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Stanford University President John L. Hennessy to Leave Office Next Year
Stanford University President John L. Hennessy, who helped make the prestigious northern California school among the most wealthy and well-connected to nearby Silicon Valley over the last 15 years, will retire next summer, the campus announced Thursday. Hennessy, a computer scientist who was Stanford’s engineering school dean and campus provost before being inaugurated as president in October 2000, said that it was time to return to teaching and research.
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Cooper Union Upheaval
It was a matter of hours from when the resignations of five Cooper Union trustees rolled in until their names were erased from the college’s website. And it was a day later that the President Jamshed Bharucha announced he too would resign, more than a year before his employment contract expires. Yet the upheaval that led to the acrimonious departures has been years in the making.
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Audio: Inside America’s Prison System
Marie Gottschalk of the School of Arts & Sciences joins a discussion on America’s prison system.
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Talk, Then Talk Again
A university tapped by the White House to lead the charge on sexual assault education and prevention released a report Tuesday on how institutions can best spread awareness of their sexual assault policies and resources. A report from the University of New Hampshire’s Prevention Innovations Research Center found that students who were able to interact with and discuss their college’s policies were more likely to retain information on resources within the institution or be more knowledgeable about the policies themselves.
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Another Leadership Change at University of the Sciences
The University of the Sciences is making another leadership change, but it also will be temporary. Marvin Samson, board chair, is stepping down as interim president, a post he assumed Jan. 1 upon the sudden departure of Helen Giles-Gee after only two and a half years at the helm. Samson, founder and CEO of Samson Medical Technologies, LLC, will remain board chair.
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The $400-Million Questions
When John A. Paulson gave $400 million to Harvard University last week, many people complained that he hadn’t picked the neediest recipient for his largess. Though the gift is Harvard’s biggest ever, it amounts to only about 1 percent of the institution’s endowment. But that amount would be truly transformational in other areas of higher education. Of course, for a donor as wealthy as Mr. Paulson, who is a Harvard alumnus and founder of a hedge fund that manages $19.5 billion, there are myriad options for bestowing a megagift.
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The Pentagon’s Gamble on Brain Implants, Bionic Limbs and Combat Exoskeletons
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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Flawed Evaluations
They’re almost universally loathed by professors as being too subjective and an unreliable indicator of performance. But beyond that, surprisingly little is known about student evaluations of faculty teaching. How many colleges require them, and what do they ask? How many students complete them, and what effect do they have on instructors’ careers? A committee of the American Association of University Professors wanted to help answer some of the questions, and help stir discussions about a better way to rate professors in the classroom.
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The Forgotten History of How Bird Poop Cripples Power Lines
Etienne Benson of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the threat birds posed to the power grid in California in the 1920s.
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College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success
A program that trained first-year female college students to avoid rape substantially lowered their risk of being sexually assaulted, a rare success against a problem that has been resistant to many prevention efforts, researchers reported Wednesday. Sexual violence is a serious hazard on college campuses. By some estimates, one in five female students are raped, and women tend to be at the greatest risk during their first year on campus.