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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about media credibility and the presidential campaign.
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At some halls of the University of Mississippi, there is a tradition of making dormitory rooms worthy of interior design magazines. That tradition went public Wednesday when photos of one room went viral -- and quite a debate followed. The room in question was of two new students at the university: Abby Bozeman and Lindy Goodson. They posted a photo of their new home on campus on Twitter, the photo spread there (with many admiring it, and others suggesting it was a bit too much).
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Last week, a player for the University of Florida’s football team was cleared of responsibility for an alleged sexual assault against a female student. The woman he was accused of assaulting was not present; she boycotted the proceedings to protest the person the university chose to decide the case. The university appointed Jake Schickel, a former assistant state attorney, to decide whether the leading wide receiver should be punished for sexual misconduct.
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The Scheie Eye Institute and Jean Bennett of the Perelman School of Medicine are mentioned for medical advances and treatment to end types of blindness.
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Nicholas B. Dirks, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, is stepping down from the post amid a string of controversies, ranging from budget troubles to the way the flagship university has handled sexual harassment allegations involving the faculty. He also faced questions raised in a Los Angeles Times report in July about alleged misuse of public funds for travel and the personal use of a campus fitness trainer.
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Emily Rubin of the Perelman School of Medicine blogs about studying what constitutes good treatment for critically ill hospital patients and what they fear.
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Chris Mustazza of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about PennSound, an online audio archive project.
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During the last academic year, dozens of college presidents faced a similar dilemma. Minority students were occupying administrative offices, marching across campuses, and demanding immediate action to combat what they saw as racial injustices. The atmosphere was tense, and campus leaders had little time to decide how to react. At least four of them — including two top administrators at the University of Missouri — eventually resigned. Some pledged to address activists’ demands, while a handful refused to respond directly.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center shares her thoughts on the effectiveness of Hillary Clinton’s media strategy.
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I hear both colleagues and students ask this question in a tone of dread: "Does this have to go through the IRB?" Except for the ones who ask it with a sense of grievance. They all hate the idea that an institutional review board gets to decide whether their research plan is good enough to proceed. And every time, I wish I could just reach over and flick that chip off their shoulders. I’m soft on the IRB, and for a reason. Ours, which primarily deals with social-science and humanities research, has been more helpful to me than I ever expected it to be.