Higher Education
Demonstrations roil U.S. campuses ahead of graduations as protesters spar over the war in Gaza
Many students are demanding their universities cut financial ties with Israel over the large-scale operation in Gaza.
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Penn professors have pushed back against the interim president’s order to end the protest, saying they are "deeply disturbed."
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Students from multiple campuses march through Center City calling for ceasefire in Gaza
Hundreds of students and faculty at Temple, Drexel and Penn staged walkouts and rallies at their respective campuses as part of nationwide demonstrations.
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Justice Department pays $138 million over FBI failures in Larry Nassar case
In 2021, USA Gymnastics agreed to pay hundreds of the female survivors $380 million to settle their claims.
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My Climate Story: Philly students take science from abstract to personal
A climate education and storytelling project helps students and teachers learn about climate change’s impact "in everybody’s backyards."
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Listen 1:11Woman, 18, dies after being shot at Delaware State University; campus closed
Dover police say officers responded at 1:40 a.m. Sunday to a report of shots on campus. A Wilmington woman who was not a registered student was found with a gunshot wound.
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Drexel University is phasing out herbicides, pesticides on campus grounds
Researchers say weed killers can harm the environment and pose potential human health risks.
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Listen 1:08Bipartisan legislation is funding the program, which works to lessen the financial burden facing student teachers.
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Temple University close to naming next president after tumultuous decade
Temple officials announced that they have narrowed down their list of applicants, but have yet to disclose the names to faculty.
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Listen 1:31Community College of Philadelphia unveils new logo, colors and tagline for rebrand
“The rebrand is an attempt to distinguish CCP among the institutions of higher education in Philadelphia,” said CCP President Donald Guy Generals.
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An exhibition features works by art therapy alumni, faculty and students to honor 50 years of a program that changed the art therapy field.
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Biden seeks student loan debt relief for millions
The sweeping new proposals, if enacted, could ease student loan debt for millions of borrowers.
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Penn State trustee scolded for making ‘spectacle’ in push to name football field after Joe Paterno
Board leadership suggested in a letter to Trustee Anthony Lubrano that the proposal should have been deliberated during a private executive session.
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University of Delaware students will be part of a NASA experiment during the total solar eclipse
The team will send weather balloons tens of thousands of meters into the atmosphere for experiments on gravity waves and the building blocks of the universe.
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Listen 3:34Thousands of Penn grad students may vote to unionize next month
It’s been a long road to unionize graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania but if successful, it would include about 4,500 workers.
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