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New Jersey Officials See Hope for Jobs in Seton Hall’s Medical School Plan
New Jersey was once so chock-full of thriving pharmaceutical companies that it was known as America’s medicine chest. But that dominance eroded as one major drug company after another abandoned corporate campuses that had provided thousands of high-paying jobs. The exodus has left officials in the state scrambling to find ways to fill the voids. Hotels? Condos? Yet another shopping mall?
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Hearing of Kenney’s Concerns, Temple Pauses Stadium Plans
Temple University postponed plans Tuesday to study building a $100 million football stadium on its North Philadelphia campus, following opposition from Mayor-elect Jim Kenney. Patrick O'Connor, chairman of Temple's board of trustees, said university officials would meet with Kenney and his team within the next week to talk about the university's interest in placing a 35,000-seat stadium at the northwest corner of campus. O'Connor's announcement came at a meeting of the trustees.
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No, Suicides Don’t Rise During the Holidays
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the misconception that suicide rates rise during holiday time.
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Wanted: Brave Volunteers for Major Alzheimer’s Study
Angela Bradbury and Beth McCarty Wood of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on Alzheimer’s genetic counseling.
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The Alumni Questions
As student groups throughout the nation demand more diversity on their campuses, administrators have to consider many constituencies, including students (those protesting and those not) and professors with a range of views. Yet one of the loudest groups isn’t even on campus. Alumni. As protests ripple through college campuses, alumni are far from shy in sharing their viewpoints and frustrations with their alma maters. Around the country, alumni responses to race protests are flooding presidents’ email inboxes and college’s social media accounts.
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Is a Dow-DuPont Merger Good or Bad for U.S. Biz?
Commentary and research by Emilie Feldman of the Wharton School on divestitures is cited.
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Liberty University to Allow Guns in Residence Halls
Liberty University will soon end a rule that prohibits students from bringing firearms into residence halls, the school’s president said Wednesday in what he described as a measure to increase campus safety. President Jerry Falwell Jr. made the announcement here to a gathering of several thousand students at the evangelical Christian school, drawing heavy applause. On Friday, Falwell had urged eligible students to get training from school authorities to enable them to obtain a permit to carry concealed weapons.
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U.S. Redoubles Bond-fraud Pursuit, Seeing Victory in Lost Appeal
Jill Fisch of the Law School says, “Current sales practices create powerful incentives for brokers to act in ways that are not in their customers’ best interest.”
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Republicans Threaten Funding Cuts After University Urges Leaving Christmas Out of Holiday Celebrations
In Tennessee this holiday season, people are fighting about how to celebrate. It started when the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s office of diversity and inclusion posted a message advising employees to avoid “an emphasis on religion or culture” at holiday parties. No Secret Santa gift swaps, it advised. No dreidels.
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Penn, CHOP: Promising New Results From Immunotherapy
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for leading immunotherapy trials.