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Higher Education

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Judge throws out ex-Penn State president’s conviction

A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier's misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday.

6 years ago

Rabbi Chaim Goldstein is the director of the Chabad House at Drexel University. His uncle, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, was injured in the shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Duties are duties’: Philly rabbi pushes on despite attack on uncle’s California synagogue

Rabbi Chaim Goldstein’s uncle lost a finger in the California synagogue attack. His courage has inspired Goldstein to persevere rather than mourn.

6 years ago

Swarthmore College students gather at the Phi Psi fraternity house during a sit-in, Monday, April 29, 2019, in Swarthmore, Pa. (AP Photo)
Community

Student protesters occupy Swarthmore fraternity house, want it closed

Students at Swarthmore College occupied a fraternity house after alleged documents describing some members' derogatory comments and sexual assault jokes were leaked.

6 years ago

Students walk on the campus of Cheyney University
Education

Pennsylvania colleges face steep enrollment declines in 2026

Enrollment has been falling at many Pennsylvania colleges and universities for nearly decade, since peak enrollment numbers in 2010.

6 years ago

In an untitled photograph from the Gum in the Landscape series, ca. 1975, Hannah Wilke places a chewing gum sculpture on a tree branch. (Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles/© Scharlatt, Licensed by VAGA at ARS, NY)
Arts & Entertainment

Unknown photos by feminist artist Hannah Wilke debut at Temple University

A series of unknown images by the 1970s radical feminist artist are on view at the Tyler School of Art’s Temple Contemporary gallery.

6 years ago

Listen 2:09
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey enacts two laws to help students repay loans

One of the new laws will make it easier for borrowers struggling to pay off loans. The other allows borrowers who have defaulted on those loans to start an installment plan.

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Penn State ex-president asks US court to overturn conviction

Former Penn State President Graham Spanier is asking a federal magistrate judge to overturn his conviction.

6 years ago

Temple University's main campus is home to many food trucks. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Turmoil as Temple food trucks forced to vacate overnight

It’s a policy that’s been in place at least three years — but rarely enforced.

6 years ago

Penn Book Center, an independent book store on 34th Street in University City, is scheduled to close in May. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Writers’ petition calls on university to save Penn Book Center, a ‘watering hole for the mind’

Throughout this week, Penn Book Center supporters are marching daily from the University City campus to the bookstore — just one block away.

6 years ago

Listen 1:40
Uptown Theater 2240 N. Broad Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Is the new North Central district Temple’s version of University City? Here’s how they measure up

A look at Philly’s college-area special service districts.

6 years ago

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, addresses an overflow crowd outside an organizing event at McCoy's Bar Patio and Grill in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Elizabeth Warren unveils $640 billion college debt forgiveness plan

The Massachusetts senator says the proposal unveiled Monday would eliminate almost all student loan debt for 42 million Americans.

6 years ago

The Student National Medical Association's 2019 Annual Medical Education Conference drew more than 2,200 attendees. (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Science
The Philadelphia Tribune

Nation’s oldest organization of Black medical students convenes in Philly

After decades of efforts to increase the ranks of African-American doctors, Blacks are still underrepresented in the nation’s medical schools.

6 years ago

Delaware State University (Provided, file)
Courts & Law

Former Delaware State University registrar pleads guilty to accepting bribes

Crystal Martin has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes to change the registration status of hundreds of out-of-state students so they could pay cheaper in-state tuition.

6 years ago

Patience Bulus speaks with Professor Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob in his office at Dickinson College. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Education
PA Post

Boko Haram stalled her education. Five years later, she’s starting over in central Pa.

"Whenever I find something is going to discourage me, I would just pray, and then believe that everything is going to be all right."

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (left) and Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (right) took turns discussing the rising cost of college education at Penn State's University Park campus on Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Min Xian / Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Fetterman, Corman seek solutions to the rising cost of higher education at student forum

In-state tuition and fees for Pennsylvania’s public four-year universities are among the highest in the nation.

6 years ago

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