Penn in the News

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.

The number of colleges and universities subject to increased financial oversight by the federal government slid to 513 in June, from 528 three months earlier, according to an updated list posted to the U.S.

Roy Hamilton of the Perelman School of Medicine and Anna Wexler of the Center for Neuroscience and Society are quoted about transcranial direct current stimulation.

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

Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences speculates on Donald Trump and narcissistic personality disorder.