Penn in the News

Adam Grant of the Wharton School shares his opinion about how procrastination can be a good thing for decision makers.

Claire Leinweber of the Wharton School comments on the resources business schools offer to MBA students.

A 2004 poll conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center about Native Americans’ opinions about the Washington Redskins’ name is mentioned.

The Obama administration Tuesday night released final rules -- feared by many higher education administrators but eagerly awaited by some employees -- that will require employers to make overtime payments to millions of workers who aren't now eligible. The administration also reiterated many exemptions in established law for higher education employees (those who can be seen as teachers). And those exemptions may disappoint some adjuncts, postdocs, graduate student employees and many research assistants who had hoped the new rules would increase their paychecks.

Students aren’t the only people on campus who are struggling with how to determine when a sexual act crosses the line into assault. As hundreds of universities and a few states adopt "affirmative consent" policies requiring permission for each escalating act of intimacy, the often-blurry boundaries crossed behind closed doors are raising questions for campus administrators and lawyers. How widespread are incidents of campus sexual assault, and how can colleges reduce confusion over what constitutes consent?

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about encouraging diversity at minority-serving institutions.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on leaders of black colleges in North Carolina speaking out against a bill that would cut tuition and revenue.

A picture of 16 black female cadets raising their fists triumphantly went viral on social media after sparking an internal investigation at the United States Military Academy. West Point sought to determine whether these graduating cadets violated a defense department ban on "partisan" speech via a physical gesture with ties to black-power-era militancy and contemporary antiracist activism.

Mark Yim and May graduate Foster Collins of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are highlighted for developing a spherical robot arm with a spiral zipper joint.

Andrew Rayo knows Towson University’s policy on sexual consent won’t make him look like a Hollywood stud, swooping in to hustle someone into bed. Today’s sexual climate calls for more caution than that. Instead, Mr. Rayo, a junior English and theater major, follows the rules. At Towson that means getting a green light through "affirmative words or actions" before any intimate contact. He does that, he says, to make sure his partner is truly interested. He also knows it will keep him out of trouble.