CNBC • 31st December 2018

Facebook's worst year ever is now over. Here's how its scandals affected the stock

Facebook is bidding farewell to a year plagued by privacy scandals and internal turmoil. On the last trading day of 2018, the stock closed at $131.09 per share, down 25.7 percent for the year. The stock ended the year lower than the previous one for the first time since its debut on the public market in 2012. In 2018, a series of events soured public opinion on a company that has long prided itself on connecting people to one another.

CNBC • 30th December 2018

Why technology companies are predicting Amazon's New York headquarters will boost the sector

While many New Yorkers are dreading the day Amazon moves into its new "headquarters" in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens and crowds the subway with 25,000 new workers, there's one group of people welcoming the company with open arms: Executives at other tech firms. It may seem counter-intuitive that smaller tech companies are eager for a large potential rival to move onto their turf. But New York-based recruiters and tech leaders say they're using a different playbook from Amazon.

CNBC • 28th December 2018

Blue Apron shares bounce back to over $1, lowering its risk of getting delisted

Blue Apron bounced back to over a dollar per share Friday as the stock skyrocketed for a second day in a row following the news of its new partnership with Weight Watchers, now known as WW. Shooting up 70 percent for the week, Blue Apron shares are now worth $1.12 each as of Friday's close, bringing its market cap to about $216 million — less than two times its quarterly revenue based on its most recent earnings report in November.

CNBC • 27th December 2018

Blue Apron surges on the news of its healthy eating partnership with Weight Watchers

The meal-kit delivery company Blue Apron spiked 17.2 percent Thursday following the news that it is partnering with WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers. Even with the boost, the stock is still worth less than a dollar per share, ending the day at 92 cents, with a market cap of about $180 million. If the stock remains under $1 per share for 30 consecutive days, it could be delisted from the public market. The stock is down 77.2 percent for the year after premiering at $10 per share as the firs

CNBC • 27th December 2018

Instagram accidentally released horizontal scrolling to a wide swath of users

Instagram users found a surprising update when they went to check out some holiday photos Thursday morning: They now need to scroll or tap through their feed horizontally. Shortly after the release, Instagram's Head of Product Adam Mosseri tweeted that it was meant to be "a very small test but we went broader than we anticipated." Many Instagram users reported that their feeds went back to the original vertical scrolling.

CNBC • 26th December 2018

Reid Hoffman apologizes for funding a group that allegedly spread misinformation in Alabama race

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman apologized Wednesday for funding a group that allegedly had a hand in spreading misinformation during the 2017 Alabama Senate race. In a post on his Medium blog, Hoffman said he was not aware of the tactics alleged in the New York Times article that called out his ties to American Engagement Technologies. The Times reported last week that AET funneled money to a project that used a Facebook page where people pretended to be conservatives.

CNBC • 26th December 2018

FAANG kicks its losing streak in post-Christmas rally

All five FAANG companies — Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google parent company Alphabet — snapped their losing streak Wednesday after closing multiple trading days in the negative. All five stocks finished the day up at least 6 percent as the Dow gained over 1,000 points, its highest point gain ever. The rally came as the market overall recovered from its worst Christmas Eve sell-off ever. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index rose sharply, closing at 5.8 percent.

CNBC • 26th December 2018

Apple's newest iPhones are attracting more Android users than last year, survey shows

Apple's latest iPhone models are attracting more Android users to the brand than in previous years, a new report by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners found. Signs have pointed to relatively weak demand overall for the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR, like lowered guidance by some of Apple's key suppliers and the company's announcement that it will no longer disclose unit sales for the iPhone.

CNBC • 26th December 2018

Amazon claims a record-breaking holiday season as it seeks to beat weak outlook for the quarter

Customers worldwide ordered more items than ever from Amazon this holiday season, the company announced Wednesday. These sales could give the company a chance to beat its own outlook for the holiday season, which disappointed investors after its last earnings report. But investors will still have to wait for Amazon's fourth-quarter earnings to understand the impact of these sales since the company did not disclose the amount of revenue generated this season.

CNBC • 24th December 2018

Stock falls after Tesla cuts prices in China, says it will pay US customers for missed tax credit

Tesla fell 7.6 percent Monday after the company cut prices in China and said it would pay U.S. customers who missed a tax credit deadline due to the company's production delays. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 2.2 percent Monday. CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that Tesla would make sure customers weren't faulted for the tax credit they missed out on due to Tesla's production delays.

CNBC • 24th December 2018

Facebook reportedly killed a feature meant to expose users to different perspectives

Facebook reportedly killed a feature meant to expose its users to different perspectives over fears of being seen as having a liberal bias, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Sunday. Facebook's most prominent conservative executive and global policy head Joel Kaplan reportedly pushed for the feature to be squashed, according to the Journal.

CNBC • 21st December 2018

Snap hits a new low, closing the day under $5 per share for the first time

Shares of Snap are now worth less than $5 each for the first time as of Friday's close. The stock hit a new low of $4.99 per share as the entire market fell on fears of an impending government shutdown and the Federal Reserve's rate hikes announced Wednesday. The stock has declined fairly steadily as investors question its future. It hit its highest price of $27.09 on its second day of trading on March 3, 2017, but quickly lost steam. Analysts speculated Snap went public too early as it burned

CNBC • 21st December 2018

Some of that viral glitter bomb video was fake, says the former NASA engineer who made it

Earlier this week, a video that claimed to thwart thieves who took packages from doorsteps with a glitter bomb went viral. Now, the former NASA engineer and YouTube star who made the video has confirmed that some of the thieves' reactions were faked. Following initial hype, some internet denziens pointed out discrepancies in the video on the photo service Imgur.

CNBC • 20th December 2018

Twitter plummets after Citron Research calls company 'toxic' following Amnesty International report

Twitter plunged just over 11 percent Thursday after a report from an investor group that called the company "toxic" to advertisers and investors. Citron Research, led by investor Andrew Left, wrote that Twitter is "uninvestible" and "advertisers will soon be forced to take a hard look at all sponsorships with Twitter."

CNBC • 20th December 2018

Apple will stop selling some iPhone models in its stores in Germany following ruling in patent case

Qualcomm was granted a second injunction against Apple on Thursday, banning it from selling some iPhone models in Germany that use chips from Intel and parts from another supplier, Qorvo. There was no clear reaction to the news in Apple's stock price, but it finished the day down 2.5 percent as tech stocks overall took a plunge. In a statement, Apple said it plans to appeal the ruling. Under this condition, Judge Matthias Zigann told the court earlier Thursday, the ruling would not go into imme

CNBC • 19th December 2018

Facebook plummets following burst of bad news

Facebook tumbled 7.3 percent Wednesday following a spate of bad news, including revelations that it shared more user data than previously thought and a lawsuit from the Washington, D.C., attorney general. The drop is the second-steepest this year for Facebook, following a 19 percent drop on July 26 after an earnings report warning of slowing sales. Before Wednesday's Federal Reserve meeting, Facebook had been the only major tech stock in the negative. By the end of the day, it suffered the wors

CNBC • 19th December 2018

Apple's services margins will blow estimates out of the water as iPhone sales lag, Jefferies says

While cutting iPhone estimates for Apple's fiscal 2019, Jefferies analysts say the company's services margins will greatly surpass expectations. This is a story Apple has been trying to tell as it aims to shift the focus from its flagship hardware product. Since Apple announced during its fourth-quarter 2018 call with analysts that it would no longer break out iPhone unit sales, investors have feared that iPhone sales will continue to slow as the market reaches saturation. The company has tried

CNBC • 18th December 2018

Charter customers are getting millions in payments in New York's internet speed fraud case

Charter Communications has agreed to a $174.2 million deal to settle fraud charges brought against it by the New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood. The payout is the largest ever in the U.S. to be paid to consumers by an internet service provider, the A.G.'s office said Tuesday. Underwood alleged that Charter, using its brand names of Time Warner Cable and later Spectrum, failed to provide the speedy internet service it promised customers.

CNBC • 17th December 2018

Twitter tanks after disclosing that its support form exposed data to IPs in China and Saudi Arabia

Twitter tanked 6.8 percent Monday after disclosing that one of its support form exposed user data to IP addresses in China and Saudi Arabia. Twitter said the it could not confirm whether the IPs were linked to state actors, according to its blog post disclosing the leak. Twitter said the data exposed included things like country codes of phone numbers linked to accounts and whether accounts had been locked by Twitter.

CNBC • 17th December 2018

Instagram was the 'most effective' platform for Russian actors spreading misinformation: Report

Russian actors seeking to spread misinformation around the 2016 U.S. presidential election found the most success on Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a new independent report commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Cybersecurity research firm New Knowledge, in collaboration with researchers from Columbia University and Canfield Research LLC, reviewed data from Twitter, Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet.

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Where to find the demonstrations in Boston Saturday - The Boston Globe

Thousands of protesters are expected to flood downtown Boston Saturday, with a pro-free speech rally on Boston Common likely surrounded by several different counter-actions. Here are the times and locations of the main events: When: Set-up starts at 10 a.m. according to the Facebook event, but the demonstration has a permit from noon to 2 p.m. What: This is the original event that gained notoriety following the violence in Charlottesville last weekend. Organizers have insisted their rally wil

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Study eyes sugary beverage intake during pregancy - The Boston Globe

Here’s another guilty pleasure that pregnant women may be told to give up: soda and other sugary beverages. The children of mothers who consumed sugary drinks during their second trimester had a higher weight status than children of mothers who avoided the beverages, according to a study by Massachusetts researchers published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. For each additional serving per day, the child would weigh about half a pound more by age 8. The study followed 1,078 pairs of mothers a

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

What you need to know about Saturday’s demonstrations in Boston - The Boston Globe

The controversial Boston Free Speech rally started at noon on Boston Common and lasted for less than an hour. Meanwhile, thousands of counterdemonstrators marched from Roxbury to the Common, where crowds had gathered to protest the rally. Here’s what you need to know about the events: The Boston Free Speech Coalition, which also goes by the name The New Free Speech Movement, describes itself as a “a coalition of libertarians, progressives, conservatives, and independents” that is willing to “p

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Solar eclipse brings Boston together in communal stargazing - The Boston Globe

Downtown Boston office workers abandoned their cubicles and spilled onto sidewalks, passing around the hottest commodity in town, cardboard eclipse glasses. At the Blue Hills Meteorological Observatory in Milton, parents and children marveled at the slowly darkening sun or tried their luck with homespun viewing devices: a straw hat or colander strategically held in front of a piece of cardboard. In Cambridge, Joshuah Jest, 27, looked like a character from Star Wars as he donned a welding helmet

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Why does the BSO perform in a ‘shed’ in the summer? - The Boston Globe

This weekend, music lovers will gather in a shed to hear some of their favorite artists. If you’re picturing mediocre teenaged bands in a garage, think again. The attraction is the Boston Symphony Orchestra, returning to its summer home in the Berkshires for performances throughout the season at Tanglewood. The “Shed,” as the performance venue is known, got its name from the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen, who proposed a costly and elaborate design. Asked to simplify his plans, Saarinen repli

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Massachusetts economy surged in second quarter - The Boston Globe

The Massachusetts economy made a big comeback in the second quarter of 2017 after a disappointing start to the year. The state’s gross domestic product grew by 4 percent, compared to the national average of 2.6 percent over the same period, according to MassBenchmarks, a local economic service administered by the UMass Donahue Institute. The group also revised upward its estimate of the state’s first-quarter economic performance. After initially reporting that economic activity had declined in

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Home health agency officials accused of cheating Medicaid - The Boston Globe

Two employees of a Boston home health care agency have been accused of defrauding the Massachusetts Medicaid program, the latest targets of a crackdown on what state officials say is widespread fraudulent billing within the industry. Elena Kurbatzky, 44, the owner of Harmony Home Health Care LLC and her employee, Natan Zalyapin, 43, both pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to multiple counts of larceny and false claims to the state Medicaid program. Zalyapin was released on personal re

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Mass. unemployment rate evens out with national average - The Boston Globe

So much for bragging rights. After years of outperforming the nation’s economy, the Massachusetts unemployment rate for July tied with the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. The jobless rate in Massachusetts for July was 4.3 percent, the same as the US rate. As one of the most widely used economic measuring sticks, the state’s consistently low jobless rate was a powerful business and political marketing tool — until now. “Most states would trade their economy’s conditions wi

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Where to find counterprotests to Saturday’s ‘free speech’ rally in Boston - The Boston Globe

The upcoming “Free Speech Rally” on Boston Common has emboldened people throughout the state to respond with action. Boston Free Speech, which is planning the rally, claims to be separate from the group that organized Saturday’s protest in Charlottesville, Va., where a supposed Nazi-idolizer allegedly rammed a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing a 32-year-old woman. Several groups around Massachusetts have already organized to demonstrate against hate and violence on the part of wh

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Permitting pooches on the patio is an appealing idea, but many are unaware of city restrictions - The Boston Globe

They’re called “Yappy Hours,” a chance for you and your dog to share drinks and treats together this summer on an outside restaurant patio in Boston. Problem is, restaurants don’t seem seem to know they need permission to open their patios to pets. State law bars pets, except for service animals, from food establishments altogether. “The truth of the matter is the law says no,” William “Buddy” Christopher, Inspectional Services commissioner, said of allowing dogs on restaurant premises. “The

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Over 2,000 Massachusetts taxpayers billed incorrectly due to software error - The Boston Globe

Around 2,100 Massachusetts residents received one of those chilling notices that says you owe the taxman some money. But it turns out to have been a false alarm. After receiving calls from confused taxpayers and tax preparers, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue said it found a fault in a commercial software program called TaxAct that some professionals and individuals use to file returns. The program had incorrectly coded payment vouchers from those customers to 2017 instead of 2016, so t

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

United apologizes after giving away toddler’s seat - The Boston Globe

A Hawaii woman travelling to Boston is the latest passenger to be caught up in an airline mishap—and again United Airlines was the center of the controversy. The airlines had to issue yet another apology to an angered passenger, this time to Shirley Yamauchi, a middle school teacher who said she was forced to hold her 2-year-old son Taizo on her lap for a three-hour-plus flight last month after United assigned the child’s seat to a passenger flying standby. A representative for the National Ed

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Children’s Hospital expands reach in heart treatment with Cleveland Clinic collaboration - The Boston Globe

Boston Children’s Hospital plans to make complex heart treatment for children available to more patients through a new collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic, the hospitals announced Wednesday. In its latest move to grow out of state, Children’s will become a part of the Cleveland Clinic’s national network of cardiovascular care providers. The network is available through direct contracts with employers. Children’s said it will have “special status” within the network, allowing it to help dev

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Boston doesn’t make the cut on Fortune’s best workplaces for millennials - The Boston Globe

Fortune.com released this year’s list of 100 best places for millennials to work — and none of them are headquartered in Boston. The ranking — a collaboration between Fortune and Great Place to Work — used data from surveys of over 398,000 US employees from companies certified by Great Place to Work. It weighed employee ratings, a comparison of ratings with those of other generations, and the consistency of ratings between employees of different backgrounds and roles. Ultimate Software in Flor

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Here’s how you can help victims of Harvey - The Boston Globe

Most New Englanders won’t be able to make it down to Texas to provide relief for Hurricane Harvey’s victims, but there are still ways to help. “The thing that Red Cross is going to most need in the next few weeks and months as we respond to the flooding in Texas is dollars,” said Jeff Hall of the American Red Cross of Massachusetts. “We can always use more volunteers, but chances are they won’t be going down to Texas.” Given the time it takes to train volunteers, signing up now won’t ensure th

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

MIT postdoc associate accused of insider trading - The Boston Globe

“Want to Commit Insider Trading? Here’s How Not to Do It.” That was the title of an article a MIT postdoctoral associate allegedly read shortly before he used confidential information to buy stock options that federal prosecutors say made him nearly $120,000. Fei Yan, 31, was arrested in his Cambridge home Wednesday morning on charges of insider trading. He turned his illegal profit by purchasing and selling options in Stillwater Mining Co. and Mattress Firm Holding Corp., according to complain

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Harvey’s insurance hit may not be hard on Boston-based Liberty Mutual - The Boston Globe

Boston-based Liberty Mutual Holding Co. is one of the largest providers of insurance in hurricane-ravaged Texas, but analysts predict the company will not be hit too hard by claims. As of December, Liberty had $698 million in direct written premiums of homeowners insurance in Texas, making it the fifth-largest in the state, according to Moody’s Investors Service. It’s unclear how many of those premiums come from southeast Texas, the part hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey. Robert Hauff, who follo

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Boston doesn’t make the cut on Fortune’s best workplaces for millennials - The Boston Globe

Fortune.com released this year’s list of 100 best places for millennials to work — and none of them are headquartered in Boston. The ranking — a collaboration between Fortune and Great Place to Work — used data from surveys of over 398,000 US employees from companies certified by Great Place to Work. It weighed employee ratings, a comparison of ratings with those of other generations, and the consistency of ratings between employees of different backgrounds and roles. Ultimate Software in Flor

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

When ‘Shark Tank’ meets ‘The Apprentice,’ it’s not typical reality TV - The Boston Globe

Katie Bailey hadn’t heard of “Girl Starter” until Tuesday, when she stumbled across a big white tent on City Hall Plaza where the show this week held two days of casting calls for its second season on cable network TLC. She kept walking, but when she found herself back near the same spot on Wednesday, she took out her phone, did some quick research, and decided right there to take a shot at winning $100,000 in seed funding on the reality TV show, whose producers describe it as a cross between “S

BostonGlobe.com • 18th August 2018

Driving while stoned? State officials urge caution on marijuana use - The Boston Globe

While getting high is now legal in Massachusetts, driving stoned is still banned. That’s the message of a new campaign, with the motto of “Drive high? The crash is on you.” The advertising initiative was unveiled by state and federal officials Tuesday and will feature billboards, radio, and TV ads targeting drivers between the ages of 18 and 49, but is particularly aimed at younger people. The goal is to remind drivers that not only is driving under the influence of marijuana illegal, but dang

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Dancing teens raise $5.5 million to fight childhood cancer

In the past school year, 70,000 face-painted, tutu-wearing, dancing students raised more than $5.5 million to fight childhood cancer, the fund-raising group Four Diamonds announced Friday. The students, most of them either in middle school or high school, raised the money through programs modeled after THON, Pennsylvania State University's annual dance marathon. Mini-THON has raised has raised more than $23 million since 1993, according to a news release from Penn State.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Mission Monarch: Saving butterflies and other wildlife in urban Philly

Tucked between sleek urban office buildings and the historic red brick of Center City is now a taste of wildlife. On Wednesday, a team of high school students with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service planted flowers in a plot they have been working on since March. The area, several feet of dirt between a stone wall and benches just outside the Free Quaker Meeting House at Fifth and Arch Streets, was once just fallen leaves and soil riddled with English ivy.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Why the Jersey Shore suddenly looks like the Caribbean

If you've been to the Jersey shore in recent weeks, you might have wondered why the usually brownish-green North Atlantic suddenly seems to resemble the Caribbean. The uncharacteristically blue-green hue of the Atlantic is the result of phytoplankton and unusual weather conditions.  But, if you haven't seen it, now is the time to go - it may not last much longer. NASA satellites have captured the color from space on its Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on July 6.  In fact, NASA ha

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Construction debris raining on Schuylkill River Park Community Garden

Water, sunlight, and construction nails have been showering the plants at one of Center City's most popular community gardens. Among the blooming flowers, tomatoes, and herbs is the occasional two–by–four sticking out of a plot of soil. So far, the nails and other construction detritus has resulted in closures, meetings, special committees, and input from a lawyer. On Monday, after another meeting, a solution was reached. It involves a task force.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Why Philly's disabled face a more daunting SEPTA rail commute

It's been a dismal summer for SEPTA's rail commuters. But one group has been faring especially badly: the disabled. "There's a harsh irony to the fact that the newest, most accessible [cars] are the trains that had to be taken out of transportation," said Matthew Clark, an advocate for disability rights with the Fair Ride Philly Coalition, who uses a wheelchair. Disabled riders have also criticized the newer ride service Uber, saying it hasn't done enough on access. Many disabled find trains a

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Options to get around SEPTA delays

When Regional Rail riders heard that their commutes would be short 115 Silverline V cars – or about 12,000 seats – due to maintenance, they knew it would be a pain. But they may not have anticipated the doubled or tripled commute times, or the trains so packed that riders would try to stand between cars. For those dreading the ride in and of Center City, here are tips on how to avoid the Regional Rail chaos altogether.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

SEPTA platforms packed as commuters brace for railcar shortage

The evening commute on SEPTA's Regional Rail lines was a chaotic tangle of delays and overcrowding as the transit agency struggled to meet weekday capacity with one-third of its fleet down for repairs. At Jefferson Station around 5:30 p.m., riders were crammed shoulder-to-shoulder into the rail cars' vestibules, and SEPTA police were blocking passengers from getting on.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

New Jersey Shore loses its tropical hue

The peak opportunity for Jersey Shore Instagram photos has passed. The tropical blue-green color that tinted the ocean last week appears to have faded already, The Press of Atlantic City reported. The color, due to an excess of a microscopic marine plant called phytoplankton, was the result of cold water rising from the bottom of the ocean in a process known as upwelling, Elizabeth Lacey, a marine science professor at Stockton University, told the Press. The green pigment, chlorophyll, reflect

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Marsha Bacal, 87, Philadelphia advocate

Marsha Bolnick Bacal, 87, a city advocate and former Inquirer employee, died of cancer July 3 at the Penn Hospice at Rittenhouse. Ms. Bacal worked in the Inquirer's promotions department in the 1950s. In 1957, the paper announced her special commendation by the Philadelphia Women in Advertising Exhibition for a booklet on a patrolman hit by a bullet. Later in life, she took on advocacy roles in the city, showing an ongoing passion for Philadelphia and its people. Her family said she pushed for

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Pa. K-9 dies after being locked in squad car

A Pennsylvania Department of Corrections drug-detecting dog died of heat exposure on Thursday after being locked in a squad car, according to news reports. The dog was mistakenly locked in a squad car for two and a half hours while in the care of its Department of Corrections handler, said a report by PennLive. Department Spokeswoman Amy Worden told the news site that two-year-old yellow lab Totti was left in the car at the state prison at Rockview. At 12:15 p.m., Sgt. Chad Holland, the dog’s

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Why summer camp matters for Philly's homeless

DURING THE school year, Manuel Walker and his 8-year-old son start their day at 4:40 a.m. when they leave the shelter where they live in West Philly for school in Mount Airy. Two trains, a bus, and an hour and a half later, Walker leaves his son at the before-school child care and continues to travel for another hour to work. For homeless parents like Walker, relief in the summer months comes not from a reprieve from the school commute, but from knowing their kids still have somewhere to go. W

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Man, 21, shot in stomach in Holmesburg

A 21-year-old man was shot in the stomach in Holmesburg on Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened on the 7400 block of Rowland Avenue at 12:19 p.m., according to Philadelphia police. The victim was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale Campus in stable condition, police said. The suspect is unknown and no arrests have been made.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Uber offers free 'presidential' motorcades in lead up to Philly's DNC weekend

This pre-DNC weekend, Uber wants you to feel like a president, or, perhaps, more like a a president stuck in traffic. As 50,000 convention attendees start to converge on Philadelphia, the ride-sharing service is offering users their very own motorcades. For free until 3 p.m. Friday. That’s right, you can feel both hipster and presidential on your ride to wherever. Riders can enter the code PHLPOTUS under the UBERCADE option  to receive not one but three free cars to get to their destination.

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Peirce grads juggle family and attending college

FOR THE PAST three years, Emma Morando-Young and Anthony Young's Philadelphia home has been doubling as a college dorm. The dining room table is strewn with books - the result of too many 3 a.m. homework sessions - rather than forks and knives. On Monday, some 13 years into their marriage, after raising kids and pursuing careers, the Youngs will walk down another aisle - to get college diplomas at the same time. The couple will graduate from Peirce College, a Center City school focused on adul

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Can art fight crime? South Philly installation aims to find out

On a secluded street in South Philadelphia, an unusual duo of crime-fighters hopes to fend off night lurkers. Mural artist David Guinn and lighting designer Drew Billiau have combined their talents on "The Electric Street," an illuminated neon mural on Percy Street between Reed and Wharton, down the block from the iconic cheesesteak spots Pat's and Geno's, in an alleyway hidden by the unusual curve of the block. Low-energy flexineon LEDs bend with the curve of the paint on the 30-by-15-foot wa

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Wharton grad introduces young women to the corporate world

While some teens are soaking up their last weeks of summer at camp or on vacation, 14-year-old Samantha DeMartino spent Monday visiting corporate America. DeMartino, of Robbinsville, N.J., was among 50 high school and college-age young women participating in "Discovery Days," the latest project for University of Pennsylvania alumna Katlyn Grasso to connect girls with successful female role models. The idea, Grasso said, is to "bring the online world offline." "Girls needed role models and the

Philly.com • 18th August 2018

Dig this: Suit Corner in Old City stood atop 18th century jail

On Monday, construction workers digging at the site of the former Suit Corner store on the southwest corner of Third and Market Streets uncovered something other than a blazer and trousers. Specifically, construction worker Ery Chacon said Tuesday, they found two brick arches about 10 feet below street level - and experts say they could be from before the nation was founded. As it happens, people who were collared ended up at that location long before it became the Suit Corner, which was destroyed

Forbes • 18th August 2018

The Work-Study Dilemma: Is The Money Worth The Time?

During his first semester at college, Aidan Martinez made a choice: buy a winter coat or maintain his GPA. As his first Connecticut winter at Wesleyan University approached, the Texas native chose the coat. That fall, Martinez shucked his studying and picked up extra hours at his federal work-study job – part of his financial aid package – in order to afford the cost of his cold weather necessities. “I had to choose between academics and surviving,” Martinez, a rising junior, says. “So I chose surviving.”

18th August 2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenfeiner/2015/06/05/help-create-a-college-ranking-you-can-trust-student-satisfaction-survey/#334bbeef4181

18th August 2018

Forbes Welcome

Forbes • 18th August 2018

Newcomers To #MyTopCollege Gaining Steam

Halfway through this year’s #MyTopCollege campaign, we have received over 5,000 submissions from students, schools and alumni eager to share their best experiences and college spirit. As we move into the final weeks of the competition, it’s been great to see more and more schools entering. This week, we had notable showings from the University of Central Oklahoma, Franciscan University, Grand Valley State University and Butler University. Gettysburg College made an impressive leap, moving into the top ten after nearly zero submissions in week one.

18th August 2018

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurenfeiner/2015/07/29/top-25-best-southern-schools-2015/#689149967141

Forbes • 18th August 2018

Best Value Colleges 2015

With the average student with student loans now graduating with $35,200 in debt, paying for college will be a burden for millions for decades to come. Which is why selecting the right college often means weighing the long tail value of the degree over the pure prestige of the school’s brand. For the FORBES 2015 Best Value Schools, we divided each school’s Quality Score (calculated specifically for our annual college ranking) by its published in-state tuition.

Forbes • 18th August 2018

How To Choose The Best College For You: Advice For and From Students - Forbes

Each year, FORBES brings you an extensive list of 650 of the nation’s best colleges. But even with all the information on student population, acceptance and retention rates, sports teams and student-faculty ratio, there’s still one piece that’s missing: how to actually choose a college. Since college selection is ultimately a personal, often unquantifiable, decision, we asked some current college students and recent grads to give us their best advice on how to choose a school. The answers? As varied as the schools on our list, ranging from “go on more visits” to “go to Canada” for a cheaper education.

Forbes • 18th August 2018

Starting The College Search From Your Smartphone - Forbes

One thing drilled into every college applicant: What you put on social media may affect what a college thinks about you. But while colleges may judge prospective freshmen and transfers by their social media habits, an increasing number of students are doing the same right back. Rising college freshmen Hannah Major didn’t think twice about looking up schools she was interested in on social media. It was natural to explore colleges on the sites and apps she was already using. “It’s just like having a friend on Facebook,” says Major, who will attend Western Kentucky University in the fall. “I follow them on Facebook just to see what they’re posting.”

The DP • 19th August 2018

Penn senior wins Churchill research scholarship

The add/drop period tends to be a time of scaling down on that fifth credit or maybe even an extra minor, but for Sarah Foster, one, even two majors, have just never been enough. A College senior and Vagelos Scholar in Molecular Life Sciences, Foster will complete her triple major this semester and go on to research at the University of Cambridge after graduation as one of 14 American students who received the Winston Churchill Scholarship in 2014. Related: No Rhodes Scholars from Penn for fou

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Penn students react with dismay, sadness to unexpected Trump lead

As 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump's chance of victory in the presidential election became more and more likely, students on and around campus reacted with hesitancy and shock. As of 12:49 p.m. on Tuesday, The New York Times projected Trump had over 95 percent chance of winning. “I had to leave the watch party at Harvest. It was too much,” Co-President of Penn for Hillary Sam Iacobellis said. “Regardless of what happens, I am extraordinarily proud of the work that we put in.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

'Rape culture' flyers prompt Penn community to speak out online against sexual assault

Students woke up to hundred of flyers plastering campus, declaring, "This is what rape culture looks like." The flyers included part of an email sent by ozyellowbrickroad1@gmail.com that told "ladies," “May we have your attention please/We’re looking for the fun ones/And say f**k off to a tease.” Similar emails referring to the same event, "Wild Wednesday," had been sent by variations of the ozyellowbrickroad email, and had been connected to off-campus organization OZ. The Penn community took to

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Pottruck attendance mirrors class schedules

The post-New Year laziness is setting in. Students are sweeping sneakers aside to make room for textbooks, tucking their spandex into drawers and leaving their water bottles unfilled. According to records kept by Penn Recreation, Pottruck Health and Fitness Center typically sees a drop in average daily attendance by approximately 100 to 200 people between January and Attendance is measured based on Penn Card swipes at the gym's front desk upon entry to the facility.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

NBC News' Andrea Mitchell talks Penn life, media career

For many political journalists, Philadelphia is nothing more than a stop on the campaign trail. But for Andrea Mitchell, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of her own MSNBC show, “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” it’s a return to her old college town. Mitchell, a 1967 graduate of Penn's College of Liberal Arts for Women and vice chair of the Board of Trustees, got her start in journalism through WXPN radio. In an interview Tuesday morning at Le Meridien hotel in Center City, The Dai

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

College senior's death ruled a suicide

The death of Theodric Reed, a College senior who studied English, was ruled a suicide, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed. Reed, who died on Aug. 24, was 22 years old. A memorial service was held for Reed near his home in Santa Clarita, Calif., over the weekend. Reed had a history of depression throughout his college years.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Political Scientist Rogers Smith to be Associate Dean of Social Sciences

Newly appointed Associate Dean of Social Sciences Rogers Smith is bringing the values of his hero Abraham Lincoln to his new post in the School of Arts and Sciences. Smith, a political science professor, said his primary research interests include issues of civil rights and the Constitution. He continues to consider himself an “Abraham Lincoln Republican” and displays a framed portrait of the former president on his office wall directly across from his desk chair.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Fire at Fiji house on 40th Street between Spruce and Pine

One of Phi Gamma Delta's off-campus houses had a fire after 11 p.m. Thursday night. Residents of the house and security guards confirmed that a dryer caught on fire in the basement while the residents were doing laundry. A swarm of firefighters and police crowded the street outside the house on 40th Street between Spruce and Pine streets.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Colonel Andrew Wilcox leads ROTC by example

Life lessons are at the top of the syllabus in Colonel Andrew Wilcox’s curriculum. Wilcox, the commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps for Penn, Drexel, Temple and Villanova, teaches the required “Leadership and Ethics” course in NROTC. “The University teaches how to critically think,” Wilcox said. “We try to bring that education and make it relevant in the world of the military.” As a marine, he recognizes “the platform I have to master is the art of leadership.”

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Penn alums behind the scenes in Hollywood

Jennifer Gwartz, a 1990 College graduate, could count on a familiar name appearing in her inbox every Wednesday morning of 2005. Rob Forman, then a Wharton undergraduate, had recognized Gwartz’s name while searching through the alumni directory looking for a job. He had seen the name in the credits as “Co-executive Producer” of one of his favorite television shows, “Veronica Mars.” The show aired on Tuesday nights, so Forman decided to send Gwartz his thoughts each week following the airing.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Historian to join Africana Studies department as a Presidential Professor

When Africana Studies department chair Barbara Savage came to School of Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Fluharty to suggest hiring historian Heather Andrea Williams, “I think my reaction was ‘wow, can we get her?’” he remembers. “My reaction was immediate. Let’s do it.” Williams specializes in African American slavery and has written two books on the topic, the first of which started as her dissertation and became, Selt-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom. On July 1, William

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Penn announces search committee for Engineering dean

The University announced on Tuesday the formation of a committee to select a new dean for the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Current Dean Eduardo Glandt will step down in June 2015 at the end of his current term, Engineering Director of Communications Joan Gocke told The Daily Pennsylvanian in a May email. The consultative committee is comprised of faculty, student and alumni representatives and will be chaired by Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences Steven Fluharty.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Students Protest North Face 'Deathtraps'

Student groups at colleges across the country are demanding no more people die creating a North Face product. VF Corporation, the parent company of outerwear clothing brand The North Face, has refused to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, which aims to ensure the health and safety of factory workers. Brands such as American Eagle, H&M and Adidas are among over 150 companies to have signed the accord thus far.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

New fellowship to fund research projects in India

A Penn fellowship is breaking down geographic and financial barriers that surround researching abroad. The Sobti Family Fellowship is a new funding opportunity offered by the Center for the Advanced Study of India. It will provide an alternative to the Fulbright Grant for those who want to pursue a post-baccalaureate research project in India.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

For Penn student Daniel Bergmann, education is a form of healing

Like many students, Daniel Bergmann sometimes worries that he is doing college wrong. Not necessarily because he regrets falling behind on work or not joining enough clubs. It’s because for Daniel, college isn’t just an education — it’s a cure. “Am I misusing college for my personal health?” Daniel, 19, typed out on an iPad during a November interview. He guided his interpreter’s hand over the letters on an app he and his parents developed called iMean.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Penn Police arrests suspect in string of recent harassments

Penn Police arrested a man suspected in a series of harassment cases on the morning of April 21, according to a Public Safety Advisory. The advisory was sent at 6:18 p.m. informing the Penn community of the arrest, which occurred at 9:50 a.m. Penn Police stopped the suspect at 40th and Market Streets after he tried to rob and assault two victims who reported the incident.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

UPenn Alert prompted by subway groping

At 7:35 a.m. Monday morning, a woman called Penn Police to complain that a man had touched her inappropriately as she walked up the stairs of the subway at 40th and Market streets, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said. As a precaution, the Division of Public Safety sent out a UPenn Alert at 7:44 a.m. and then an all-clear alert at 8:05 a.m. The woman, who works locally but is not affiliated with Penn, said the man touched her rear end as she walked up the steps, Rush said.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

A homework pass with a lifetime warranty

Two hardworking Columbia students figured out a way to never do their math homework again. “The Homework Machine,” designed by Columbia sophomore Derek He and Columbia junior Chris Yan, is the winner of the Spring 2014 PennApps hackathon, which took place over the weekend in the Engineering Quad. The app is a robot which scans a worksheet of math problems and writes solutions to them in the correct spot, in the student’s handwriting.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

Outgoing Dean of Nursing leaves legacy of diversity and innovation

Outgoing Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis might be leaving her post at Penn, but she is not stepping down. “I’m stepping up,” she proclaimed. “Stepping down means going down to something less than,” Meleis explained. “I’m stepping up to the next stage in my life and my career.” According to many in the School of Nursing , Meleis’s time at Penn will be a tough act to follow.

The Daily Pennsylvanian • 19th August 2018

New disciplinary office director looks to become 'proactive'

The new director of the Office of Student Conduct, Julie Lyzinski Nettleton , wants to become the face of discipline at Penn. Nettleton, who officially took over the role of OSC director this week after serving as interim director, left her previous role as director of the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Program Initiatives.