Penn in the News

Kenneth Kavajecz was removed last week as dean of Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management. He was also suspended from his role as a faculty member in the business school. No explanation was offered -- and students and faculty members were stunned.

Think back: Have you known anyone who fit any of these descriptions?" That question appears during the first part of an online simulation designed to educate students about mental health. 

Kate Quinn and Janet Monge of the Museum are quoted about the skulls on display from the Samuel Morton Collection.

Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School says, “Games activate certain very deep and core aspects of our psychology, which is why every civilization has had them.”

Few college administrators may move as quickly to update policies as disability officers do, and for good reason: They know that lawyers and civil-rights investigators are poised to jump on any wrong move.

Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science talks about controlling luck.

The "academical village" that Thomas Jefferson designed for the University of Virginia in the early 1820s is among the most beautiful and influential arrangements of buildings and landscaping in the world. It’s a National Historic Landmark and a Unesco World Heritage Site, and it offers a select group of students and senior administrators some of the most sought-after campus housing anywhere. But it’s not easy to get around if you have mobility issues.

Ryan Manley was diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder in seventh grade, but when he enrolled at Texas Tech University as a freshman in 2014, he was tired of using medication and accommodations to treat it. He decided to try to make it on his own. It didn’t go well. He fell behind on his assignments and eventually became so discouraged that he stayed in his dorm room most of the day. Midway through his second year, the university declared him academically ineligible, he says. "I took a lot of classes," Mr. Manley says, "but I didn’t pass a lot of classes."