Penn in the News

The Rise of Asia’s Think Tanks

 Penn’s Global Go To Think Tank Index is cited.

Why I Use Trigger Warnings

The Symposium Cautions Against Conflating Education With Job Training

 About three minutes into her opening speech at a symposium here on Thursday about the value of the liberal arts, Sen. Susan Collins addressed an underlying theme of the gathering with a blunt statement: "The importance of the liberal arts to a free and democratic society was known to antiquity," said Ms. Collins, a Republican from Maine. "Why is it that we need to keep reminding ourselves — and, more to the point, the public — of its value?"

Dr. Carson, Dr. Paul, Meet Dr. Hippocrates

 Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences critiques doctors who become politicians.

What Actual High Schoolers Think of the New College Scorecard

Researchers Dig for Cause of Dog Diabetes

 Rebecka Hess of the School of Veterinary Medicine and doctoral student Emily Shields of the Perelman School of Medicine are cited for researching dogs with diabetes.

Going Back to School

First-time graduate school enrollment was up 3.5 percent in 2014 from the year before, the biggest annual increase since 2009, according to a report out today from the Council of Graduate Schools. I was surprised that that number was as big as it was,” said Jeff Allum, assistant vice president for research and policy analysis for the council and co-author of its “Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2004 to 2014” study.

Pilgrims Plan: Your Guide to Surviving the Papal Visit, Body and Spirit

 Brian Sennett of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests ways to protect knees and back from strain while walking during the papal visit.

Video: Divide Between Black Football Players and Black Students A Concern to Both

 Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is cited for conducting a single-site study focused on student-athletes and race.

Landmark Analysis of an Infamous Medical Study Points Out the Challenges of Research Oversight