Penn in the News

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about why viewers are attracted to media outlets that align with their own beliefs.

Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says, “It’s actually easier for blue-collar people to get help thinking about alternative careers because most of the government help is aimed at them.”

Kenneth Goldsmith of the School of Arts & Sciences pens an op-ed about spending time browsing the Internet.

The recent police shootings of unarmed black men in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis, among others, are likely to spur student protests against racism when the fall semester begins. And with those protests will come more demands for racial diversity and inclusion on campuses, including calls for recruiting more students and faculty members from minority groups, and for incorporating those issues broadly in the curriculum.

Eugene Kiely of the Annenberg Public Policy Center presents the findings of FactCheck.org on recent claims and issues related to the republican and democratic presidential candidates.

Over the past two decades, and across the nation, the university has been undergoing profound changes. These structural changes underpin an emergent philosophy of the new university today -- one that should give pause to anyone concerned about the direction of higher education. For much of the 20th century, and especially after World War II, the university served as the vehicle of upward mobility, the principal pathway to securing a middle-class and eventually upper-middle-class life.

J.D. Foster of the School of Veterinary Medicine is highlighted for administering clinical trials on dogs and cats.

Undergraduate Glen Casey of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about his experience attending “College Bridge,” a program sponsored in part by the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, aimed to help prepare high school graduates for college.

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that the overall housing market is improving, nationally and locally.

Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences shares his thoughts on a new book criticizing the work of a late, well-known neuroscience professor.