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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Burning Question: Does Pot Make You Stupid?
Adrian Raine of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the push to legalize marijuana and research studying pot’s impact on verbal ability.
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Cattle Farmers Battle Fluctuating Winter Temperatures
Meggan Hain of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted about the impact of fluctuating winter temperatures on animals.
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Insurer Rewards Push Women Towards Mammograms
Harald Schmidt of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about employers and health plans offering incentives to women to get frequent mammograms.
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Has Obama Let Down Historically Black Colleges?
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education shares her thoughts on the debate on whether or not President Obama disappointed historically black colleges and universities.
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Poor Kids, Limited Horizons
Darrius Sloan, 17, talks about his dreams — about himself — in the past tense. He hoped to go to the University of Arizona. "I wanted to be a civil engineer," he says. "I really loved math, I really did. I really do, I mean." Raised on Navajo land in Tuba City, Ariz., in a trailer with 13 other family members, Mr. Sloan got good grades and earned a spot in a boardinghouse for Native Americans to attend high school in Flagstaff, about 80 miles from the broken schools of home.
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Science-diversity Efforts Connect Grad Students With Mentors
Most efforts to increase the number of black and other underrepresented minority doctoral recipients in science and engineering have fallen flat. For example, the share of engineering doctorates earned by black students remained unchanged, at 4 percent, from 2004 to 2014, according to the most recent Survey of Earned Doctorates. The problem has many causes — including that most minority-group members enroll in graduate programs at lower rates than white students do — but many observers say a lack of good mentoring is a key factor.
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Why I Taught Myself to Procrastinate
Adam Grant of the Wharton School contributes an op-ed about procrastination.
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There May Be a Way to Allow Mass Surveillance and Preserve Our Privacy at the Same Time
Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about mass surveillance and citizens’ right to privacy.
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Biden Sees Politics of Cancer World
The Abramson Cancer Center was mentioned as a site of Vice President Biden’s visit to kick off his initiative to find a cure for cancer.
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Higher Status Jobs But Lower Pay for African-Americans Graduating From HBCUs
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education says, “Understanding the complex and unique return on investment for MSIs is essential as these institutions serve the new majority in higher education.”