Penn in the News

Bruce Brod of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on users having problematic reactions to Wen cleansing conditioners.

The case was familiar to everyone in the room: Brock Turner, a former Stanford University swimmer, was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman earlier this year. A projected PowerPoint slide highlighted some of a judge’s reasons for sentencing Mr. Turner to just six months in jail for committing three felonies — a decision that sparked a national uproar. Alcohol shouldn’t be an excuse for Mr.

Lawrence Hrebiniak of the Wharton School is quoted about what top executives should know about strategic thinking.

The University of Cape Town has disinvited a speaker set to give its annual TB Davie Academic Freedom Lecture for fear of security risks and the possibility of provoking conflict and further polarization on campus. The university withdrew the invitation to Flemming Rose, who as culture editor of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten commissioned cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that some Muslims considered blasphemous.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education writes about racism, police brutality and things to consider if people consider themselves white allies.

In the summer of 1989, the law school at the University of California at Davis added three new faculty members: two Latino men and an African-American woman. I was one of the Latinos, and I didn’t know until I read it in the local paper that the new arrivals were the only people of color on a previously all-white faculty. I wasn’t surprised. At that time, the faculty at every top-tier American law school was overwhelmingly white and predominantly male.

American University’s student services weren’t working the way administrators wanted. Students found the mix of offerings confusing. Too many alumni seemed lukewarm about their campus experience. So the provost decided it was time to blow it all up. "I said, ‘I’d like to start with a clean sheet of paper,’" recalls Scott A. Bass, the provost.

Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the policy shifts in the mid-20^th century for the Democratic Party.

Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “The best temperature for great sleep is between 60 and 68.”