5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Leniency Likely?
In May, Pennsylvania State University banned its chapter of Kappa Delta Rho -- the fraternity that maintained a private Facebook page that featured photographs of nude and partially nude unconscious women -- from campus for three years. The decision, which was made after an investigation into the Facebook page also revealed incidents of sexual harassment and hazing within the chapter, overturned an earlier ruling by the university’s Interfraternity Council.
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Time to Change Prez Debates
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for issuing a report entitled “Democratizing the Debates.”
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How a Court Ruling Could Create Healthcare Chaos
Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School describes health-care policy and insurance as being “interconnected.”
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Penn’s Austin Bossart Hoping to Make Splash in Phillies’ Organization
May graduate Austin Bossart talks about being selected as a 14th round pick in Major League Baseball’s draft.
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Data’s Black Box
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for studying data privacy and marketing trade-off.
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America’s Churches: Often a Reflection of the Nation’s Racial Divide
Tukufu Zuberi of the School or Arts & Sciences says, “When you kneel to pray, you don’t want your humanity questioned.”
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Couple’s Virology Research at Penn Was Pioneering
Gertrude and Werner Henle, husband-and-wife virologists of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, are featured.
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She’s a First-generation College Student With Her Pick of 5 Ivy League Schools
Brandi Moore took the stage at DAR Constitution Hall and opened her valedictory in a typically Brandi Moore way: with a little self-deprecating humor. “Let me preface this speech by saying I do not have some elaborate ‘Napoleon Dynamite’-like dance to do in front of you, nor do I have an amazing stand-up routine to share,” Moore said, addressing her fellow graduates from Arlington’s Washington-Lee High School. Don’t call her a genius or a whiz kid or even an overachiever.
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Building a Better Valve
Howard Herrmann of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on patients treated with a transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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Sweet Briar Reaches Deal to Stay Open
Sweet Briar College, the women’s liberal arts college in rural Virginia that announced it would close in August — setting off a storm of protest and lawsuits from students, faculty and alumnae — will remain open for at least another academic year under an agreement announced Saturday by the attorney general of Virginia.