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Reducing Hazardous Noise Levels Can Save Your Heart
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study that revealed how reducing daily noise levels would reduce the number of people with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
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SAT Scores in Question After Misprint in Instruction Booklet
Some students taking the SAT college-entrance exam Saturday had extra time to complete a section of the test because of a misprint in an instruction guide, at least briefly calling into question the validity of scores for nearly half a million test-takers. Shortly before noon EDT on Saturday, the Educational Testing Service, which administers the SAT on behalf of the College Board, notified the test maker that there was a printing error in the test booklets distributed to students in the U.S., according to a statement posted on the College Board website Sunday evening.
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New Texas Law Will Allow Concealed Weapons on Campuses. Now What?
Now that Texas legislators have passed a law allowing concealed weapons to be carried at colleges throughout the state, campus leaders, professors, students, and safety officials will turn to debating what areas of their campuses can be declared gun-free, and how much of each campus can be a designated a gun-free zone. Administrators will have over a year to devise new policies to comply with the legislation, which the state’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, has said he will sign. Private colleges and universities will have the option of opting out of the requirement.
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When Pain Persists After Breast Cancer Surgery
Rosemary Polomano of the School of Nursing talks about women who are not informed of the risks or ways to reduce risks of pain after a mastectomy.
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Video: Health Insurers Ask Pennsylvania Regulators for Big Rate Increases
Robert Town of the Wharton School is quoted about health-care costs in Pennsylvania.
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Will Picking the ‘Right’ College Major Get You a Good Job?
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School is cited for his book Will College Pay Off?
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Can Brain Games Change Behaviors Long Term?
Caryn Lerman of the Perelman School of Medicine and its Abramson Cancer Center, Leah Bernardo, also of Medicine, and Joseph Kable of the School of Arts & Sciences are highlighted for researching how Lumosity affects brain activity.
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Does Harvard Need Your Money?
It didn’t take long for the criticisms to begin rolling in after Harvard University announced a $400 million donation to its engineering college. The gift was proudly touted by the university as its largest-ever gift, and a significant step toward reaching the towering $6.5 billion fund-raising goal of its ongoing capital campaign. Yet for many others, the gift didn't make sense.
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Racist Chants, Allegations of Rape, Tasers, Branding, All the Awful Frat Behavior of 2015
It has been a rough year for fraternities. From racist chants to allegations of roofie-spiked punch, sexual assault, drug use and Taser assaults, it has sometimes felt like there are too many scandals in Greek life to keep up with. Not for Bloomberg: As the last of the commencements wind down, and students head home, they compiled an exhaustive graphic. Just this past semester, Bloomberg reported, 133 fraternity and sorority chapters were disciplined — whether shut down entirely, suspended, or otherwise punished — after allegations of bad behavior.
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What Does It Cost to Develop a Drug and Should We Really Care?
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School writes about the costs associated with developing a new drug.