In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
This summer, students from the high school are participating in a “reverse internship” at Penn GSE, giving their perspective about school and life to new students in Penn GSE’s Urban Teaching Apprentice Program.
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Wharton's David Zaring argues that the Securities and Exchange Commission's five-year statute of limitations could be successfully overturned, leading to more prosecutions of powerful racketeers.
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Incoming freshman Michaela McMahon has been named to the 2019 U.S. Women's Lacrosse U19 National Team training squad. The midfielder will now train with Team USA in hopes of making the final roster for the 2019 Federation of International Lacrosse Women's U19 World Championships.
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The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice anticipates funding multiple projects each academic year, with an average award size of $50,000 per project, that will work to improve the country's criminal justice system.
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Former Penn standout Dave Merrick and current assistant Kevin Quinn will be inducted into the Belmont Plateau Cross Country Hall of Fame on Saturday, August 25 at the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park.
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The Penn football team will enter camp with 13 players recognized as preseason All-Ivy by Phil Steele's annual FCS Preview Magazine, with six Quakers chosen as preseason first team selections.
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Wharton's Sarah Light and John Paul MacDuffie discuss a proposal to freeze U.S. fuel efficiency standards, a move that would reverse an Obama-era policy calling on automakers to hit an efficiency target of 54.5 mpg by 2025.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Humanities professor Jamal J. Elias studies the emotional space occupied by children in modern Islamic societies in a new book, a visual representation of childhood in Islamic societies.
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The American Society for Bioethics and Humanities has awarded Penn Medicine bioethicist and PIK professor, Jonathan D. Moreno, its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. Moreno is being honored for his “innumerable scholarly writings, service to national and international commissions and contributions to public discourse on bioethics.”
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The gift will establish the Blavatnik Family Fellowship in Biomedical Research in the Penn Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) program. Six Penn BGS students for each of the next four academic years will be awarded funds as they begin independent investigations.
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