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Matías Tarnopolsky, Leslie Patterson-Tyler and Youma Diabira
Education

Citizens Bank and UNCF team up to award $50,000 in scholarships to graduating high school seniors

The "Citizens Helping Citizens" scholarship will award $50,000 to students, including those from low-income and underrepresented communities.

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Demonstrations roil U.S. campuses ahead of graduations as protesters spar over the war in Gaza

Many students are demanding their universities cut financial ties with Israel over the large-scale operation in Gaza.

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Penn students remain steadfast despite orders to end encampment: ‘We will stay until our demands are met’

Penn professors have pushed back against the interim president’s order to end the protest, saying they are "deeply disturbed."

2 years ago

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Students from multiple campuses march through Center City calling for ceasefire in Gaza

Hundreds of students and faculty at Temple, Drexel and Penn staged walkouts and rallies at their respective campuses as part of nationwide demonstrations.

2 years ago

US Gymnasts Testify As Senate Examines FBI's Handling Of Larry Nassar Investigation
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Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case

In 2021, USA Gymnastics agreed to pay hundreds of the female survivors $380 million to settle their claims.

2 years ago

public research intern Maria Villarreal
Community

My Climate Story: Philly students take science from abstract to personal

A climate education and storytelling project helps students and teachers learn about climate change’s impact "in everybody’s backyards."

2 years ago

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Community

Woman, 18, dies after being shot at Delaware State University; campus closed

Dover police say officers responded at 1:40 a.m. Sunday to a report of shots on campus. A Wilmington woman who was not a registered student was found with a gunshot wound.

2 years ago

Drexel Park
Science

Drexel University is phasing out herbicides, pesticides on campus grounds

Researchers say weed killers can harm the environment and pose potential human health risks.

2 years ago

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Education

More Pa. student teachers apply for stipends than funding can support. Advocates say more aid is needed

Bipartisan legislation is funding the program, which works to lessen the financial burden facing student teachers.

2 years ago

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Education

Temple University close to naming next president after tumultuous decade

Temple officials announced that they have narrowed down their list of applicants, but have yet to disclose the names to faculty.

2 years ago

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Education

Community College of Philadelphia unveils new logo, colors and tagline for rebrand

“The rebrand is an attempt to distinguish CCP among the institutions of higher education in Philadelphia,” said CCP President Donald Guy Generals.

2 years ago

Denise Wolf
Health
Billy Penn

50 years later, Drexel commemorates the first graduate program for creative arts therapy worldwide with an exhibit

An exhibition features works by art therapy alumni, faculty and students to honor 50 years of a program that changed the art therapy field.

2 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks student loan debt relief for millions

The sweeping new proposals, if enacted, could ease student loan debt for millions of borrowers.

2 years ago

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Education
Spotlight PA

Penn State trustee scolded for making ‘spectacle’ in push to name football field after Joe Paterno

Board leadership suggested in a letter to Trustee Anthony Lubrano that the proposal should have been deliberated during a private executive session.

2 years ago

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Science

University of Delaware students will be part of a NASA experiment during the total solar eclipse

The team will send weather balloons tens of thousands of meters into the atmosphere for experiments on gravity waves and the building blocks of the universe.

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