Around the Ivies
Brown University: Brown graduates have the highest average debt of all Ivy League graduates, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The annual report released by the Institute for College Access and Success, a non-profit, revealed that in 2012, Brown graduates left with an average debt of $23,521 per borrower. This marks a 15 percent increase from 2011, when the university’s average student debt was $20,455.
Columbia University: Jiwon Lee, a 29-year-old female student at the College of Dental Medicine, was reported missing April 2, according to the Columbia Spectator. Over $40,000 has been raised online to help Lee’s family hire a private detective for the case.
Cornell University: Cornell senior Enoch Newkirk will be a contestant on Thursday’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Newkirk filmed the episode in Los Angeles in February as part of the show’s annual “College Week.”
Harvard University: Andrew Sun, a sophomore, died at Massachusetts General Hospital from injuries sustained the previous day after he jumped off a building in downtown Boston, the Harvard Crimson reported. The New Jersey native was concentrating in economics. He was a member of Harvard College Faith in Action.
Princeton University: The Food and Drug Administration awarded the meningitis B vaccine Bexsero, which has been offered to all Princeton undergraduates in recent months, a“Breakthrough Therapy” designation in the U.S., the Daily Princetonian reported. Princeton and University of California at Santa Barbara received almost 30,000 doses of the vaccine from Novartis, its creator, when eight Princeton and four UCSB students were diagnosed with meningitis B.
University of Pennsylvania: The general manager of a Philadelphia pub alleged that the Penn women’s lacrosse team damaged the establishment on March 29, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. Neff claimed that the athletes stole alcohol, broke furniture and smoked marijuana in the pub’s bathroom. Women’s lacrosse coach Karin Brower Corbett released a statement saying that many of the allegations are unfounded or not attributable to team members.
Yale University: Karen Curcio, a former associate administrator in the Yale School of Nursing, has filed a suit against Yale claiming that the university did not adequately respond to workplace discrimination against a physically disabled employee, according to the Yale Daily News. Curcio claims that she herself was fired after refusing to terminate the employment of a fellow staff member, who Curcio said was fired because of a physical disability.