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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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JoAnne A. Epps speaking at a podium
Education

Hundreds gather to celebrate JoAnne A. Epps, the beloved late Temple University president

Generations of Owls, civic leaders, and Philadelphians came out to honor the school’s first Black woman president.

3 years ago

NPR
Politics & Policy

Feds offer students new protections against programs that lead to high debt, low pay

The Biden administration is cracking down on for-profit college programs that don't adequately prepare graduates for gainful employment and leave them with unaffordable loans.

3 years ago

Princeton University campus
Education
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Princeton University offering free tuition for families making less than $100K a year

School officials say 1,500 students will benefit from the income increase.

3 years ago

Joanne Epps poses for a portait
Community
6abc

Public viewing to be held today on campus for Temple University President Joanne Epps

The Liacouras Center on Temple’s campus will host the public event from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

3 years ago

Exterior of the museum, from the street
Community

CEO of the College of Physicians, Mütter Museum resigns after a tumultuous 2 years

Dr. Mira Irons' brief tenure was marked by turmoil; a mass exodus of staff, and major changes in terms of the museum’s online exhibits.

3 years ago

Listen 1:45
Nathalie Bessette poses for a photo outdoors.
Education

‘Saddled with debt’: As student loan repayments loom, many Philly-area borrowers aren’t ready

After a payment freeze of more than three years, borrowers face an uncertain future.

3 years ago

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