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Every week listeners hear stories about race and identity that expand their minds, and learn practical ways to make their lives better. It's lifelong learning that ranges from the big picture to tiny details and everything in between.

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Courts & Law

Former UD student ‘incel’ sentenced to prison for stalking and threatening women, fraud

Delaware resident Kyle Stevens submitted 10 fraudulent applications for pandemic aid for small businesses while living overseas.

8 months ago

Listen 0:35
Timothy Piazza is seen with his parents in a file photo
Courts & Law

Former Penn State frat leaders sentenced to 2–4 months for 2017 hazing death

Brendan Young and Daniel Casey were leaders of Beta Theta Pi when Timothy Piazza died from multiple falls after consuming a large quantity of alcohol in 2017.

8 months ago

A person walks by a sign reading Drexel University.
Education

‘No doubt our work is cut out for us’: Drexel faces budget shortfall citing enrollment drop, exploring staff cuts

The university said it’s working to resolve a roughly 10% “structural imbalance” in its operating budget of $1.5 billion.

8 months ago

Listen 0:57
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education

Penn imposes 1-year suspension on law professor over comments on race

The school says its suspension at half-pay and other sanctions on Amy Wax is over her comments about race in recent years. She will also lose her named chair and summer pay.

8 months ago

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. members check the ties on students at 'Kappa League
Community

Nearly 100 Philly students join Kappa Alpha Psi mentorship program

Kappa Alpha Psi's graduate chapter welcomed students and families to Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School into the Kappa League program.

9 months ago

the outside of The University of the Arts Dorrance Hamilton Hall
Education

Who should get the $63M endowment money of UArts? Depends on who you ask

Will the Dorrance Hill Hamilton trustees have control over how Mrs. Hamilton’s donations to the University of the Arts could be redistributed? It's up to a judge to decide.

9 months ago

Listen 1:23
Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
6abc

Penn sanctions controversial professor for ‘flagrant unprofessional conduct’

A faculty committee found Amy Wax had a history of making derogatory generalizations about groups of people based on race, gender, sexual orientation and immigration status.

9 months ago

Gen Z develops new habits - less booze, less vaping, less sex
Studio 2
Health

Gen Z's changing habits: Less alcohol, tobacco, and sex

Gen Z seems to be leading a more modest lifestyle, with lower rates of drinking, vaping, and sexual activity. But is this shift a positive development?

Air Date: September 18, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 51:44
Haotian Liu performing
Arts & Entertainment

Temple University celebrates 50 years of dance

Temple’s Boyer College of Music and Dance is hosting a year’s worth of events to commemorate a half-century of its dance degree program.

9 months ago

Listen 1:08
Hamilton Hall at University of the Arts
Education
Billy Penn

UArts files for bankruptcy after Temple merger talks collapse

The shuttered university reportedly owes creditors more than $50 million.

9 months ago

Lackawanna College building
Education

Pa. ranked 2nd among nation’s top destinations for freshman out-of-state college students, survey says

About 21,000 freshman students move to the state for college each year, according to data from the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania.

9 months ago

Listen 1:12
The crowd of students in Neumann University's Flynn Hall swells ahead of the U.S. presidential debate. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Pizza and Politics’: How a small liberal arts college in Delco carries out tradition during the presidential debate

More than 20 miles away from the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia, students at a small liberal arts college weighed their options in their first election.

9 months ago

Listen 1:13
Construction site
Education

The last beam is in place at New Jersey’s first veterinary school on Rowan University’s campus

Officials signed the final beam 11 months before the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine welcomes its first class.

9 months ago

Listen 1:06
Rutgers athletic director Pat Hobbs
Education

Rutgers orders investigation of gymnastics program following allegations of abuse by coach

Rutgers has hired a law firm to conduct an investigation into athlete allegations of bullying, favoritism and revenge by the coach of the gymnastics program.

9 months ago

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at a town hall campaign event at Mitchell Hill BBQ Grill and Brew, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Politics & Policy

Former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie will teach a course on running for office at Yale

The weekly seminar taught by Christie is titled “How to Run a Political Campaign” and is open to undergraduates as well as graduate students studying global affairs.

9 months ago

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