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Students using federal loans to pay for college will soon have more than final exams to worry about. Interest rates on such loans are set to significantly increase as of July 1. For the almost 9,000 Penn students using some form of federal loan program to pay for their education, the increase will mean greater debt after graduation than they may originally have planned for.








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Two building projects are scheduled to officially open in the fall, despite repeatedly pushed back completion dates. Skirkanich Hall, a new bioengineering facility, is scheduled to open mid-June, nearly two months later than the originally intended April completion date.