‘Grow your own’ programs train high schoolers to become teachers. West Chester is joining the movement to combat the teacher shortage
Dean Pam Grossman of the Graduate School of Education says “grow your own” programs have been successful because if you recruit locally, people are more likely to stay.
The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn
Vice Provost Constantia Constantinou of Penn Libraries describes how Penn is equipped and staffed to give the Philadelphia Orchestra's archive the attention it deserves.
The nicest place online? It might just involve identifying sea slugs
Sophia Rosenfeld of the School of Arts & Sciences says that cooperation in naming taxonomic labels is not necessarily reflective of our political life.
Brains, brawn, or both: What drove the creation of modern dog breeds?
The work of Emily Dutrow and James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine found that domestic dogs could be divided into 10 distinct lineages, which generally included breeds that were developed to perform similar jobs.
Archaeologists uncover ‘significant’ palace door threshold in ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud during major recovery dig
Michael Danti of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on his team’s discovery of a 6.5-foot-high door threshold in the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.
A recession is inevitable if the Fed maintains restrictive policy, says Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School is featured on a segment of “Squawk Box” to discuss his outlook on future interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
These 10 employers are still hiring tech and finance talent like crazy
Michael Roberts and Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School are noted for their new report in Wharton’s business journal, “How Analytics Is Changing Finance.”
First major dig in ancient Iraqi city since Isis destruction unearths ‘significant’ palace door sill
Michael Danti of the Penn Museum and the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues have uncovered an impressive 2-meter-high door threshold in the ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud.