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Students’ Demands Go Beyond Black and White
When Mi Gente, a group that represents Latino students at Duke University, announced that it would boycott a spring recruiting weekend for Latinos because its members were tired of simply being "poster children for brochures," black and Asian-American student groups took to social media to pledge their support. Meanwhile, they were busy with their own demands. All three wanted safe spaces where students could feel comfortable talking about their problems and an accelerated timeline for hiring minority professors.
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Daily Pennsylvanian Archives, as Old as 1885, Now Online
Digital archives of the University’s independent student news organization, The Daily Pennsylvanian, are featured.
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Colleges That Ask Applicants About Brushes With the Law Draw Scrutiny
The online admissions application for Auburn University appears simple, until you get to this question on Page 7: “Have you ever been charged with or convicted of or pled guilty or nolo contendere to a crime other than a minor traffic offense, or are there any criminal charges now pending against you?” Those who check “yes,” even though they have never been convicted of any crime, face extra scrutiny — a follow-up call from the admissions office asking for additional information, the university says.
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Audio: End-of-life Care in America
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School and Justin Bekelman, also of Medicine, discuss end-of-life care in America and other countries.
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Dermio Makes Dermatology Diagnoses Simple as Snapping a Photo
Carrie Kovarik of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on teledermatology and encourages follow-up care.
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Penn Researcher Studies ‘American Idol’ Losers
Doctoral candidate Junhow Wei of the School of Arts & Sciences is highlighted for studying how people who audition for “American Idol” cope with not being selected to become contestants on the show.
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Mortimer Zuckerman Unveils $100 Million Science Scholarship Program
Mortimer Zuckerman, the media and real estate mogul, says he got the idea for his new $100 million science scholarship program at 5 o’clock one morning last summer when he couldn’t sleep.
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Duke Eases Suspension on Sorority Events Prompted By a Student Who Was Hospitalized
Duke suspended all sorority activities until further notice Wednesday after concerns about this season’s rush and bid events and a new sorority member who was hospitalized for alcohol-related problems, then eased the suspension after a meeting with sorority leaders. A spokesperson for the elite private university in North Carolina said the president of the panhellenic council and dean of students would not be available to discuss the situation until after the meeting with chapter presidents and the panhellenic executive board.
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In Giving to Colleges, the One Percenters Gain
College endowments may have grown last year by the smallest amount since 2012, as reported elsewhere on this site today, but institutions got some good financial news in the 2015 fiscal year: charitable contributions to colleges and universities rose to a record level, $40.3 billion, the Council for Aid to Education reports in its annual Voluntary Support of Education survey. Even so, a small and exclusive coterie of institutions is disproportionately benefiting from donors' largesse.
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Can Your BMI Predict How Long You’ll Live?
Rexford Ahima of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about body mass index.