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The Trees a Garden Writer Would Put on His ‘Fantasy Flora’ Team
Paul Meyer of the Morris Arboretum is quoted about specimens of trees and their value.
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Rowan Pursues Atlantic City Medical School Campus
Rowan University is preparing to take the first steps toward creating a medical school campus in Atlantic City, extending the footprint of its growing medical programs and potentially tapping a new student base there. Rowan trustees are set to vote Wednesday on a feasibility study to explore an Atlantic City partnership between the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and AtlantiCare.
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Why a Constitutional Originalist Would Reject the GOP’s Delay, Delay, Delay Tactics
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School writes about “originalism.”
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This Is Not a Love Story
Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice is quoted about domestic violence.
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Billion-Dollar Targets
Wealthy universities’ endowments are once again in the crosshairs on Capitol Hill. Amid double-digit investment returns and growing public anxiety about student debt and the price of college, members of Congress are reviving their scrutiny of the nation’s richest colleges, an issue that largely was put on hold after the financial crisis in 2008. Earlier this week two congressional committees sent letters to several dozen colleges and universities, seeking a wide range of information about how they manage their endowments and spend endowment funds.
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Cornell’s Plan to Merge Hotel School Gets an Icy Reception
They call themselves “hotelies”: students and alumni of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, the world’s oldest undergraduate program devoted to the hospitality industry and, many say, the best. The school is considered the Harvard of hospitality programs, consistently topping best-of lists and rankings. Its graduates, school officials like to say, do not just run individual hotels, they own entire hotel chains or groups of restaurants.
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This Week in Tech History: John Glenn Orbits the Earth, the First Computer Debuts
ENIAC is included on a list of tech and science highlights.
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New Fermentation Process Helps Penn Students Brew Future
David Issadore of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and students Shashwata Narain, Alexander David, and Siddharth Shah are featured for the students’ creation of a new fermentation process that can be used for beer production.
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Are Too Many Choices Costing 401(k) Holders?
The research of Donald B. Keim and Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School is quoted.
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Into the Mosh Pit: Republican Campaign Talk Gets Nastier
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about how Donald Trump has ‘“hijacked” political correctness to justify his use of personal attacks.