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Rutgers University seniors Taylor Dodge and Steven Weber are headed to Antarctica. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Krill-seeking in Antarctica

Heading south over the holidays?  It’s doubtful you’ll be going as far south as Rutgers University s ...

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, December 21, 2017

After nearly 20 years, Congressman Bob Brady might finally have competition for re-election. In New Jersey, why is it easy for teachers ...

Air Date: December 21, 2017

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DSU Class of 2017 receive their degrees at December Commencement on Saturday. (Nichelle Polston/WHYY)
Education

Delaware State University honors departing president at December graduation

More than 200 Delaware State University men and women are headed into the workforce. But before leaving the campus, they received their degrees along with one more pep talk.

8 years ago

This Oct. 31, 2014, photo shows Timothy Piazza, (center), with his parents Evelyn and James Piazza, during Hunterdon Central Regional High School football's 'Senior Night' at the high school's stadium in Flemington, N.J. (Patrick Carns via AP)
Courts & Law

Grand jury: Penn State showed ‘shocking apathy’ about drinking

Read the full grand jury investigation report of Penn State frat pledge Tim Piazza's death.

8 years ago

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Biology professor James Cosentino (center) examines a brain at Millersville University with students (from left) Katy Good, Lexi Colgan, Clara Forney, and Jessica Hanner.
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

At Millersville University, students are clamoring for cadavers

Biology students fearful that climbing costs could end cadaver studies have mobilized to support the program. But administrators say the activism is unnecessary.

8 years ago

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The Wharton School of Business on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Speak Easy
Health

College campuses failing to fully decode mental illness

Academia, known at times for fostering innovation and creativity, is also casually slow and bureaucratic when it comes to implementing much-needed radical change.

8 years ago

Students walk past Samuel Paley Library on the Temple University campus, where a student died of a drug overdose on Dec. 1.
Health

After five Temple deaths, students call university’s counseling services inadequate

The university’s director of counseling services says the university's counseling staff is enough to meet the needs of Temple's students.

8 years ago

Comedian Bill Cosby at Temple University's commencement Thursday, May 12, 2011, in Philadelphia.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, file)
Education

Schools cut ties with honorees accused of sexual misconduct

Dozens of U.S. colleges have bestowed honors upon prominent men from Hollywood to the nation's capital who have recently been accused of sexual misconduct.

8 years ago

James Carmody has Asperger's syndrome and is a freshman at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He sat down with Elizabeth Boresow, who graduated from the University of Kansas and also has autism. (Courtesy of James Carmody; Allison Marcus)
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Lifestyle

Navigating life on campus when you’re on the autism spectrum

All Things Considered is connecting people on either side of a shared experience, and they're letting us eavesdrop on their conversations in our series Been There.

8 years ago

Graduate students from Rutgers University and others in the Philadelphia region protested in front of U.S. Senator Pat Toomey's office on November 21.
Money

Grad students in Philly, Newark plan to join nationwide walkout to protest GOP tax plan

The tax plan passed by the House could increase taxes on graduate students by thousands of dollars, when many make less than $20,000 a year.

8 years ago

Blair Hall on Princeton University's campus in New Jersey. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Education

Sexual harassment allegations roil Princeton University

Another high-profile instance of sexual harassment has rocked a major institution and students say administrators didn’t act transparently or strongly enough.

8 years ago

Villanova Professor Stacey Havlik.
Education

How schools try to help Philly’s thousands of homeless students

This time of year, many of us make an extra effort to reach out to those in need. Less obvious are the needs of homeless children in our schools.

8 years ago

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Delaware State University is the lead recipient of a $10.9 million National Institutes of Health grant to conduct neuroscience research. (Delaware State University)
Education

Delaware State University's biggest grant — $10.9M for neuroscience research

The money from the National Institutes of Health will go to the Dover school’s Center of Biomedical Research Excellence.

8 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Facing Title IX discrimination suit, Penn settles with student accused of rape

U.S. District Judge John Padova tossed out several of the plaintiff’s claims, including that the school’s investigation was racially motivated, finding no evidence of that.

8 years ago

Hazim Hardeman is the first Temple University graduate heading to Oxford University in England as a Rhodes scholar. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Education

First Temple grad to win Rhodes scholarship accepts with humility, high hopes

Hazim Hardeman is the first Temple University graduate heading to Oxford University in England as a Rhodes scholar.

8 years ago

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