11/15
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Promising Full College Credit, Arizona State University Offers Online Freshman Program
Arizona State University, one of the nation’s largest universities, is joining with edX, a nonprofit online venture founded by M.I.T. and Harvard, to offer an online freshman year that will be available worldwide with no admissions process and full university credit.
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Audio: Congress Pushes for Cybersecurity Overhaul
Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science talks about encouraging better security practices rather than focusing on data sharing.
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St. Joe’s Names First Lay President
A Philadelphia native and mathematician was named president of St. Joseph’s University on Wednesday, the first lay leader in the Jesuit school’s 164-year history. And at 40, Mark C. Reed also is the youngest president, at least since St. Joe’s moved to its City Line Avenue location in 1927, according to the college.
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Audio: Bird Flu Flare-up on Midwest Farms; Big Blue Bell Recall
Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine joins a discussion about an outbreak of bird flu.
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U-Va. Dean Assails Her Portrayal in Alleged Rape Story in Rolling Stone
In times of crisis, countless University of Virginia students have turned to Associate Dean Nicole Eramo. From her campus office in Peabody Hall, Eramo counsels young adults — mostly women — in the aftermath of what is in most cases the darkest moment of their lives: deciding what to do after they have been sexually assaulted.
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Video: Siegel: How the Dow Gets to 20,000
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School talks about the outlook for U.S. stocks and the economy.
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The Risks Associated With ‘Productivity Pills’ Outweigh the Benefits
Martha Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences pens an op-ed detailing the risks associated with “productivity pills,” such as Adderall.
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Playing It Safe
When Rutgers University invited Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. secretary of state, to speak at its commencement ceremony last year, a group of students protested the choice by staging a sit-in on campus. Rutgers's faculty council passed a resolution urging the university to rescind its invitation to Rice, calling her a "war criminal." The university stood by its decision, but Rice withdrew from the ceremony.
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How the Rich Get Into Ivies: Behind the Scenes of Elite Admissions
A million-dollar full-ride scholarship endowment to an Ivy League school is a good deed. But it doesn’t just earn you karma—it nets you fawning emails from the school’s development officials, customized campus tours for your kids, and private meetings with the school’s president, leaked Sony emails show.
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Audio: Is it Always Unhealthy to be Fat?
Rexford Ahima of the Perelman School of Medicine examines obesity in America.