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Widener President Leaving for U. of San Diego Post
James T. Harris III, president of Widener University in Chester for the last 13 years, will leave at the end of July to become president of the University of San Diego, effective Aug. 1. “This decision to leave Widener has not been easy," Harris said in a statement. "I love Widener, and I have been honored to work side by side with such capable and dedicated colleagues on the faculty and staff.
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Making the Most of a Skeleton in Penn’s Basement
Janet Monge and William Hafford of the Penn Museum and undergraduate students Carly Sokach and Kamillia Scott share their comments on an excav
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Racist Enshrined
In 1876, a black state senator in South Carolina was hauled off by a train by a mob. Simon Coker was given the chance to pray before he was murdered. While kneeling, he was shot in the head. The assassination was part of a systematic paramilitary campaign by white supremacists in the post-Civil War South to intimidate and suppress black voters.
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Historically Black Colleges See Rise in Enrollment
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the enrollment history of historically black colleges and universities.
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A British Campus in California
A British university plans to build a 6,000-student campus just outside Sacramento. The University of Warwick announced on Thursday that it has entered into a partnership with the University Development Trust, a nonprofit organization that is providing land and funding for the endeavor.
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Audio & Video: Dogs, They’re Just Like Us
James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine discusses his work on how human behavior can influence pet dogs’ behavior.
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Suicide Clusters
It’s Mardi Gras week in New Orleans, and students at Tulane University are busy prepping for the weekend’s celebrations. But for some students, getting into the party spirit this year is proving difficult. "Students are trying to stay positive, and of course many of them are excited for Mardi Gras weekend,” Dusty Porter, Tulane’s vice president of student affairs, said.
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Game Theory Calls Cooperation Into Question
Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured for applying the “prisoner’s dilemma” to evolving populations.
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Disputed Admissions at University of Texas
A “select handful” of University of Texas applicants are approved each year at the direction of the school president over the objections of the admissions office, a longtime practice that has grown in recent years,
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Specializations, Specialized
Massive open online course providers such as Coursera have long pointed to the benefits of the data collected by the platforms, saying it will help colleges and universities understand how students learn online.