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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Higher Education

Erin Elman smiles next to her painting
Arts & Entertainment

Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall

Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.

3 days ago

Signage for the University of Pennsylvania
Education

Some elite U.S. universities — including Penn — favor wealthy students in admissions decisions, lawsuit alleges

The University of Pennsylvania said the new filings in a 2022 class-action lawsuit were meant to embarrass the schools. Ten have agreed to settlements.

1 week ago

Dr. Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta (Dr. Matt) in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery, the main exhibitions space for Temple Contemporary. (Ryan Mercado/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Temple University’s new exhibitions director wants to reimagine public art spaces

“I really ask a lot of questions around place, taste and urban change and whose tastes and cultural identities get to shape public space,” Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta said.

3 weeks ago

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Education

Montco Community College opens new, state-of-the-art hospitality institute

The 20,000-square-foot learning center features pasta and chocolate laboratories and a wood-burning pizza oven.

3 weeks ago

entrance to the Charles L. Blockson
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Charles L. Blockson Collection at Temple turns 40

The collection at Temple University honors the legacy of one of America’s foremost historians and collectors of artifacts on the global Black experience.

4 weeks ago

FILE - A bicyclist passes a college tour group outside the Baker Library at Dartmouth College, April 7, 2023, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Courts & Law

Dartmouth sorority, two fraternity members charged in death of student from Delaware

Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had attended an off-campus party in July hosted by Alpha Phi sorority.

1 month ago

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School students are also Bergen Barbers. (Keith Bratcher/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)
Health

Rutgers medical students moonlight as Bergen Barbers, doling out haircuts and shaves to patients

The group was inspired by a patient who became depressed and requested a haircut.

1 month ago

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FILE - The Nittany Lion logo taken before an NCAA college football game between Penn State and Delaware, Sept. 9, 2023, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
Courts & Law

Penn State wins trademark case over retailer’s use of vintage logos, images

A Pennsylvania jury awarded Penn State $28,000 in damages earlier this week over products made and sold by the firms Vintage Brand and Sportswear Inc.

1 month ago

Drexel University
Education

Drexel University lays off 60 employees in face of ‘structural imbalance’ in operating budget

Those laid off make up roughly 1.4% of Drexel’s workforce. In a statement, Drexel said the “difficult decision” was not “made lightly.”

1 month ago

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Rob Huberty speaks behind a podium
Science

Temple deploys AI gun detection system

Temple becomes the first university to deploy ZeroEyes in Pennsylvania, New Jersey or Delaware.

1 month ago

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Stan Drayton coaching
Community

Stan Drayton out as Temple football coach after 3 seasons

Defensive coordinator Everett Withers will serve as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

1 month ago

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Education

A $60 million investment will expand high school and college opportunities for Wilmington students

The multimillion-dollar investment aims to close longstanding gaps for underserved youth and expand higher education opportunities.

1 month ago

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Jill Biden speaks behind a podium
Education

‘It’s good to be home’: First lady Jill Biden honored with dedication of Delaware Tech Student Success Center

“I never imagined that anything would be named after me,” Jill Biden said as Del. Tech’s new Student Success Center was dedicated.

1 month ago

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Dr. Susan C. Aldridge
Education

Jefferson University president sees synergy with growing health system and its insurance firm

The first woman president at Jefferson University is poised to lead the Philadelphia institution into the future.

2 months ago

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five little brown bats with the fuzzy white patches of fungus hanging upside-down
Science

Saving Philly’s bats, one DIY condo at a time

A Penn project could help keep urban bats out of your attic and support them in their fight against a deadly disease.

2 months ago

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