Helping Minority Ph.D.’s in STEM: Something’s Working Chronicle of Higher Education Helping Minority Ph.D.’s in STEM: Something’s Working Earning a Ph.D. in a STEM field is meant to be challenging, but data has shown it can be especially so for minority students.
Political Correctness at Princeton: When It Comes to Free Speech, They're No Tigers NJ.com Political Correctness at Princeton: When It Comes to Free Speech, They're No Tigers Alan Kors of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted on free speech vs. hate speech.
A Digital Reboot of Humanities at U of Penn Newsworks (WHYY-FM) A Digital Reboot of Humanities at U of Penn Jeffrey Kallberg of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about Penn’s newly announced Price Lab for Digital Humanities.
Yale Medical School’s Request to Expand Campus Program Online is Denied The New York Times Yale Medical School’s Request to Expand Campus Program Online is Denied The Yale University School of Medicine and 2U, an education technology company, have been denied accreditors’ permission to offer a physician assistant master’s degree online as an expansion of an existing campus degree program. Yale’s announcement of the program in March was heralded as evidence that even the nation’s most prestigious universities were moving toward online degrees.
Has Conversion Therapy Finally Met Its Demise? Philadelphia Inquirer Has Conversion Therapy Finally Met Its Demise? Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine is the author of this article on the practice of “curing” homosexuality.
An Apple a Day Keeps Scientists Close at Hand Business Day An Apple a Day Keeps Scientists Close at Hand Kathryn Schmitz of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the use of apps to recruit test subjects.
Penn Hosts Capital Project Session for Minority-owned Businesses Philadelphia Tribune Penn Hosts Capital Project Session for Minority-owned Businesses Glenn Bryan of Government and Community Affairs, Michael Dausch of Facilities and Real Estate Services and
Phone Flies a Drone With Its Own Internal Camera Popular Science Phone Flies a Drone With Its Own Internal Camera The robotics lab at the School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a cell phone drone.
Seven Allege Harassment by Yale Doctor at Clinic The New York Times Seven Allege Harassment by Yale Doctor at Clinic For the second time in less than a year, the Yale School of Medicine is embroiled in charges of sexual harassment.
U.C.L.A. Faculty Approves Diversity Requirement Inside Higher Ed U.C.L.A. Faculty Approves Diversity Requirement Proposals to require students to take a course related to diversity have been controversial on many campuses.