Penn in the News

An oft-repeated story about Henry Rosovsky, the longtime second-in-command at Harvard University, tells of how he once greeted a student protest group who came to his office. "You are here for four years," he said. "I am here for life, and the institution is here forever." Now, he asked, what is it that you want to talk to me about? That story is not just funny. It also makes a few sharp points. It highlights the inherent institutional conservatism of academe, for one thing.

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School is cited for his book Stocks for the Long Run.

Lynn Schuchter of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Chronic damage or pressure or chronic inflammation has not been linked to other areas of the body and melanoma, but it is linked to squamous cell skin cancer.”

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments about revealing or withholding a high-profile gunman’s identity.

A community college reform group has selected a handful of schools in Virginia and Maryland to develop degree programs using open-source materials in place of textbooks, an initiative that could save students as much as $1,300 a year. Such open educational resources — created using open licenses that let students download or print materials for free — have gained popularity as the price of print textbooks have skyrocketed, but courses that use the materials remain a novelty in higher education.

David Bell at the Wharton School is featured for new ways to market a business.

Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on trouble in sleeping while minds are too active and thinking about tragedies such as the mass shooting in Orlando.

The research of Martin Seligman of the School of Arts and Sciences is referenced.

Christopher Yoo of the Law School is quoted about net neutrality.

Stew Friedman of the Wharton School is quoted on the home and family expectations of male executives.