Penn in the News

John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on research that investigates whether sterile laboratory mice are good models for the human immune system.

Cary Coglianese of the Law School comments on the impact of a Supreme Court case, regarding immigration, on how federal agencies operate.

The new Pennovation Center is highlighted for encouraging health care innovators to utilize the shared-space wet lab.

A study conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, which revealed that using social media while watching debates was linked to lesser understanding of the candidates’ stances is cited.

Matthew Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about the FBI turning to a third party to crack encryption.

It took just 43 hours for the College of the Holy Cross to raise nearly $2 million. The small liberal arts school in Massachusetts did it without bombarding alumni with phone calls, sending out a batch of mailers or soliciting donations for seats at a gala event. Instead, school leaders turned to GiveCampus.com, a Washington, D.C.-based crowdfunding website that appeals to a younger, more tech-savvy audience.

Undergraduate Madhavi Muralidharan compares the length of time U.S. physician hopefuls spend in medical education to students in the United Kingdom, India and several European countries.

Dean Eric Furda of Admissions weighs in on how high school graduates can manage the college decision process.

What can higher education learn from the health care industry? The two sectors have vastly different goals: one educates people, the other keeps them alive. But both colleges and hospitals face some of the same pressures. As the baby boom generation ages and enters retirement, care providers are bracing for the strain that surge of demand will place on the health care system. Similarly, colleges and universities are expecting to enroll more students from lower income brackets, which will create new demands for their advising services.

Bruce Brod of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his suggestions for people to experiment with new skin products in one area to see how the skin will react.