Ivy League salaries, Ozempic for pets, and online passport renewal: Lifestyle news roundup
The Ivy League schools whose graduates make the most money — and the least
Ivy League graduates are earning a median salary of at least $87,000 ten years after starting college, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard. That’s 71% higher than the national midpoint of $50,806.
The Ozempic craze is coming for dogs and cats next
While humans continue to grapple with shortages of weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, their furry friends may soon be in luck: Drug manufacturers are now working to develop comparable GLP-1 drugs for pets.
Online passport renewal is back
You don’t have to send your passport in by mail to get a new one anymore.
“Eligible U.S. citizens can renew a passport online,” a State Department web page says. “We’re conducting a beta release of an updated online renewal system.”
Someone is stealing thousands of bikes from Silicon Valley and selling them in Mexico
There’s an ongoing surge in bicycle theft that struck even before the pandemic arrived in 2020. The resulting uptick in cycling and retail bike sales that year served as an accelerant to thrust bike-related crimes to all-time highs. Wired sought the expertise of a bike hunter to learn what was happening to all these bicycles after they were taken off the street or out of warehouses.
Greece is tired of all the cruise ships
Greece wants to reduce the number of cruise ships visiting its popular tourist destinations. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the country’s prime minister, said he will place caps on how many cruises can travel to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, Bloomberg reports.