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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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New Blood Thinner ‘Antidote’ to Help Doctors Move Past Warfarin
Mariell Jessup of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on physicians’ use of blood thinners.
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Saying ‘Thanks’ Has Profound Benefits on Your Health
David Yaden of the School of Arts & Sciences explains a theory of positive emotions called “broaden-and-build.”
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‘Having Hermione Look Like Me Is Amazing’
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas of the School of Arts & Sciences shares her thoughts on an African-American actress being cast as Hermione Granger in the upcoming Harry Potter production.
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New Fafsa Rules to Eliminate Frustrating Financial Aid Problem
After holiday celebrations are over, students who plan on attending college next fall should begin preparing for a looming financial chore: completing the document that is crucial for financial aid. Known as Fafsa, which is short for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form is used to calculate how much students and their families are expected to contribute to the cost of attending college, and what sort of financial aid they will receive.
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A Brief History of (Modern) Time
A book, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950, authored by Vanessa Ogle of the School of Arts & Sciences is reviewed.
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Scalia Made Headlines. But the Real Story Is How Colleges Have Failed to Truly Integrate.
In December, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some unenlightened comments during oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, involving the university’s affirmative action program. Justice Scalia’s assertion that African American students would benefit from attending “a slower-track school where they do well,” is simply wrong and unsupported by evidence. Since affirmative action began, we have made significant progress toward diversifying campuses across the U.S.
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Bidding War Boosts Pep Boys Stock
Emilie Feldman of the Wharton School is quoted about mergers and divestitures.
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Season’s Greetings Mean Corporate Stress
Deborah Small of the Wharton School talks about how consumers view brands as “friends and expect companies to share their values.”
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Should the U.S. Become a Nation of Apprentices?
Eslie Murraine tried college. But he couldn’t figure out what he wanted to do with his life, so he dropped out after a couple years and went to work for United Parcel Service. It took seven years — and an electrical fire at his home — for Mr. Murraine to find his true calling. "I was fascinated" by the fire, he recalled, and "I started looking into what caused it."
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Title IX Covers Bias Based on Sexual Orientation, Judge Rules
A federal judge in California has ruled that the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX covers discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, finding that such bias falls under the law’s ban on sex- and gender-based discrimination. The Los Angeles Times reports that the ruling, by Judge Dean D. Pregerson of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, allows a lawsuit against Pepperdine University that was filed by two members of its women’s basketball team to proceed. The plaintiffs allege that they were harassed because of their sexual orientation.