Housing Authority Raised $9.5 Million From Property Auctions PlanPhilly.com Housing Authority Raised $9.5 Million From Property Auctions John Kromer of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted for authoring a report that shows that the Philadelphia Housing Authority has raised millions from property auctions.
After Palestine Talk, Harvard Donor Stops Sponsoring Events Associated Press After Palestine Talk, Harvard Donor Stops Sponsoring Events A major backer of Harvard Law School has stopped sponsoring student events after its donation helped pay for a discussion supporting an independent Palestine. In 2012, the international law firm Milbank promised Harvard $1 million over five years to pay for scholarly conferences organized by law students. But after the money was used to support an event hosted by the student group Justice for Palestine, the law firm asked Harvard Law School to use the money for other purposes. Calls to Milbank's New York headquarters weren't returned this week.
Tech Company Will Pay $750 Million to End Patent Fight With Carnegie Mellon Chronicle of Higher Education Tech Company Will Pay $750 Million to End Patent Fight With Carnegie Mellon The Marvell Technology Group and Marvell Semiconductor Inc. will pay $750 million to end a long-running patent dispute with Carnegie Mellon University, the university announced on Wednesday. Carnegie Mellon sued in 2009, alleging that the company had infringed a pair of university patents based on the work of a professor and a former student. In 2012 a federal jury awarded the university more than $1 billion in damages, but the case has been through several rounds of appeals since then.
A Dangerous Loophole in Federal Law Is Putting Women’s Lives at Risk Huffington Post A Dangerous Loophole in Federal Law Is Putting Women’s Lives at Risk Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on domestic violence victims being at the highest risk of homicide when they are leaving a relationship.
Could Obama Lean Right to Replace Scalia? Newsmax.com Could Obama Lean Right to Replace Scalia? Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School comments on the process of replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Scalia.
Study: Penn Has $14.3B Economic Impact Philly.com Study: Penn Has $14.3B Economic Impact Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli is quoted about Penn’s economic impact report.
3-D Mammograms Cut False-positive Rates, Study Finds Bloomberg News 3-D Mammograms Cut False-positive Rates, Study Finds Emily Conant of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses 3-D mammograms.
UMass Lifts Lockdown After Report of Armed Man on Campus The Washington Post UMass Lifts Lockdown After Report of Armed Man on Campus The University of Massachusetts at Amherst issued a shelter-in-place order Thursday evening after getting reports of a hostile armed man in a dormitory on campus. A spokesperson for the university did not immediately respond to a request for more information Thursday evening, but university officials had warned students and others on campus, through social media, to stay where they were.
‘Girls, I’m on Your Team’: Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Penn Philly.com ‘Girls, I’m on Your Team’: Caitlyn Jenner Speaks at Penn An interview with Caitlyn Jenner, hosted by SPEC, is featured.
Analysis - Puerto Rico May Have Better Chance of Supreme Court Win After Scalia Death Reuters Analysis - Puerto Rico May Have Better Chance of Supreme Court Win After Scalia Death David Skeel of the Law School is quoted.