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New Treatment
Kills Cancer
Like It's a Cold

Dec 7, 2013 9:52 AM CST

New Treatment Kills Cancer Like It's a Cold

T-cells are infused with genes to kill off cancer

(Newser) - What if people's immune cells could battle cancer like they fight off the common cold? Researchers at three US cancer centers are testing just such an idea by reprogramming the T-cells of cancer patients to destroy cancer cells—and it's working remarkably well, CNN reports. "This is...

The Schools Most Likely
to Produce Rich People

Mar 3, 2013 11:54 AM CST

The Schools Most Likely to Produce Rich People

US dominates the list

(Newser) - Most of the world's richest people have something in common: They went to school in the US. Wealth-X has compiled a report on which universities worldwide boast the most "ultra high net worth" alumni—defined here as those with $30 million or more—and US universities dominate the...

Researchers
Find a Clue
to Baldness

Mar 22, 2012 3:57 PM CDT

Researchers Find a Clue to Baldness

Could pave way to new hair growth treatments

(Newser) - Researchers have tracked down a protein that appears to be a culprit in male baldness—thus identifying what they call a "target" for new treatments. University of Pennsylvania scientists found that the protein's levels are boosted in bald areas of the scalp. When they bred mice with high...

Pro Eaters'
Stomachs Work
Differently

Feb 21, 2012 4:24 PM CST

Pro Eaters' Stomachs Work Differently

Researcher scans digestive tracts in action

(Newser) - Competitive eaters aren't just good at stuffing their faces: Their digestive systems actually function differently from everyone else's. A researcher at the University of Pennsylvania compared the eating habits of a leading competitive eater and a man who weighed 45 pounds more than the champion did. He scanned...

Students Revolt Against
Big Bank Recruiting

Feb 6, 2012 9:51 AM CST

Students Revolt Against Big Bank Recruiting

Protests spread across Ivy League campuses

(Newser) - Half of those surveyed in Harvard's class of 2010 went into finance or consulting; at the University of Pennsylvania, the figure was even higher—and some students are fed up with the "brain drain." Inspired in part by the Occupy movement, students have launched protests against recruiting...

Brain Disease Eyed in Penn Player's Suicide

Brain Injury Eyed
in Penn Player's Suicide

Sep 14, 2010 1:39 AM CDT

Brain Injury Eyed in Penn Player's Suicide

Concussion-related brain disease found in Owen Thomas, 21

(Newser) - Doctors have discovered signs of a trauma-related brain disease in a University of Pennsylvania football player who killed himself earlier this year. The doctor who conducted the autopsy on Owen Thomas says that while chronic traumatic encephalopathy—CTE—shouldn't be considered the main cause of the 21-year-old athlete's suicide, the...

Colleges That Pay Off

These schools offer a good return on investment

(Newser) - Which colleges pay off? PayScale crunched the numbers to compute the best returns on investment—by comparing the cost of a degree against what its students earn upon graduation—and Huffington Post rounds up the best of the bunch:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: annual ROI: 12.6%; 30-year ROI: $1.

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Ranking America's Most
Stressful Schools

Apr 7, 2010 1:41 PM CDT

Ranking America's Most Stressful Schools

These colleges might just drive you to suicide

(Newser) - This month, lots of high school overachievers will be anxiously awaiting acceptances from the halls of Ivy—even as concerns mount that these schools might not be great for your mental health. Cornell University, for example, had two suicides in as many days last month. So the Daily Beast decided...

Cornell Shocks
Wisconsin,
Gains Sweet 16

ncaa tournament

Mar 21, 2010 4:34 PM CDT

Cornell Shocks Wisconsin, Gains Sweet 16

Big Red will face Kentucky; Ohio State outlasts Ga. Tech

(Newser) - Louis Dale scored 26 points, Ryan Wittman added 24, and No. 12 seed Cornell upset fourth-seeded Wisconsin, 87-69, today in Jacksonville, becoming the first Ivy League team since Penn in 1979 to advance to the round of 16.The Big Red (27-8) will play top-seeded Kentucky in the East Regional...

U. Penn Adds 'Gay' Box on Application,
But ...

OPINION

Mar 4, 2010 11:16 PM CST

U. Penn Adds 'Gay' Box on Application, But ...

... there are better ways to serve LGBT students

(Newser) - That the University of Pennsylvania is adding a box on its application form students can use to indicate sexual orientation—and has asked the makers of the widely used “common application” to do the same—is nice, Gabriel Arana writes, but perhaps misguided. Schools and students alike would be...

Johns Hopkins Tops
Hospital Rankings

Jul 16, 2009 11:08 AM CDT

Johns Hopkins Tops Hospital Rankings

Mayo Clinic, UCLA follow in US News rankings

(Newser) - Johns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology,...

MRIs Hold Promise of Early Alzheimer's Detection

Jul 28, 2008 2:01 AM CDT

MRIs Hold Promise of Early Alzheimer's Detection

Brain plaque spotted in rabbits

(Newser) - Researchers are a step closer to early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using conventional MRI scanners. Plaque associated with Alzheimer's has been detected in rabbits by a team in Canada using MRI equipment, Reuters reports. Currently, the disease is diagnosed based on a series of tests, but a diagnosis can only...

Best Alma Maters
for Billionaires

May 22, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

Best Alma Maters for Billionaires

Yeah, Harvard's the place to be

(Newser) - Bill Gates and Carl Icahn may be college dropouts (Harvard and NYU, respectively), but most billionaires carry a sheepskin diploma with them. These top-tier universities have educated the most billionaires:

Harvard: with 50, including Steve Ballmer, Michael Bloomberg, and Sumner Redstone.

Stanford: was founded by a billionaire and counts 30

...

Changes in Lauder Dynasty Hardly Cosmetic

Feb 27, 2008 2:16 PM CST

Changes in Lauder Dynasty Hardly Cosmetic

Incoming prez and CEO-apparent is first from outside family

(Newser) - Estée Lauder might be a massive, publicly owned company, but it’s also a family business, tightly controlled by the Lauder clan—until now. On Monday, it will welcome new president Fabrizio Freda, who will likely eventually replace CEO William Lauder—and become the first outsider to run the...

For Sale: My Seat in Class

Feb 15, 2008 4:53 PM CST

For Sale: My Seat in Class

Wharton's auction system among solutions to overenrollment in popular courses

(Newser) - It beats sleeping overnight outside a professor's office—as some do at Stanford—but should students buy their way into popular classes? The University of Chicago thought not, removing one student's ad hawking a slot in Freakonomics author Steven Levitt's course. Penn's Wharton School has a more capitalistic view, the...

Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

Feb 10, 2008 6:40 PM CST

Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

Top US schools opening full-degree programs across globe

(Newser) - With overseas demand for an American education skyrocketing, US universities are racing to go global, reports the New York Times. Many schools are building foreign branch campuses, where students, especially in the Middle East, can skip over to Abu Dhabi and return home with an NYU degree—without mastering culture...

Teen Nabbed for $26M
'Net Heist

Dec 1, 2007 5:39 PM CST

Teen Nabbed for $26M 'Net Heist

18-year-old Kiwi's ring robbed IDs with 'spybot' program

(Newser) - The computer ace behind a $26 million worldwide identity theft heist is only 18, police said today, after nabbing New Zealander Owen Whyte. The teen allegedly wrote a ‘spybot’ program which stole financial data from more than a million computers. Police called him “one of the most skilled...

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Dec 1, 2007 4:19 PM CST

Getting into Harvard not as Easy as P-R-E-P

Elite colleges taking more students from abroad, public schools

(Newser) - Ivy-League-seeking parents beware: admissions officers at top schools around the country are looking for more than just the private-school preppie. While private and prep schools still lead the way, a growing percentage of students at elite universities are public school grads and international scholars, the Wall Street Journal reveals. At...

FBI Arrests Penn Junior in Hacker Sting

Nov 29, 2007 6:22 PM CST

FBI Arrests Penn Junior in Hacker Sting

Part of worldwide police moves against Kiwi 'botnet' scheme

(Newser) - A junior at the University of Pennsylvania hijacked and crashed a school server as part of a New Zealand hacker's plan to take over multiple online chat sites, an FBI indictment said today. The arrest of Ryan Goldstein, 21, was part of a number of cases in an FBI operation...

Prof Who Beat Wife to Death:
'I Just Lost It'

Nov 27, 2007 3:40 AM CST

Prof Who Beat Wife to Death: 'I Just Lost It'

Fought over family's plans for Christmas

(Newser) - A University of Pennsylvania economics professor beat his wife to death with an exercise bar as she wrapped Christmas gifts in their home, he admitted in court yesterday. Rafael Robb, 57, was arguing with his wife about where their 12-year-old daughter would spend Christmas when he said he "just...