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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Makeover Coming for Healthcare.gov
Charlene Wong of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “With the rise of narrow networks, it is increasingly important for consumers to have provider-lookup tools so they can see which plans included their preferred doctors and hospitals.”
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Hazing and Drinking Deaths at Asian-American Fraternities Raise Concerns
The number of Asian-American fraternities and sororities has grown over the last generation as the children and grandchildren of immigrants, feeling shut out of existing Greek organizations, began to create their own. And as those groups have spread across the country, some have replicated not only the social networking of other fraternities, but also their excesses.
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Investment Firms Nurture University Start-ups
The Penn Center for Innovation and its creation of more than 100 companies on its own and through its five-year-old company creation program, Upstart, are cited.
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Audio: Russia in Syria and What It Means for the US
Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about why Russia intervened in the Syrian conflict and what that means for America and the region.
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A Doctor Trapped Between Medical Oath and Health Laws
Erin Aakhus of the Perelman School of Medicine pens an op-ed about ethical conflicts in patient treatment.
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In Zambia, Schoolgirls Are Negotiating the Value of Their Education
Corinne Low of the Wharton School comments on collaboratively creating a curriculum that teaches girls in Zambia how to negotiate with their parents for an education.
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Million Man March, 20 Years On
Adolph Reed of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the fundamentally conservative and sexist nature of the Million Man March, 20 years later.
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Calif. Governor Oks Bill to Tighten Campus Gun Ban but Vetoes Sex-Assault Bill
Acting on a number of bills over the weekend, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed into law a measure that will ban the carrying of concealed guns on college campuses in the state, but vetoed legislation that would have required colleges to set tougher penalties for sexual assault.
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Reaching Vulnerable Students
In the days after his brother committed suicide, Evan Rose sat with his family around their living room table discussing how to move forward from the loss. Described as a high-achieving student, Stephen Rose graduated from Harvard University in 2006 before earning his master’s degree in psychology at the City College of the City University of New York. In 2014, he jumped to his death from the top of Harvard’s William James Hall. He was 29.
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A Student Loan System Stacked Against the Borrower
“It feels like I’m being set up to fail.” That’s how Patrick Wittwer, 31, described his experience trying to repay his roughly $50,000 in student loans. Between misdirected payments by one of the companies servicing his loan and the abusive collection tactics he encountered when he fell behind, Mr. Wittwer said the repayment process simply seemed stacked against him.