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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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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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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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From Community College to the Ivy League
Several students from the Community College of Philadelphia are highlighted for their journeys to becoming Penn transfer students.
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Here’s How to Start Breaking Down the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Nikkita Patel of the School of Veterinary Medicine is cited for studying animal trafficking.
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Bloomberg Philanthropies Gives $100 Million to Cornell Tech
Cornell Tech, the applied sciences graduate school of Cornell University, is expected to announce a $100 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies on Tuesday to construct the first academic building on the school’s Roosevelt Island campus. That building will be called the Bloomberg Center, solidifying Cornell’s ties to former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Cornell Tech won a $400 million competition three and a half years ago to build an applied sciences campus on the island, in New York City, an initiative created by the Bloomberg administration.
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Lazy Rivers and Student Debt
There’s not much Elizabeth Warren and Chris Christie agree on. But last week they struck a similar chord in speeches that knocked increasingly common and luxurious college amenities like climbing walls and lazy rivers. Such features, Warren said in a June 10 speech, contribute to rising tuition. A day later, Christie criticized colleges that are “drunk on cash and embarking on crazy spending binges,” including the building of amenities like climbing walls.
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After SAT Misprint, Two Sections Won’t Be Scored
Andy Porter of the Graduate School of Education is quoted on how the College Board and the Educational Testing Service are seeking ways to improve the SAT.
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When College Sexual Assault Hits Home: How Parents Can Help
When she met her dad, Jeff, for breakfast early on a Tuesday morning, Elly couldn’t bring herself to tell him about the nightmarish experience she had been through just hours before in her dorm room. He figured she looked disheveled because she was tired and about to go to tennis practice. He snapped a photo of her before heading home from his visit last October at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. That Friday, he got a call from Elly’s mother.