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  • 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.

    Jan 24, 2016

    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.

    Jan 22, 2016

    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.

    Jan 22, 2016

    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.

    Jan 22, 2016

    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.

    Jan 22, 2016

    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.”

    Jan 21, 2016

    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.

    Jan 21, 2016