5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Pennovation Center Poised to Rewire Science, Spirit of Entrepreneurship
The official ribbon-cutting of the Pennovation Center is highlighted.
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Righting the Enrollment and Graduation Ship
Application season will soon be upon us, and graduating high school seniors across the country will be in the thick of deciding where to apply to college. Unfortunately, after they are accepted and enrolled, many won’t go on to earn a degree -- especially if they are black or Latino. According to the Digest of Educational Statistics, only about 41 percent of black and 52 percent of Latino students obtain their bachelor’s degree within six years of enrolling, compared to 61 percent of white and 69 percent of Asian students.
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22,000 Sign Up to Learn the Secrets of Ancient Egypt
David Silverman of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for curating the Penn Museum’s Egyptian section and teaching a massive online open course.
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Education Dept. Details New Measures on How Defrauded Borrowers Can Seek Relief
The U.S. Education Department has released its long-awaited defense-to-repayment rules, which codify how borrowers who are defrauded by predatory colleges can obtain relief from the federal government. The rules, released on Friday at 12 a.m., were spawned by the collapse of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges and the subsequent masses of students who petitioned the department for loan forgiveness.
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Feds Will Restore Grant Funding for Thousands of Students Burned by For-profit College Closures
The Department of Education is resetting the clock on Pell grant eligibility for students who burned through the federal aid to cover costs at colleges that closed, a move that will help tens of thousands of people complete their education at another school. Pell, a form of federal financial aid for families typically earning less than $60,000 a year, is available only for six years or 12 semesters.
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Humanities in Limbo
The possible closure of Johns Hopkins University’s 50-year-old interdisciplinary Humanities Center is facing sharp criticism from students and faculty members alike. They say the center merits a place on campus and are citing concerns about faculty autonomy over the curriculum, the university’s explicit commitment to graduate study and the humanities, and donor influence in academic matters.
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Video: ‘Super’ Bull Siegel: I’m Rolling Back My 2016 Forecast – Here’s Why
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School talks about his decision to amend his year-end stock market forecast.
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Higher Education for the AI Age: Let’s Think About It Before the Machines Do It for Us
Amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the U.S. presidential race, it was easy to miss the Obama administration’s release this month of a slim, 48-page report titled “Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence.” Yet the subject of the report — and the changes it foreshadows — may prove to be as consequential for our society, and our education system, as even the most high-stakes national election.
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Video: How a Cancer Treatment That’s Helping Dogs Could One Day Help Humans
Nicola Mason of the School of Veterinary Medicine explains using immunotherapy to treat dogs.
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Activists Ask UN to Probe ‘Nightmare’ Immigrant Jail in Berks
Sarah Paoletti of the Law School comments on the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.