Penn in the News

Walk toward the main library at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and you can’t miss the Pride Center. A bright rainbow flag stands on the lawn in front of the building where the center makes its home. Nine more colorful flags — representing different sexualities and gender identities — decorate the facade.

Susan Levy of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for a co-authoring a study that reviews complementary and alternative treatments for autism.

When Temple University hired Neil Theobald as its president in 2013, some at the Philadelphia institution with 37,000 students described his selection as a harbinger of things to come in higher education. Unlike many of his counterparts at major universities who arrived at their jobs immediately after stints as provosts or deans, Theobald had been the chief financial officer at Indiana University.

The former Baylor president Kenneth W. Starr complained that he had never seen it. Baylor’s alumni association called for its release. The Big 12 Conference has asked for it — twice. But there is one problem. It — a written report of an investigation conducted by an outside law firm in the wake of several sexual assault allegations and convictions involving Baylor football players — does not exist. “Various voices have called for the release of the ‘full report,’” the university’s interim president, David Garland, wrote in June after the Board of Regents demoted Mr.

Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is quoted about the evolution of the “out of office” message employees use.

Before this summer, Shaan Kewalramani, an incoming freshman at Texas A&M University at College Station, did not dwell on the fact that people with concealed-carry licenses would be able to bring their weapons into classrooms and dormitories at his new home in the fall. Then he noticed a thread in a Facebook group for new students. “What’s everyone’s view on gun control?" the post asked. In the comments, Mr. Kewalramani added his own simple insight: "No guns," he wrote, earning a handful of likes.

Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on fecal transplants.

Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing is interviewed about the need for improvement in educating child care providers on how to handle breastmilk.

David Hsu of the Wharton School comments on Uber eventually increasing their rates.

College students who take out federal loans are required to receive counseling when they receive the loan and before they enter repayment, but not in between -- a source of frustration for financial aid administrators who say they are not able to advise students on whether they are overborrowing or will be able to pay back a loan in a timely manner. The Obama administration signaled this week that it was developing a plan to allow some colleges and universities to require additional loan counseling of student borrowers on their campuses.