Investment Firms Nurture University Start-ups Chemical and Engineering News Investment Firms Nurture University Start-ups The Penn Center for Innovation and its creation of more than 100 companies on its own and through its five-year-old company creation program, Upstart, are cited.
Audio: Russia in Syria and What It Means for the US Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (WHYY-FM) Audio: Russia in Syria and What It Means for the US Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about why Russia intervened in the Syrian conflict and what that means for America and the region.
A Doctor Trapped Between Medical Oath and Health Laws Philadelphia Inquirer A Doctor Trapped Between Medical Oath and Health Laws Erin Aakhus of the Perelman School of Medicine pens an op-ed about ethical conflicts in patient treatment.
In Zambia, Schoolgirls Are Negotiating the Value of Their Education Yahoo! News In Zambia, Schoolgirls Are Negotiating the Value of Their Education Corinne Low of the Wharton School comments on collaboratively creating a curriculum that teaches girls in Zambia how to negotiate with their parents for an education.
Million Man March, 20 Years On The New York Times Million Man March, 20 Years On Adolph Reed of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the fundamentally conservative and sexist nature of the Million Man March, 20 years later.
Calif. Governor Oks Bill to Tighten Campus Gun Ban but Vetoes Sex-Assault Bill Chronicle of Higher Education Calif. Governor Oks Bill to Tighten Campus Gun Ban but Vetoes Sex-Assault Bill Acting on a number of bills over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed into law a measure that will ban the carrying of concealed guns on college campuses in the state, but vetoed legislation that would have required colleges to set tougher penalties for sexual assault.
Reaching Vulnerable Students Inside Higher Ed Reaching Vulnerable Students In the days after his brother committed suicide, Evan Rose sat with his family around their living room table discussing how to move forward from the loss. Described as a high-achieving student, Stephen Rose graduated from Harvard University in 2006 before earning his master’s degree in psychology at the City College of the City University of New York. In 2014, he jumped to his death from the top of Harvard’s William James Hall. He was 29.
A Student Loan System Stacked Against the Borrower The New York Times A Student Loan System Stacked Against the Borrower “It feels like I’m being set up to fail.” That’s how Patrick Wittwer, 31, described his experience trying to repay his roughly $50,000 in student loans. Between misdirected payments by one of the companies servicing his loan and the abusive collection tactics he encountered when he fell behind, Mr. Wittwer said the repayment process simply seemed stacked against him.
Audio: Baseball Economics Hits a Homerun for the Mets Marketplace (NPR) Audio: Baseball Economics Hits a Homerun for the Mets Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School comments on New York Mets staff and salary decisions.
Do Colleges Have a Duty to Protect Students? Inside Higher Ed Do Colleges Have a Duty to Protect Students? A California appeals court has ruled, 2 to 1, that public colleges and universities do not have a general legal obligation to protect adult students from violent acts by other students. The ruling throws out a lawsuit against the University of California by Katherine Rosen, a former student at the University of California at Los Angeles who in 2009 was stabbed and had her throat slashed by a fellow student in a chemistry lab.