Penn in the News

Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences writes about bioethics in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the number of nontraditional black students enrolling in historically black colleges and universities.

President Amy Gutmann says the companies that are moving into the Pennovation Center are “joining a community of innovators.”

Across the country, male students are falling behind female students in college enrollment, academic performance and retention. According to National Center for Education Statistics, 56 percent of male students graduate in six years, compared to 62 percent of female students. From 1970 to 2010, the rate of women’s bachelor’s degree completion in the U.S. increased from 14 percent to 36 percent. The rate for men grew by just seven percentage points -- from 20 to 27 percent.

Graduate student Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about disparities in behavioral health care.

If you’ve read one thing about microaggressions on college campuses, it might just be this tip sheet. The document, "Racial Microaggressions in Every Day Life," lists examples of microaggressions, or subtle slights of marginalized groups. For example: "America is a melting pot" may be received by members of minority groups as code that they need to assimilate, the sheet says.

Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School comments on the message behind the European Union’s threat to get rid of English.

Temple University on Tuesday announced the sudden departure of its provost, Hai-Lung Dai, saying he "has been relieved of his administrative responsibilities effective immediately." The announcement came on the same day that the university acknowledged that it had exceeded its financial aid budget for its merit scholarship program for 2016-17 by $22 million and had already taken steps to balance the budget. Several sources with ties to the university said that president Neil D.

Will a British exit from the European Union lead to a drop in enrollment of European students at U.K. universities? Many expect that it will. Currently E.U. nationals make up 5.5 percent of students at U.K. universities, and they’re eligible for domestic student tuition rates and British student loans. If those terms were to change -- if E.U. nationals were to be assessed the higher tuition rates other international students pay and if they weren’t eligible for government loans -- it’s reasonable to think some of those students would look elsewhere to study.

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice shares his optimism about creating solutions to address homelessness.