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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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$6.5B Price Tag for 35-year University City Overhaul
Amtrak and its partners in the proposed redevelopment of a massive swath around 30th Street Station in University City say the decades-long plan - including partially capping the adjacent rail yard - will involve $6.5 billion in infrastructure funding and private investment. The financial projection is part of the planning team's final blueprint for the 175-acre site extending northeast from 30th Street Station, to be released Thursday morning.
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Commentary: Save Lives by Training More People in Hands-only CPR
Kenneth Margulies and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine collaborate on a commentary about hands-on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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N.J. College Broke Law With $250,000 Table, State Says
New Jersey's third-largest public university broke public bidding laws when it purchased a custom conference table shipped from China that ultimately cost nearly a quarter-million dollars, the state comptroller said in a report Wednesday. Officials at Kean University in Union County authorized a Chinese manufacturer to build and ship the 22-person, state-of-the-art table before obtaining approval from the school's board of trustees, according to the comptroller's 19-month investigation. Comptroller Philip James Degnan did not refer the matter to the Attorney General's Office.
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Kensington Graveyard Rises From the Past as Developer Seeks to Build
Aaron Wunsch of the School of Design comments on the Mutual Burial Ground of Kensington.
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Beyond Bathrooms: Colleges Look to Recognize Trans Students’ Name, Housing Preferences
Rob Nelson of the Provost’s Office is quoted about Penn’s efforts to accommodate the needs of transgender students.
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Commentary: The Momentous Decision to Use Atomic Bombs
Gino Segrè and Bettina Hoerlin of the School of Arts & Sciences write about the decision to drop the first atomic bomb.
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FDA Approves Novel Form of Addiction Treatment: A 6-month Implant
Kyle Kampman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the benefit of an implanted drug to help treat opioid addiction.
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Why Dentists Write Too Many Scripts
Elliot Hersh of the School of Dental Medicine is quoted about the dangers of dentists overprescribing opioids.
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Independence Visitor Center Redo: Larger Terrace, Gift Shop
Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the expansion of the Independence Visitor Center.
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At Fattah’s Corruption Trial, Jurors Hear About His Son’s Tuition Trouble
The criminal trial of U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah focused Tuesday on the problems of his son. A top Drexel University lobbyist, Brian T. Keech, testified about the tuition and academic woes of Chaka "Chip" Fattah Jr. that three times prompted Drexel to put him on a payment plan. The younger Fattah repeatedly stopped paying his college bills, and federal prosecutors allege that his father solved the problem by stealing from his campaign fund to pay Drexel.