Higher Education

The shooting death of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald has renewed student concerns around campus safety.

Students are expected to return to class on Monday, one week after a gunman shot and killed three people, and injured five others, on campus.

The incident is thought to be the first time one of the university’s law enforcement officers has been killed in the line of duty.

The strike isn’t over until the new agreement gets ratified by union membership, the Temple University Graduate Student Union said.

TUGSA had been negotiating with the administration for higher wages, better benefits and improved working conditions.

“We don’t know how many more politicians and leaders have to tell Temple that they’ve made a mistake here,” a TUGSA leader said.

The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine are hoping to influence more young, Black men to enter med school.

The students are seeking better wages, claiming they can’t afford to eat on their current pay.

Medical students at the University of Pennsylvania can take a class that teaches major public health issues, and prepares them for patient advocacy.

The university’s response has garnered widespread condemnation.

Stockton professor and paleontologist Matthew Bonnan used the extra time he had during pandemic lockdown to create an album on the evolution of hearing.

Temple released a statement reading in part, "TUGSA continues to demand...benefits not available to even full-time employees."

This year, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School professor Ethan Mollick is not only allowing his students to use ChatGPT — they are required to.

Students at Caesar Rodney High School got a taste of a career in research, amongst penguins and seals on the West Antarctic Peninsula.

Under the proposal, public colleges and universities would have to submit fiscal monitoring reports and undergo a sweeping audit every three years.