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Happening in the World: Hungary’s parliament voted to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO. Sweden applied to join the alliance after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The parliament’s approval must be signed by the president, which is expected within the next few days. (BBC)

Happening in the US: A professor at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine is making tuition free to all students going forward. Ruth Gottesman made a $1 billion donation to the Bronx-based medical school, one of the largest charitable donations to an educational institution in the US. The money came from her late husband David Gottesman, who worked under Warren Buffett and invested in Berkshire Hathaway early on. Gottesman said she hoped her donation would allow students to graduate debt-free and broaden the socioeconomic diversity of the student body. (New York Times)

Happening in NYC: The landlord of more than 10,000 apartments at the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village complex dropped attempts to overturn rent stabilization. Blackstone bought the property in 2015 and planned to raise the rent on more than half of its apartments. Tenants sued in 2020 to keep their rent stabilized, citing new state laws that protected them, and a judge ruled in their favor. Blackstone appealed the decision, but dropped the appeal, marking a victory for renters in the city. (Gothamist)

Happening in Our Community: On Wednesday from 5:15 to 6:15 pm Professor Anu Bradford is leading a Comparative & International Law Workshop with Anne van Aaken. The seminar will present research relating to Professor van Aaken’s paper “Identifying Communities of Practice in International Law: An Experimental-Cognitive Study of Humanitarian Negotiators.” The event will take place in Jerome Greene Hall, Room 502. Registration is not required.

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