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CBS Philly
April 1, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) —Pennsylvania may be following in California's footsteps by prohibiting the sale of animals from puppy mills, according to a recently proposed legislation. Sen. Guy Reschenthaler proposed the idea of the bill in order to shift the pet market towards humane sources. Puppy mills oftenÃâà...
PA home page
March 31, 2018
Pennsylvania College of Technology will reprise its participation at the 2018 USA Science & Engineering Festival – the largest event of its kind ... The 20-by-20-foot Penn College exhibit will feature continuous interactive demonstrations at three stations: spherification (shaping liquids into spheres) andÃâà...
New York Times
March 31, 2018
College-educated suburbanites outside Philadelphia are angry at Mr. Trump and in a mood to send him a message. And blue-collar voters in western Pennsylvania are suddenly up for grabs, after they turned out strongly in the special election this month to elect a moderate young Democrat, Conor Lamb,Ãâà...
CBS Philly
March 30, 2018
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) —The University of Pennsylvania welcomed one of its newest professors on Thursday–former Vice President Joe Biden. Penn President Amy Gutmann hosted a conversation with Biden on campus. The former vice president will lead the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and GlobalÃâà...
FOX43.com
March 30, 2018
“No more college students should die for just wanting to join an organization," said Jim Piazza, Timothy's father. Timothy Piazza is the 19-year-old pledge who died after he fell down a flight of stairs following a night of heavy drinking during a Beta Theta Pi fraternity ritual at Penn State University, accordingÃâà...
The Daily Pennsylvanian
March 29, 2018
Penn admitted 3,731 out of 44,482 applicants for the Class of 2022, setting a record-low acceptance rate of 8.39 percent for the incoming freshman class. ... One in every seven admitted students to the Class of 2022 is the first in their families to attend college, according to a statement released to The DailyÃâà...
Billy Penn
March 23, 2018
Having public health department heads of six Pa. universities come together to write a letter to the governor is remarkable, Dean David Nash of Thomas Jefferson University's College of Population Health told Billy Penn. The note, which asks Gov. Wolf to remove syringes from the definition of “drugÃâà...
Sunbury Daily Item
March 23, 2018
WILLIAMSPORT — An Aviation Camp has been added to the roster of fun, interactive and hands-on summer camps that reflect the distinctive career opportunities offered at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The signup deadline is May 11 for the 11 overnight camps and one day camp. In addition toÃâà...
Olean Times Herald
March 23, 2018
Celebrating its golden anniversary next year, Penn-York College Night is an event put on by high school guidance counselors from New York's ... and St. Bonaventure University's admissions department, the event invites area high school students to come and learn more about what colleges have to offer.
NBC 10 Philadelphia
March 23, 2018
“This could really put Pennsylvania into the forefront of this whole controversial and challenging area,” Dr. Charles Pollack, director of the Lambert Center, told NBC10 in an interview last spring. Penn Medicine, Drexel University and the University of the Sciences are all interested in pursuing researchÃâà...
Penn State News
March 23, 2018
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers survey, employers anticipate hiring 4 percent more graduates from the class of 2018 than last year. If the recent Career Fair at Pennsylvania College of Technology is an accurate gauge, that estimate is conservative.
New York Times
March 23, 2018
A 19-year-old American college athlete, found dead at the base of a 35-foot cliff in a dry moat in Bermuda on Monday, died from the fall, officials said ... Neither he nor Mr. Field-Lament was able to confirm how or why Mr. Dombroski, who was a freshman at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, went over aÃâà...
Philly.com
March 22, 2018
So instead of using one big motor in this year's car, Penn Electric Racing is installing four smaller ones — one in each wheel — controlled by an onboard computer that delivers varying amounts of power to the wheels as needed. The goal: a road-hugging rocket that can round the corners at high speed.
New York Times
March 21, 2018
Mr. Dombroski, who was from Media, Pa., and was a freshman at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, was last seen by family and friends just after midnight Sunday morning at the Dog House, a popular restaurant and bar, according to the authorities. The police, who have been examining closed-circuitÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 19, 2018
This undated photo released by the Bermuda Police Service shows American college student Mark Dombroski, who has been reported missing in Bermuda. Bermuda police Dombroski was on a rugby tour with Saint Joseph's University, a college near Philadelphia, when he disappeared early Sunday,Ãâà...
Penn State News
March 16, 2018
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Valentine's Day may have passed for this year, but if you're in love with sweet, firm, antioxidant-rich — and award- winning — tomatoes that will perform well in your garden this season, you're in luck, thanks to a researcher in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
State College News
March 16, 2018
Former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin faces a hearing before the Pennsylvania Disciplinary Board in May over her handling of testimony by former university administrators during the Jerry Sandusky investigation. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel filed a petition for discipline in NovemberÃâà...
Inside Higher Ed
March 16, 2018
Wax added, “I can think of one or two students who've graduated in the top half of my required first-year course,” out of about 90 students per year. She also said that the University of Pennsylvania Law Review has a racial diversity mandate and suggested that some black students shouldn't go to college.
York Daily Record/Sunday News
March 16, 2018
Pennsylvania prosecutors are dropping all assault charges against members of a now-closed Penn State fraternity in the hazing death of a pledge, sparing defendants the most serious allegations any had faced. The attorney general's office announced Thursday that it will continue to pursue involuntaryÃâà...
HuffPost
March 16, 2018
Amy Wax, who made the racial inferiority argument in an interview last fall that resurfaced recently, will lose her duties teaching the introductory civil procedure class, Penn Law dean Ted Ruger announced Tuesday. He insisted the decision was not a penalty of any kind, and noted Wax will retain her facultyÃâà...
Allentown Morning Call
March 15, 2018
Support for stricter gun control spiked in Pennsylvania after a gunman killed 17 students and staff at a Florida high school, according to a Muhlenberg College opinion poll released Wednesday. But with the Florida shooting spurring discussion about whether mentally ill people should be barred fromÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 14, 2018
The schools were among 39 post-secondary institutions to receive more than $950,000 in It's On Us PA grants, which were announced Tuesday at an event at Temple University in Philadelphia. Colleges and universities applied for the funding to establish programs ranging from campus-wide training forÃâà...
FiveThirtyEight
March 14, 2018
16 to take a crack at it will be the Ivy Leaguers from the University of Pennsylvania, which faces Kansas on Thursday — and Penn's chances of beating a No. 1 are among the best a No. 16 seed has ever had. For starters, Penn is a lot better than the usual No. 16 seed. According to our Elo ratings — whichÃâà...
Indiana Gazette
March 10, 2018
IUP was recognized in a 2014 national survey of “Best Schools for Cybersecurity” by HP Enterprise Security, released in October 2015. The university was ranked in the top 25 percent of all cybersecurity programs in the nation. Only four Pennsylvania colleges and universities were rated in the top quartile.
Meadville Tribune
March 10, 2018
Rose, 19, of Cochranton is a freshman at Penn State University majoring in agricultural engineering. He started his 4-H membership by showing swine at the Crawford County Fair at age 8. In 12 years time, he also showed beef and took part in woodworking, rocketry, cooking and lots of other club activities.
State College News
March 10, 2018
"Every year, thousands of recent high school graduates flock to Pennsylvania State University, in State College, and the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Many of them stick around after graduation. And why not? The median home list price is just $235,550 in State College, whereas the national medianÃâà...
State College News
March 9, 2018
Nature's Medicine, Centre County's first medical marijuana dispensary, is hoping to open in State College in May, as long as all the necessary permits are obtained for the ... “Medical marijuana is a as a safe choice that is finally available in Pennsylvania for people who are suffering," said Steinmetz.
Sunbury Daily Item
March 9, 2018
Our 14 public universities, including Bloomsburg and Shippensburg, are the vehicles delivering on the legislature's charge to provide an affordable, high-quality college education. Pennsylvania's future and working-class families depend on these universities' viability. Pennsylvania ranks 47th out of 50Ãâà...
Penn State News
March 9, 2018
“As a major public research university, we are committed to empowering entrepreneurs and providing the tools to take great ideas to the next level,” said Barron. “Penn State is uniquely positioned with its Commonwealth campuses for each innovation hub to have a meaningful impact on student careerÃâà...
University of Wyoming News
March 8, 2018
“This has been the focus of my career.” In addition to her professor emerita title, she is a clinical specialist in cardiovascular nursing. McCauley developed programs to improve patient outcomes at the University of Pennsylvania's hospital. She retired in July 2016 but continues her research with TCM.
Philly.com
March 1, 2018
Pennsylvania, Pursue Your Hoppiness is a slogan developed state officials to promote the state's beers. by Harold Brubaker, Staff Writer ... Two grants for a total of $135,154 went to Pennsylvania State University for projects involving hops, which are the bittering agent in beer. A third hops-related grant,Ãâà...
State College News
March 1, 2018
Duck Donuts will open its doors Friday morning in downtown State College, bringing a new option to the burgeoning local donut market. ... The whole drive back to Pennsylvania, we talked about wanting to own a business, wanting to own a coffee shop, which was always a dream, and we thought this wasÃâà...
York Daily Record/Sunday News
March 1, 2018
Paul Mango, a former health care systems consultant from suburban Pittsburgh and a first-time candidate, answers questions from the panel during a debate between Republican Gubernatorial candidates at Harrisburg Area Community College in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, March 1, 2018. (AP Photo/ChrisÃâà...
Meadville Tribune
March 1, 2018
Under the campus hub model, Titusville is to become a multi-institution education and training hub to serve a six-county region in northwestern Pennsylvania with a range of education and workforce training program. Training center and community college partners will offer specialized programs with activeÃâà...
Centre Daily Times
March 1, 2018
Centre County's first medical marijuana dispensary was originally slated to open in early December, but building permits “took longer than expected” to obtain. The dispensary, which is being brought to the region by PA Natural Medicine, previously PA Health and Wellness LLC, is now expected to open inÃâà...
CNN
March 1, 2018
That may change on March 13 when Democrat Conor Lamb takes on Republican Rick Saccone in the Pennsylvania 18th congressional district's special election. The seat was ... A Monmouth University poll taken in the middle of February put Saccone up by a 49% to 46% margin. The average of all publicÃâà...
Philly.com
March 1, 2018
Tuition, fees, and room and board costs at the University of Pennsylvania would top $70,000 next year under a proposal endorsed by a committee of ... Under the plan, total cost of attendance at the Ivy League university will be $71,200 for 2018-19, up 3.8 percent, or $2,600, over last year's $68,600 total.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 26, 2018
State Treasurer Joe Torsella, flanked at a Monday news conference by representatives of the General Assembly, the Pennsylvania Higher Education ... that earnings compounded over 18 years would be applied to direct costs of trade schools, vocational programs, community colleges and universities.
Philly.com
February 21, 2018
On paper, the Pennsylvania Promise would pay for two years at any of Pennsylvania's public community colleges, or four years at Pennsylvania's public universities, for students whose family income is below $110,000. None of this means college will be free. College will remain very expensive.
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
A Pennsylvania university has kicked a sorority off campus due to what officials are calling a 'reprehensible' scavenger hunt that involved drugs, ... The Lehigh Greek Community blog published by the university says the sorority hosted a December scavenger hunt in which participants were given a list ofÃâà...
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