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Prosecutors Outlines Why He Dropped Charges Against Black U-Va. Student
University of Virginia student Martese Johnson was doing nothing wrong the night he ended up bloodied and in a jail cell after an encounter with state Alcoholic Beverage Control officers, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Charlottesville Commonwealth’s Attorney Dave Chapman spent more than two hours publicly laying out the evidence from a Virginia State Police investigation into the 33-second incident early March 18 during St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. Photographs depicting Johnson, who is black, on the ground underneath a white officer went viral online and sparked protests on the U-Va.
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The Subprime Mortgage Crisis Wasn’t About Subprime Mortgages
Fernando Ferreira and Joseph Gyourko of the Wharton School are mentioned for their new working paper that argues “the idea that subprime lending triggered the crisis is misguided.”
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New York’s Lawmakers Agree on Campus Sexual Assault Laws
New York’s political leaders have reached a deal on one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s legislative priorities for 2015, saying they will adopt new laws intended to change the way sexual assaults on all college campuses in the state are handled.
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Philanthropy in the U.S. Inches Up – With Exceptions
Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy says, “There is an overall trend in blurring the line between corporations focused solely on bottom-line profits and organizations with a dual purpose.”
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Audio: Frances Jensen’s ‘The Teenage Brain’
Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses her new book, The Teenage Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults.
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Weight-loss Surgery Can Bring Couples Closer, Small Study Finds
David Sarwer of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on couples with a “joint-effort attitude” to weight loss.
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Sugar Out, Diet in
Officials at one health professions campus think it's just common sense to encourage students and employees to make healthy decisions about what they drink. So the University of California at San Francisco, where all programs are in the health professions, is becoming the first college nationally to stop the sale of sugary beverages on campus. That means no Coke or Pepsi, or plenty of other products.
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The Rise of Student Debt for Those Who Get Degrees
My recent article on student debt prompted many questions from readers who were hungry for more detail. I had provided statistics on all undergraduates, but many readers wanted to see debt for those who graduated with a bachelor’s degree. When you break out the borrowing data by educational attainment, students who get bachelor’s degrees are more likely to borrow than the typical college student. This makes sense: When you stay in school longer, you have more years of tuition to pay and more opportunities to borrow. Fifteen percent of those with a B.A.
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Penn in Partnership to Produce Gene Therapies at Navy Yard
James Wilson of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on Penn’s partnership with Wuxi AppTec Inc. to develop a gene therapy manufacturing plant.
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Audio: Fixing the TSA Will Take Time, Expert Says
Michael Useem of the Wharton School talks about what it takes to improve the Transportation Security Administration.