Penn in the News

Meredith Tamminga of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about the distinct Philadelphia accent.

Like many campuses, Hamilton College in New York has over the past two years faced criticism from student protesters that it isn't doing enough to honor its commitment to inclusion. Unlike many such campuses, Hamilton adopted a new curriculum requirement that all concentrations, or majors, feature relevant, mandatory course work on diversity.

Doctoral candidate William Boland and Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education contribu

Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about homicide statistics.

Katherine Milkman of the Wharton School co-authors an article about the psychological obstacles that affect decision making.

It’s prom night at Browning High School on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana, and the first cars are just starting to pull up in front of an angular entrance that was built to resemble a teepee. The students, clad in sequins and lace, black tuxes and white suits, emerge from their cars into the glare of spotlights and flashing cameras.

The Penn Vet Working Dog Center Patrol & Scent Detection School is mentioned for training a German shepherd tasked with patrolling the Democratic National Convention.

As the great-great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt III of the Law School writes about the current political climate.

Is an entire generation of voters “lost” to the Grand Old Party, and is academe at fault? That’s what conservative pollster and pundit Frank Luntz told a roomful of delegates at the Republican National Convention last week. Yet academics who study the issue disagree. “Luntz doesn’t have his facts straight,” said Neil Gross, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology at Colby College, who has studied politics and the professoriate.

Amy Hillier of the School of Design comments on tobacco advertisements found in high-poverty sections of Philadelphia.