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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Video: Drugmakers Exploit Government-granted Monopolies: Ex-Obama Health Advisor
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School talks about the controversy around EpiPen pricing.
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Four Your Anti-Union Information
The National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that graduate student workers at private institutions may now form unions. But they need to vote to unionize first. In the meantime, a handful of institutions, including those with active graduate assistant union campaigns, have either launched or updated websites that they term information, but that are attracting criticism as being “anti-union.” Others say universities have an obligation to inform students of the drawbacks to unionization — not just the benefits.
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So You Like the University of Chicago’s Rejection of ‘Safe Spaces’ for Students? Consider This.
University of Chicago Dean of Students John “Jay” Ellison just sent a letter to incoming students, telling them: You will find that we expect members of our community to be engaged in rigorous debate, discussion and even disagreement.
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Video: Animal Planet’s New Penn Vet Reality Show Gets Trailer, New Name
Students from the School of Veterinary Medicine will be featured in a new reality series set to air in October.
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Renewed Diversity Push
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education comments on the value of diversity and multicultural programs.
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Non-surgical Brain Stimulation Shows Promise, but Unknowns Remain
Roy Hamilton of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “To our knowledge, tDCS [transcranial direct current stimulation] is pretty safe technology. It has not yet been associated with serious adverse effects.”
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Why College Alumni Don’t Give to Their Alma Maters: They Think Other Charities Need Money More
Nearly half of alumni who have never donated to their alma maters believe their college does not need their money as much as other nonprofits, according to a new survey of American donors. That’s a perennial challenge for university fundraisers, according to the study by Cygnus Applied Research, a fundraising consultancy. More than 21,000 donors completed the annual survey, including more than 6,200 college graduates who give to charity but have never donated to institutions they attended.
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How a University Is Training Its Police to Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Sexual Violence
Noël Busch-Armendariz knows that the immediate aftermath of sexual trauma can take many forms. Victims can appear fidgety or calm, talkative or quiet, engaged or totally blank, she says. And they often cannot remember details of what happened to them until much later. Ms. Busch-Armendariz, a professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault at the University of Texas at Austin, also knows that this wide range of behaviors conflicts with common perceptions about how victims of rape should behave.
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Point-Counterpoint: Should Pa. Let Nurse-practitioners Do More?
Dean Antonia Villarruel of the School of Nursing offers her views on proposed legislation to expand the duties of nurse-practitioners.
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Online Petition Circulated to Extend Mangum’s Contract
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education shares her thoughts on the president of Florida A&M University and its Board of Trustees.