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University of Pennsylvania stories: 12 news summaries

 Johns Hopkins Tops 
 Hospital Rankings 

Mayo Clinic, UCLA follow in US News rankings

Jul 16, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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list • hospital • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Mayo Clinic • UCLA Medical Center • Cleveland Clinic • Duke University Medical Center. • US News & World Report • Brigham and Women's Hospital • Barnes-Jewish Hospital • UCSF Medical Center • New York-Presbyterian

MRIs Hold Promise of Early Alzheimer's Detection

Brain plaque spotted in rabbits

Jul 28, 08 2:01 AM CDT
(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... More »

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MRI • University of Pennsylvania • Mayo Clinic • International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease • Alzheimer's Disease • Robarts Research Institute • amyloid plaques • Dr. Jeffrey Kaye • Braak staging • Prashanthi Vemuri

 Best Alma Maters
 for Billionaires 

Yeah, Harvard's the place to be

May 22, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(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:
  1. Harvard: with 50, including Steve Ballmer, Michael Bloomberg, and Sumner Redstone.
  1. Stanford: was founded by
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Columbia University • billionaire • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard • colleges and universities • Yale

Changes in Lauder Dynasty Hardly Cosmetic

Incoming prez and CEO-apparent is first from outside family

Feb 27, 08 2:16 PM CST
(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... More »

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Proctor • CEO • family • Ronald Lauder • Estee Lauder • University of Pennsylvania • cosmetics • Whitney Museum • William Lauder • Fabrizio Freda • Leonard Lauder • Lauder family philanthropies • Fred Langhammer • New York Museum of Modern Art • Aerin Lauder • Federated Department Stores Inc. • Jane Lauder

For Sale: My Seat in Class

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

Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST
(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... More »

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online auction • college • business school • University of Pennsylvania • professor • Wharton School of Business • Justin Wolfers • Steven D. Levitt • Freakonomics • college student

Colleges Give It the Old Foreign Campus Try

Top US schools opening full-degree programs across globe

Feb 10, 08 6:40 PM CST
(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... More »

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higher education • New York University • student • University of Pennsylvania • professor • universities • international study • Dana Rohrabacher • study abroad

Teen Nabbed for $26M
'Net Heist

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

Dec 1, 07 5:39 PM CST
(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... More »

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FBI • Secret Service • University of Pennsylvania • cybercrime • botnet • hacking • cracking • AKILL • spybot

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

Elite colleges taking more students from abroad, public schools

Dec 1, 07 4:19 PM CST
(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.... More »

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Duke University • high school • Ivy League • college admissions • MIT • University of Chicago • Cornell University • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Harvard • Princeton • Williams • Pomona • Swarthmore • Phillips Academy • Brown University

FBI Arrests Penn Junior in Hacker Sting

Part of worldwide police moves against Kiwi  'botnet' scheme

Nov 29, 07 6:22 PM CST
(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... More »

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FBI • University of Pennsylvania • cybercrime

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

Fought over family's plans for Christmas

Nov 27, 07 3:40 AM CST
(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... More »

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manslaughter • University of Pennsylvania • Rafael Robb • Montgomery County Court • Judge Paul W. Tressler • Frank DeSimone • Bruce L. Castor Jr.

Lab Rats 'Treated Better Than Humans'

FDA slammed for inadequate oversight
of clinical trials

Sep 28, 07 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Animals used in medical research have more rights and protections than humans who participate in clinical trials, according to a federal investigation. The Food and Drug Administration has only 200 inspectors to monitor 350,000 clinical trials and most of their field reports are ignored, reports the New York Times.... More »

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FDA • Department of Health • University of Pennsylvania • Daniel R. Levinson • Arthur L. Caplan • Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel • Dr. Janet Woodcock • Audine Graybill • High Pointe Healthcare • Dr. David Linden

15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

Sep 3, 07 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brittney Exline is just 15, but Wednesday she begins her Ivy League career at UPenn. The Colorado Springs native started sixth grade at age 8, and finished high school math at 13, the AP reports. "Her motivation, discipline and maturity provided clear evidence that, despite her age, she was... More »

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education • college • university • University of Pennsylvania • Brittney Exline • mathematics

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