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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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NASA Granted $5.7 Million in Funding to Investigate Astronaut Health and Performance on Future Space Missions
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine shares how he will study the effects of space on astronauts.
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Philadelphia Museum to Host Its Own Legends of the Hidden Temple
Kate Quinn of the Penn Museum is quoted about the preparation for “Legends of the Hidden Temple: Penn Museum Edition.”
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Record-Breaking Numbers of Applicants? Don’t Gloat
Forget the blooming flowers and chirping birds. Spring’s the time for writing triumphant news releases about how many applications your college received. More than last year! More than ever!
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Audio: New Moms and Their Struggle With Depression and Anxiety
Neill Epperson of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the difficulties facing new mothers suffering from postpartum depression.
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Could This Mosquito Bring Zika to Philadelphia?
Neil O. Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on infectious disease brought by insects.
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Media Are Selling Out to Donald Trump
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication writes about the news media coverage of presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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No More Men’s or Women’s Rooms
Just one week before North Carolina passed a bill restricting transgender access to bathrooms at public colleges in the state, a college president in New York City announced his institution would be moving in exactly the opposite direction. Bill Mea, acting president of the Cooper Union, informed his campus via email that soon all the college's bathrooms will be gender neutral.
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Villanova Proving a Winner On and Off the Court
Within two minutes of Villanova's men's basketball victory over Kansas on Saturday night, the Rev. Peter M. Donohue received 280 text messages from alumni and other excited fans, looking forward to the Final Four. "Houston, here we come." "God bless you and the entire Nova community." "How can I get tickets?" The Villanova University president couldn't answer right away. He was busy hugging team cocaptain Ryan Arcidiacono, a moment captured on national television.
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Streamlining Citations
In fairness to the Modern Language Association and other makers of popular academic style guides, citing sources -- if always tedious -- was once relatively straightforward: journal articles like this, books like that. But the proliferation of media sources -- especially electronic ones -- in recent years has made writing citations confusing at best (and purgatorial at worst).
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A College-Admissions Edge for the Wealthy: Early Decision
Eric Furda of Admissions is quoted on the early decision process.