Couple’s Virology Research at Penn Was Pioneering Philadelphia Inquirer Couple’s Virology Research at Penn Was Pioneering Gertrude and Werner Henle, husband-and-wife virologists of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, are featured.
She’s a First-generation College Student With Her Pick of 5 Ivy League Schools The Washington Post She’s a First-generation College Student With Her Pick of 5 Ivy League Schools Brandi Moore took the stage at DAR Constitution Hall and opened her valedictory in a typically Brandi Moore way: with a little self-deprecating humor. “Let me preface this speech by saying I do not have some elaborate ‘Napoleon Dynamite’-like dance to do in front of you, nor do I have an amazing stand-up routine to share,” Moore said, addressing her fellow graduates from Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School. Don’t call her a genius or a whiz kid or even an overachiever.
Data’s Black Box Philadelphia Inquirer Data’s Black Box Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for studying data privacy and marketing trade-off.
Building a Better Valve The New York Times Building a Better Valve Howard Herrmann of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on patients treated with a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
Sweet Briar Reaches Deal to Stay Open The New York Times Sweet Briar Reaches Deal to Stay Open Sweet Briar College, the women’s liberal arts college in rural Virginia that announced it would close in August — setting off a storm of protest and lawsuits from students, faculty and alumnae — will remain open for at least another academic year under an agreement announced Saturday by the attorney general of Virginia.
Mississippi Valley Archaeological Site Reveals Transition From Hunter-gatherer to Farming Cultures of Ancient Native Americans TheAdvocate.com Mississippi Valley Archaeological Site Reveals Transition From Hunter-gatherer to Farming Cultures of Ancient Native Americans Meg Kassabaum of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Museum is featured as the project director for the Smith Creek Archeological Project.
U. of Texas Campus Seeks to Retain Students Through Data and Personal Coaching Chronicle of Higher Education U. of Texas Campus Seeks to Retain Students Through Data and Personal Coaching It’s difficult to retain students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Of the students who declared STEM majors at some point from 2003 to 2009, nearly half had switched out of the sciences by 2009. But the newly formed University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley hopes to keep more students in those and related fields — and on track to graduate on time — by mixing big-data and personalized approaches.
Nina Simone’s Time Is Now, Again The New York Times Nina Simone’s Time Is Now, Again Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about the legacy of singer Nina Simone.
Charleston, Juneteenth and What It Means to Be Black in America Huffington Post Charleston, Juneteenth and What It Means to Be Black in America University chaplain Charles Howard writes about the attack on black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., and on the black experience.
Crossing the Pond Inside Higher Ed Crossing the Pond The most pressing challenge to undergraduate education in the United States is arguably its sharply rising cost. In a 2013 Bloomberg News article, Michelle Jamrisko and Ilan Kolet assert that tuition expenses have increased 538 percent since 1985, compared with a 286 percent jump in medical costs and a 121 percent gain in the Consumer Price Index. Jamrisko and Kolet further write that “the ballooning charges have generated swelling demand for educational loans while threatening to make college unaffordable for domestic and international students.