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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Controversy Deepens After Professors Who Opposed University President Get Fired
Last month, a student newspaper published a shocking story: Reporters at the Mountain Echo wrote that Mount St. Mary’s University’s new president planned to cull 20-25 students from the freshman class deemed unlikely to succeed in the first weeks of school in order to improve the college’s retention numbers and thus its rankings.
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Study: Tasers Could Lead to False Confessions
David Rudovsky of the Law School is quoted about the overuse of Tasers.
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Meningitis Risks
In recent weeks, three different college campuses have seen instances of meningitis -- one which resulted in the death of a university employee -- but only one of those instances qualified as an outbreak prompting widespread vaccinations of the student body. Bacterial meningitis is a rare but dangerous infectious disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. It can cause neurological damage, necessitate amputation or lead to death in some cases.
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The Future of Fraud-busting
Daniel Langleben of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for studying ways in which neural activity can signify lying.
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A Black Princeton Professor Says She Was Handcuffed to a Table for her Unpaid Parking Tickets
A professor at Princeton University wrote about her arrest this weekend for what she said was a three-year-old parking ticket, sparking debate on social media between those who see it as an example of racist behavior by police and others who believe it was an overreaction to a minor incident. Her account tapped into the national conversation over police treatment of black people that has led to protests, including demonstrations at Princeton and many other colleges. It reminded some of the 2009 arrest of the prominent Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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Winning Personality: The Advantages of Being an Ambivert
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is mentioned for studying ambiverts.
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Review: ‘Wired to Create’ Shows the Science of a Messy Process
A new book co-authored by Scott Barry Kaufman of the School of Arts & Sciences is reviewed.
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New, Reading-heavy SAT Has Students Worried
Dean Eric Furda of Admissions comments on the new SAT and says the performance of first-time test takers will determine which version of the test is better.
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Penn Study Explores How Black Men Find Success in College
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about studying racial stereotypes and black male success in college.
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Medical Mystery: Treatment-resistant Mouth Sores
Eric Stoopler and Thomas Sollecito of the School of Dental Medicine solve a “medical mystery” involving mouth sores.