11/15
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Another Leader Ousted
Is Dan Jones this year's Teresa Sullivan? On Friday, the state higher education board in Mississippi announced, without detail on why, that it would not renew the contract of Jones, who has been chancellor of the University of Mississippi since 2009. The news surprised Jones as well as faculty and student leaders at the university, where many think he has been highly successful -- on academic issues and finances.
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Weight Loss Doesn’t Always Lead to Happiness
Anthony Fabricatore of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for his 2011 review of various weight-loss methods and symptoms of depression in obese people.
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Another Leader Ousted
Is Dan Jones this year's Teresa Sullivan? On Friday, the state higher education board in Mississippi announced, without detail on why, that it would not renew the contract of Jones, who has been chancellor of the University of Mississippi since 2009. The news surprised Jones as well as faculty and student leaders at the university, where many think he has been highly successful -- on academic issues and finances.
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Greening Vacant Lots in Philly Is Good for Your Heart [Before and After Photos]
Eugenia South of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about researching how walking by green spaces reduces stress.
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Video: Police Find No Evidence of Rape at University of Virginia Fraternity
The police here said Monday that they had found “no substantive basis” to support a Rolling Stone magazine article depicting a horrific gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house and that a four-month review had identified serious discrepancies in the account by a woman identified as Jackie, who refused to cooperate with their investigation. After a review of records and roughly 70 interviews, Police Chief Timothy J.
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Anger and Activism Greet Plan to Shut Sweet Briar College
Here at bucolic Sweet Briar College, equestrians awaken at dawn and trek to the stables to ride on 18 miles of trails through wooded countryside, fields and dells. Women study on the boathouse dock at sunset, as geese squawk over a lake. Pearls are still in fashion, and men must have escorts. Students call it “the pink bubble.” Now, all of a sudden, the bubble has burst.
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Video: Stigma Around Physician-assisted Dying Lingers
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School comments on physician-assisted dying.
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Rolling Stone to Publish Review of Disputed Rape Article
Rolling Stone magazine plans to publish an external review of a widely disputed article about a gang rape at the University of Virginia “in the next couple of weeks,” its managing editor, Will Dana, said on Sunday. The 9,000-word article, which was published in November, was based on the account of a female student who described being sexually assaulted by seven men in a dark room during a fraternity house party.
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Saving Pets Through Dialysis
J.D. Foster of the School of Veterinary Medicine is highlighted for working with the dialysis center at Penn’s Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital.
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Audio: Keynote Address at Royal College of Physicians
Flaura Winston of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about ADHD and driving.