Higher Education
Georgia football player killed in wreck after title celebration
Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member have been killed in a car wreck hours after the Bulldogs celebrated their second straight championship.
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Moorestown Fire Department hopes to draw more recruit volunteers with RCBC tuition benefits
New volunteer firefighters could get nearly half of their tuition at Rowan College at Burlington County paid for under a new proposal.
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Listen 1:04Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis
The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it.
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Rick Singer, head of the Varsity Blues college admissions bribery scandal, gets 42 months in prison
Prosecutors had sought six years for his role in the scheme to get the children of wealthy parents into universities. He was also ordered to pay more than $19 million in resti
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Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate
Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities.
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Chestnut Hill Hospital ‘reopens’ with new Temple Health leadership and ownership
Tower Health’s $28 million-dollar sale of Chestnut Hill Hospital to Temple Health and its partners is complete. Transfer of ownership was finalized Jan. 1.
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Defending champion Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
The four-team playoff has been littered with lopsided semifinal games, but these were both thrillers.
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West Chester University band earns coveted spot in Rose Parade
Band selection is highly competitive with participants selected more than a year in advance. About 80 bands apply each year for 13 slots.
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Listen 1:31Philly Fighting Covid founder files lawsuit against Drexel University
The lawsuit calls Drexel's investigation into Doroshin's conduct and resulting disciplinary process "deeply flawed."
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Federal Student Aid reverses course on some relief approvals
Student loan borrowers were left confused Tuesday morning after receiving an email reversing course on their student debt relief applications.
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The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn
More than 1,000 boxes containing the complete 175-year archive of the Orchestra and the Academy of Music have moved across town to Penn Library.
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New study: Buprenorphine proves safer for infants than methadone treatment during pregnancy
A new study, led by a Rutgers researcher, found that buprenorphine, rather than methadone, may be safer for infants born to mothers getting treatment for opioid use disorder.
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New web tool by Drexel lab helps you access refinery pollution data
A new website makes it easy to compare and download data about toxic air pollutants at refinery fencelines across the country.
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Justices keep student loan cancellation blocked for now
The Supreme Court says the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices have agreed to take up the case in late winter.
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Penn student protesters won’t give up demands as disciplinary action looms
Students are still pushing for fossil fuel divestment and money from Penn for affordable housing, despite arrests and looming disciplinary action.
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