministry of the Interior. As new coalitions take shape, the country’s political landscape is undergoing significant changes. One of the most notable developments is the formation of a new coalition called the “Bloc of Liberals and Democrats” (BLD) – Takku (“unite” in Wolof). The alliance includes 40 political parties, notably the Alliance for the Republic (APR) of former President Macky Sall and Rewmi, led by former Prime…

Ukraine’s president criticized Sen. JD Vance as being “too radical” in a New Yorker interview. Trump’s running mate has accused Ukraine of corruption and argued the US has overcommitted aid to it. Zelenskyy warned Vance’s stance could lead to global conflict, and urged him to study World War II. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Ohio Sen. JD Vance as being “too radical” and recommended that he read up on World War II in an interview with The New Yorker. Zelenskyy took issue with former President Donald Trump’s running mate’s approach to the war in Ukraine, accusing him of advocating for the wartorn country to “give up…

Lebron James, Domantas Sabonis, Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum and Anthony Edwards are pulling back the curtain and bringing audiences behind the scenes for the 2023-2024 NBA season. Netflix’s documentary series, “Starting 5,” gives sports fans a fresh look at some of the top basketball players in the professional league. The five athletes walked down the Los Angeles red carpet on Monday night to celebrate the series ahead of the upcoming basketball season. A few weeks earlier, James, Tatum and Edwards brought home the gold medal playing for Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Tatum, who plays for the Boston…

The five sons of music legend Bob Marley are on a tour across the US and Canada. They are honoring his work, performing about 30 of their father’s songs including massive hits like “No Woman, No Cry,” “Could You Be Loved,” “Is This Love” and “Three Little Birds.” The 22-date tour will conclude in early October in Miami. Stephen who curated the tour’s setlist says it’s all about honoring Bob and coming together. “As I say, in the aspect of honoring and getting together for honoring him as well. Just getting together as brothers and that side of it to…

On Monday, the embattled rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested and charged with sex trafficking and racketeering. He’s been denied bail twice, and is facing a sentence of 15 years to life in prison. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR Music editor Sidney Madden and legal affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff to understand what this indictment means for Combs and if this could be the beginning of a #MeToo movement in hip-hop. Then, Brittany is joined by Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection, to talk about a rising culture around rejection, his book and why online life can enable rejections to curdle inside us.…

Opening up this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival, Audrey Diwan’s “Emmanuelle” marks an unexpected follow-up to her Golden Lion winner “Happening” – at least on paper, anyway. If anything, the filmmaker followed a similar line, using a literary adaptation to emphasize sensorial experience, in this case the evasive quest for physical pleasure. “The project was one of renewal,” Diwan tells Variety. “Reviving sensations then sharing them with the audience.” Updating the 1967 novel from Emmanuelle Arsan, the latest version imagines a thirtysomething Emmanuelle (Noemie Merlant) as a kind of leisure quality control inspector, sent to stress test a Hong Kong luxury hotel…

Phoenix have teamed up with DJ-producer Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle for a new rendition of “Nightcall,” which was recently reimagined by the French band live during the 2024 Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony. The track was originally written by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Kavinsky for the film Drive, released in 2010. The new version was produced by Phoenix and Kavinsky, and features vocals from Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars and Angèle. During the Olympics Closing Ceremony broadcast the broke a record for the most Shazams in a single day ever, reaching over a million. Phoenix was selected to perform at the Stade de France during the…