Penn in the News

Penn’s newly completed Stephen A. Levin building which will house the psychology, biology and behavioral sciences departments is profiled.

Edna Foa of the Perelman School of Medicine questions the impact of service dogs paired with veterans with PTSD.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education answers listeners’ questions about the impact of living in “better” school district areas on a student’s college admissions chances.

Eighty leading colleges announced in September that they were creating a new basic application, which they in turn would customize, moving them away from reliance on the Common Application. At the time, members of the Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success said the new application would be released this summer, and coalition leaders acknowledged the possibility that not all members of the coalition would use it the first year out.

Joyce White of the Penn Museum is interviewed about the Ban Chiang Project.

Michel Guillot of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the reports of the life expectancy of white women decreasing in America is more troublesome when put into a global context.

Samuel Preston of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about life expectancy trends.

As the frenzied college application season draws to a close, and students across the country mull their choices, many colleges are trumpeting that it was the most selective year ever. But high school guidance counselors and admissions experts say the heightened competition has turned the process into a anxiety-ridden numbers game. Except for those that offer rolling admission, colleges generally mailed out the last of their acceptances for the class of 2020 by April 1.

The president’s No. 1 on higher education gave the Obama administration an “incomplete” on the subject of college access, completion and equity. Undersecretary of the Department of Education Ted Mitchell said that while his team has made some significant progress, their efforts “probably won’t be understood for several years.” “It’s easy for me to give grades: incomplete,” he said, speaking at the Arizona State University Global Silicon Valley Summit in San Diego, California.

Christina Simeone of the School of Design’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy comments on how Philadelphia’s ozone levels do not meet federal standards.