Penn in the News

Growth in Workers’ Premiums Slow as Deductibles Pick Up the Slack

 Mark Pauly of the Wharton School is quoted about the challenges of health-care deductibles in regards to employees.

Video: What’s US Religion Worth? $1.2 Trillion, Says One Demographer

Ram Cnaan of the School of Social Policy & Practice shares his views on the financial worth of religion.

Student Says UNC Favored Athlete Accuses of Rape

A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student says that UNC and its police department mishandled her report that she was raped by a football player, with campus police officers treating her like a suspect while offering the actual suspect support and reassurance. “Rather than accusing him of anything, the investigators spoke to him with a tone of camaraderie,” the victim, Delaney Robinson, said in a statement Tuesday. “They even laughed with him when he told them how many girls’ phone numbers he had managed to get on the same night he raped me. They told him, ‘Don’t sweat it.

Audio: Uncovering the Problem of Forced Marriage in the U.S.

 Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about the family background of those who are forced into marriage at early ages.

Audio: Just Can’t Win: Women Seen Either as Too Meek or Too Aggressive as Leaders

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about her book Beyond the Double Bind: Women and Leadership.

Faculty Union Declares Victory as Lockout at Long Island U. Ends

US Begins Classes with the Most Diverse Student Body Ever

It’s official: the University of California is set to enroll its most diverse class ever, with nearly 8,000 more Californians committing to one of the system’s nine undergraduate campuses. The surge in California freshman and transfer students who signed an intent to register amounted to a 16% increase over last year, according to data posted Tuesday. About 38% were underrepresented minorities — Latinos, African Americans, Pacific Islanders and American Indians — representing a 24.3% increase over last year.

Audio: Could Old Skulls Help Us Understand Why We Have Crooked Teeth?

 Janet Monge of the Museum discusses how studying skulls can help determine why modern-day humans have dental problems, particularly crooked teeth.

Rieder: Moderators Must Challenge Debate Falsehoods

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about moderators challenging false claims during a debate.

Lawmakers Eye Endowment Tax Status

The House Ways and Means Oversight subcommittee hearing Tuesday was nominally about the tax-exempt status of college endowments. But much of the discussion focused on college affordability -- a broader issue clearly on the minds of both Republicans and Democrats on the panel. It’s was unclear what that might mean in terms of a legislative response from the Ways and Means Committee, which deals with taxation issues.