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Higher Education

Swarthmore community members listen together to a podcast episode
Community

Eroded by gentrification, Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood is working to preserve a 100-year history

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

2 years ago

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Education

Penn police called FBI to help investigate threatening antisemitic emails

The threats come amid heightened tensions on US college campuses and at Penn, in particular, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

2 years ago

A flag bearing Temple University's logo flies at half-staff.
Education

Bill to increase transparency of Pennsylvania’s universities passes House

The measure seeks to expand what the state’s four state-related universities — the University of Pittsburgh, Temple, Lincoln, and Penn State — have to publicly disclose.

2 years ago

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona talks to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Education

Education Department punishes student loan servicer for billing mistakes

The department is withholding payment from its largest loan servicer as 2.5 million borrowers didn't receive timely billing statements.

2 years ago

A general view as the sun sets during a game between the Central Michigan Chippewas and the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on Sept. 1, 2023 in East Lansing, Mich. (Mike Mulholland/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Michigan State University apologizes for a Hitler quiz question before a football game

The MSU Board of Trustees said it was "outraged" by the image and vowed to hold school personnel accountable.

2 years ago

Richard Englert sitting a table in front of several microphones
Education

Temple University President Englert plans to adopt Epps’ priorities of attracting the best students and improving campus safety

The long-time educator says JoAnne Epps provided “a roadmap” for moving the university forward.

3 years ago

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University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Studio 2

UPenn Donors Pull Support, Sec. Al Schmidt Talks Elections

Voter registration deadline is approaching. Pa Secretary of State Al Schmidt talks election security and getting out the vote.

Air Date: October 17, 2023 12:00 pm

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Chrisma Tucker, a 17-year-old student at Revolution School, explains her collage reflecting on the majority white, two-parent households in her neighborhood during a collaborative art project at the University of the Arts on Oct. 10, 2023
Education

Philly high schoolers and college students team up for a ZIP code art project

The students worked together to create a collage based on how their location and background influenced their life.

3 years ago

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Protesters waving an Israeli flag
NPR
Education

U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

3 years ago

The exterior of the Community College of Philadelphia
Education

Community College of Philadelphia hosts conference focusing on empowerment and community for men of color

Breakout sessions will cover topics including mental health, paying for college, and self-marketing for job applications.

3 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol
Education

Pennsylvania universities are still waiting for state subsidies. It won’t make them more affordable

Education advocates argue that even a proposed increase in aid won’t make a dent in the underfunding of Pennsylvania's higher education.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Biden’s second try at student loan cancellation moves forward with debate over the plan’s details

Fourteen people chosen by the Biden administration will meet Tuesday for the first of three hearings on student loan relief in a process known as negotiated rulemaking.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington
Education

The U.S. is forgiving more federal student loans in a bid to tackle ‘unsustainable debt’ for borrowers

The move will help 125,000 borrowers by erasing $9 billion in debt through existing programs.

3 years ago

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a news conference at Morgan State University after a shooting, Wednesday, Oct. 4, Baltimore. Multiple people were wounded, none critically, in a shooting that interrupted a homecoming week celebration at the university in Baltimore on Tuesday and prompted an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college.
Community

5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore

Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the five victims, four men and one woman, are between the ages of 18 and 22.

3 years ago

Closeup of Penn Medicine researchers Katalin Karikó Ph.D. and Dr. Drew Weisman Ph.D. in a Penn Medicine lab. (Peggy Peterson Photography courtesy Penn Medicine)
Science

Decades of ‘resilience’ led to Penn Medicine researchers’ Nobel Prize

Katalin Karikó Ph.D. and Dr. Drew Weisman Ph.D. won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine and their colleagues raised a glass to toast it in the hospital lobby.

3 years ago

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