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As Clinton Seeks to Break the Glass Ceiling, Many Young Feminists Shrug
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s strategy with young feminists.
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What the Education Dept.’s Information-Security Breakdowns Really Mean
In hearings this week and last fall, members of Congress warned that the U.S. Department of Education, with its databases containing sensitive information on millions of students and parents, is a prime target of hackers. The lawmakers accused top department officials of failing to secure the agency’s vulnerable information systems. The hearings featured highly technical testimony from government investigators and department officials, along with plenty of finger-pointing and outrage from lawmakers.
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Better Off Ted
Young voters, in some ways, performed as many expected in the Iowa caucuses Monday. They overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton, for example. But what young Republican voters would end up doing was a little more of a mystery. Ted Cruz, whose outreach to younger voters has been limited, won with more support from voters between the ages of 18 and 29 than any of the other GOP candidates, according to entrance polling analysis by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE).
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Circadian Clock and Aging
Garrett FitzGerald of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying the role of the internal clock in human disease.
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Ted Cruz and Donald Trump: Signs of Conservative Media’s Grip on GOP
Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences contributes his opinion on the media’s depiction of the GOP during this presidential election season.
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Food Trust, Penn Student Group Launch ‘Healthy Food Truck Certification Program’
A Penn student-led organization, Healthy Food Truck Initiative, is highlighted for partnering with The Food Trust to develop and run the Healthy Food Truck Certification Program.
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Princeton Will Resume Transfer Admissions
Since 1990, Princeton University has not admitted transfer students -- even as a growing number of colleges have embraced transfer admissions as a way to attract a more diverse student body than is possible relying on full-time freshman enrollment. On Tuesday, the university announced plans to change. The university, as part of a new strategic plan, said that it will have a transfer plan in place by 2018. The strategic plan will also result in an additional 125 students being admitted each year (through a variety of means besides transfer).
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It’s More Important for Kids to Be Authentic Than Creative
Adam Grant of the Wharton School shares his ideas on how parents can nurture creativity in their children.
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Animal Planet Greenlights Series on Penn Vet School
A new docu-series called Penn Vet on the Animal Planet television network will focus on Ryan Hospital and New Bolton Center.
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Audio: Wharton Professor Adam Grant on ‘Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World”
Adam Grant of the Wharton School talks about his new book, Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World.