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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Alzheimer’s Disease, A Humanitarian Crisis That Leaves Patients Needing Asylum
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine writes, “Alzheimer’s is a disease because it takes away our capacity to exercise a cherished ethic, our autonomy, the capacity to rule ourselves as each of us desires.”
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Fed May Face Makeover Whether Trump or Clinton Wins White House
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School is quoted about the improbability of re-instituting a metal-base for currency.
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At U. of New Mexico, Long-Simmering Frustrations Over a Seal Find a Receptive Ear
Nick Estes, a doctoral student at the University of New Mexico, decided last spring to design a new university seal. Using Microsoft Word, he positioned an armed frontiersman and conquistador atop skulls and bones with the words, "What Indians?" printed over the image. Mr. Estes’ version is a satirical take on the real seal, which features the frontiersman and the conquistador, but in place of the bones and the dialogue is a Latin motto. In both the satirical and the official versions, a Zia Indian symbol for the roadrunner stands atop the letters UNM.
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Audio: Working and Poor: An Overlooked Constituency, Issue on Campaign Trail
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about poverty rarely being mentioned on the political campaign trail.
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Locked Out of the Conversation
Two professors are suing Wheelock College, charging it with illegal discrimination against them as Jews, and a campaign of retaliation, allegedly to punish them for suggesting campus discussions about diversity be more inclusive of Jewish students. The college says it’s dedicated to inclusion and regrets the two plaintiffs declined to resolve their concerns outside court -- an assertion they challenge. A third plaintiff, a former administrator, is also suing, alleging race-based discrimination and retaliation.
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Historically Black Colleges See a Spike in Enrollment After Racial Unrest
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the increased interest of black students in enrolling in historically black colleges and universities.
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How One College Quelled Controversy Over a Koch-Financed Center
Western Carolina University stood on the brink of a battle with its faculty after it announced plans last fall to take $2 million from the Charles Koch Foundation to establish a Center for the Study of Free Enterprise. The Faculty Senate overwhelmingly adopted a statement criticizing the gift agreement as a threat to both academic freedom and the university's reputation. The free-market-oriented Koch Foundation fueled tensions by seeking to obtain the emails of its critics on the faculty through North Carolina’s open-records law.
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Princeton Scientist Shares Physics Nobel for Study of ‘Strange’ Materials
Charles Kane and Eugene Mele of the School of Arts & Sciences are mentioned for their theoretical work on topological insulators.
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‘Long Overdue’: Colleges Needed Lower Standard of Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases, An Advocate Says
In the five years since a federal agency announced new rules governing how colleges should respond to allegations of rape and sexual assault, opponents have argued that student and faculty rights have been dangerously eroded. The directive known as the “Dear Colleague” letter brought national scrutiny to the issue, upended the way most school officials responded to claims of sexual assault and made the problem a much greater priority for many schools.
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‘Our Compelling Interests’
This summer, advocates for diversity in American higher education won a major victory when the Supreme Court upheld the right of colleges to consider race and ethnicity in admissions. This fall, American colleges have experienced numerous racist incidents, leaving many minority students angry and feeling unwelcome. In this environment, leading scholars on race and the economy have contributed essays to a new collection, Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society (Princeton University Press).