40 Rider University Students Hospitalized In Suspected Norovirus Outbreak
Dozens of students at Rider University were hospitalized Wednesday night and four were taken to the hospital on Thursday, suffering from a gastrointestinal illness.
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Dozens of students at Rider University were hospitalized Wednesday night and four were taken to the hospital on Thursday, suffering from a gastrointestinal illness.
The School District of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia have cut a deal to keep city school buildings open during the weekends for recreation programs.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has just released thousands of federal dollars to help make it easier for children to walk or bike to school.
The city's third annual launch of the Financing College Campaign was held Thursday at City Hall.
Shire's Great Food Fight is a regional competition where high schools hold food drives to benefit food for Philabundance. This year's battle against hunger kicked off Wednesday afternoon with a pep rally at Penncrest High School.
A college student from Bucks County has been sent to the disciplinarian's office -- in this case, a courtroom -- after admitting to grade fraud.
The Nutter Administration is still in talks with the Philadelphia School District on a deal that would keep district facilities open on weekends so dozens of weekend activities don't get cancelled.
Ann Weaver Hart is the only candidate named for the position at the University of Arizona.
On Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Corbett laid out his proposed budget. It holds the line on taxes but cuts millions in funding to public universities like Temple, which stands to lose $43 million more than last year.
The 30 members, headed by Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce CEO Rob Wondering, will include university presidents affected by the cutbacks.
Gov. Corbett is proposing 30-percent cuts in state funding for three state-related universities -- Temple, Penn State, and Pitt -- and 20-percent cuts for state-owned universities.
There was a big party at the Please Touch Muesum as the two-millionth visitor walked through the doors.
President Obama says he's very impressed with the high-tech work from young people like Benjamin Hylak of West Grove, Pa.
For 400 kids who play basketball and indoor soccer with the Holy Terrors Youth Organization in Mayfair, their seasons have come to an abrupt end.
Despite a small uptick in enrollment and a $40,000 tuition assistance program, Msgr. Stephen McHenry says he decided not to appeal the blue ribbon panel's recommendation that his St. Anthony-St. Joseph Elementary School in Ambler, Pa. be closed.
"Given a choice... I seriously doubt that the Boards of Governors and Trustees would want to give up the Rutgers-Camden campus," says Rutgers president Richard McCormick.
Thanks to a grant from Petsmart Charities, the Animal Welfare Association in Voorhees is offering free spay/neuter services for cats in several South Jersey communities.
It was a day of fun and learning about the science of stuff at a fair on Drexel University's Campus.
A Cambodian human rights activist who was forced into a brothel as a child, and survived, spoke about her experience at Villanova University.
A cancer vaccine will be tested on patients at a cancer center in upstate New York during a phase one trial the government has approved.
Comcast is expanding its effort to help low-income families get online.
Ninety-one school police officers will lose their jobs in the School District of Philadelphia. Because of that, 25 schools in the district will no longer have an officer stationed inside the building.
New Jersey education officials issued a scathing report earlier this week on how Camden public schools comply with a legal requirement to report violent incidents to authorities.
Wendell Pritchett, chancellor at Rutgers-Camden, urged everyone to put the heat on decisionmakers at the state capital.
The plan introduced by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown would have advertisements plastered on yellow school buses in the city.
