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A False Report, With Consequences
They boarded the bus in the early morning hours. They were three black students, surrounded by white passengers. As they headed onto the State University of New York at Albany's main campus, the fight broke out. When they got off the bus, the three students called the police. They said that the other passengers attacked them, punching them in the head and yelling racial slurs. In the months since, the incident gained national attention. In early February, the students and their allies organized a rally. Hillary Clinton weighed in on Twitter.
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Top Choice
A dozen teenagers in nametags sit waiting, some nervous, knees bouncing beneath their desks. At 9:30 a.m. that Friday in April, Father Robert Scholla takes a seat among them. After introducing himself as a faculty fellow, he picks up the assigned text and asks for their thoughts about it. One young woman, hand raised halfway, speaks right up. Then another chimes in: "I would add to that…." The competition, polite but intense, is on. Nearly 50 high-school seniors have come to Santa Clara University seeking a prize.
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The Journey of a Non-traditional Student
Kemuel Benyehudah of the Graduate School of Education writes about his experience as a non-traditional student.
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Melanoma During Pregnancy Common but Treatable
Lynn Schuchter of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how common it is for women to be diagnosed with melanoma during pregnancies.
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Black Americans See Gains in Life Expectancy
Samuel Preston of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the increased life expectancy rates of black Americans.
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A Penn Psychologist Uses the ‘Hard Thing Rule’ to Teach Her Kids to Take Control of Their Success
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences describes the “Hard Thing Rule” in her new book.
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Lenders Get Burned Betting on Ivy Leaguers
For online lenders, the business model of targeting Ivy League student borrowers is starting to backfire. The problem isn’t that graduates of these and other prestigious universities are deadbeats. Rather, these customers, who the lenders covet for their superlow default rates, are proving savvier and more anti-debt than anticipated.
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President Obama at Howard University: What Did He Say About Racism?
President Obama said Saturday that the country is "a better place today" than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as "one indicator of how attitudes have changed." But gaps persist, he told Howard University's Class of 2016, citing racism and inequality in particular. In his commencement speech at one of the nation's leading historically black schools, Mr. Obama said there were no black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and few black judges when he received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 1983.
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We Know You Hate ‘Moist.’ What Other Words Repel You?
Mark Liberman of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for exploring the concept of word aversion, particularly about the word “moist.”
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Postdoc Now, Think Later
Every postdoctoral fellow has probably heard a “permadoc” joke or two, making light of the increasingly long stints recent Ph.D.s spend in such positions. But has the postdoc become the default for graduates -- even for those for whom it doesn’t necessarily make sense? Has it become a holding pattern rather than a bridge to more permanent work? A new study in Science by two business professors suggests that’s the case and calls for increased attention to career planning among students, mentors, graduate schools and those funding postdocs.