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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Vukan Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science shares his thoughts on the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation of a commuter train accident in New Jersey.
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Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School is quoted about the improbability of re-instituting a metal-base for currency.
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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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Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about poverty rarely being mentioned on the political campaign trail.
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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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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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Since athletes and others have been taking a knee during the national anthem, the leaders of public colleges and universities have offered a variety of views on whether the protests are wise. Even so, they have defended the protests as a form of speech protected by the First Amendment and traditions of free expression in higher education. But East Carolina University is taking a different approach.
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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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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).
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about the commonalities between presidential candidate Donald Trump and many liberal Americans.