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Mass Incarceration Discussed at Penn
Members of Black Men at Penn of the School of Social Policy & Practice are highlighted for hosting a lecture on “Ending the Age of Mass Incarceration.”
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Trigger Warning Skepticism
Much of the debate thus far over trigger warnings -- the flagging of specific course content that might offend or otherwise upset students -- has centered on anecdotes, some of them obviously controversial. At Oberlin College, for example, proposed trigger warning guidelines said that Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart might merit a trigger warning. The idea upset many professors who said labeling it as excessively violent could undermine the experience of reading the novel.
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Audio: A Bad Night’s Sleep Might Do More Harm Than You Think
Heather Schofield of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the effects of chronic sleep deprivation.
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Growing Push to Expose More Students to Computer Science
Yasmin Kafai of the Graduate School of Education comments on the importance of integrating computer science into schools.
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Penn Linguist Researching Philly ‘Accent’ in American Sign Language
Jami Fisher and Meredith Tamminga of the School of Arts & Sciences are featured for researching a unique dialect of American Sign Language.
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UNC Threat Unsubstantiated: How Schools Are Dealing With Fears of Mass Shootings
Early this morning officials issued an alert for a possible armed man on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus, but police officials gave the all-clear after no threat was found. Reports of active shooters and campus lockdowns are beginning to become routine at US colleges and universities in recent months.
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Disease: Closing the Door on HIV
Jim Riley, Carl June and Pablo Tebas of the Perelman School of Medicine are mentioned for their HIV research.
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Graduation Rates Rise, for Some
Graduation rates have been steadily improving at universities for about a decade now. But a report released today by the Education Trust shows that at some public institutions, the gap in graduation rates between minority students and white students is actually growing. The Education Trust is an advocacy group for low-income and minority students. At 26 institutions, the researchers found, the completion rate increased more for minority students than for white students from 2003 to 2013, resulting in a narrowing of the racial gap.
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Proposal to Limit Student Housing in Rittenhouse Amended
A proposal to ban housing for students in the neighborhood surrounding Rittenhouse Square was amended by a City Council committee on Wednesday so that it will now pertain to just the single block it originated from. Instead of prohibiting housing for students, it now simply prohibits landlords from specifically marketing apartments to students on the 2000 block of Rittenhouse Square Street. The bill was introduced in September on behalf of Council President Darrell Clarke.
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Taking a Stand for Free Speech
Several dozen Yale University faculty members on Monday issued an open letter defending the right of free speech, and offering support for Erika and Nicholas Christakis, whom some students want ousted from their po