Past Coverage

• Penn Anthropologist Fights Subpoenas for Field Notes in Medical Case - March 21, 2003
• Anthropology on the Battlefield - September 6, 2007
• Research Subject Sues Penn Over Gene Experiment Involved in Teenager's Death - December 21, 2001
• Jury Clears Cancer Center of Failing to Tell Participants of Clinical-Trial Risks - April 23, 2004
• Artificial-Blood Study Has Critics Seeing Red - June 16, 2006

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

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