Penn Vet Professor to Receive Louis Braille Award PhillyVoice Penn Vet Professor to Receive Louis Braille Award Gustavo Aguirre of the School of Veterinary Medicine is highlighted for receiving the 2016 Louis Braille Award for his research and treatment of inherited blinding diseases.
The 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers Inside Higher Ed The 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers At a time of intense pressure on academic leaders, provosts are worried about the future of liberal arts education -- not just at liberal arts colleges, but at all institutions that provide general education to students. They have real doubts about their budget situations, some new MOOC-inspired forms of higher education and the ability to preserve academic integrity when pursuing big-time athletics. But amid these and other problems, the provosts generally feel good about the academic health of their institutions.
Audio: Teaching Kids About Slavery: Picture Books Struggle With the Task “All Things Considered,” National Public Radio Audio: Teaching Kids About Slavery: Picture Books Struggle With the Task Ebony Elizabeth Thomas of the Graduate School of Education comments on how adolescent students do not wait for adults to discuss sensitive topics with them but instead speak about issues with their friends.
Experts Cite ‘Representative’ Role as Barrier to Diverse Faculty Diverse Experts Cite ‘Representative’ Role as Barrier to Diverse Faculty “For people of color, a chilly climate and working at an institution or organization with a history of exclusion all has a negative impact, wherever you are,” Gwendolyn Dungy said, speaking at a networking event for faculty and administrators of color at the Association of American Colleges & Universities’ annual meeting on Thursday.
The Proof Liberal Arts Colleges Need? Inside Higher Ed The Proof Liberal Arts Colleges Need? Before Richard A. Detweiler's presentation here Thursday at the annual meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, he asked audience members why they had selected his session, in which he had promised to present data about the long-term impact of having studied at a liberal arts college. The audience members were a mix of faculty members and administrators at liberal arts colleges and from liberal arts programs within larger universities. Many talked about looking for evidence to bolster their efforts to defend the liberal arts.
The Price of Requiring Regulators to Do More Cost-benefit Analysis The New York Times The Price of Requiring Regulators to Do More Cost-benefit Analysis David Zaring of the Wharton School writes about the importance of Wall Street regulators doing more cost-benefit analysis.
Phila. Cancer Summit Examines Promise of Precision Medicine Philly.com Phila. Cancer Summit Examines Promise of Precision Medicine Chi V. Dang of Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center is quoted about what it is like to treat cancer.
New Research Digs Into Mysterious Origins of Coal The Washington Post New Research Digs Into Mysterious Origins of Coal Hermann Pferfferkorn of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “But, most of the time, there isn’t very much — the coal is usually only found in certain areas, and the amounts that do exist do not compare to the huge quantities formed in the Carboniferous and Cenozoic.”
Why a $550 Incentive to Lose Weight Failed CNN Why a $550 Incentive to Lose Weight Failed Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on why offering monetary incentives to workers to lose weight was unsuccessful.
Cheap Oil 101: U.S. May Have Finally Moved Beyond '70s Turmoil San Francisco Chronicle Cheap Oil 101: U.S. May Have Finally Moved Beyond '70s Turmoil Ruben Lobel of the Wharton School is quoted about crude oil, conversations about the U.S. carbon footprint and motives behind purchasing an electric car.