Zika Concern Rising, but Region ‘Should Be Just Fine’ Philly.com Zika Concern Rising, but Region ‘Should Be Just Fine’ Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine and Michael Weisberg of the School of Arts & Sciences are quoted about the Zika virus.
For Weight Loss, HOW You Exercise Is More Important Than How Much Today.com For Weight Loss, HOW You Exercise Is More Important Than How Much Kathryn Schmitz of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on increasing formal exercise time.
Researchers Find Causes for Higher Death Rates Among Middle-aged Whites Los Angeles Times Researchers Find Causes for Higher Death Rates Among Middle-aged Whites Samuel Preston of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about higher-than-expected death rates among middle-aged white Americans.
Why Even the Best Russian Think Tanks Struggle to Influence Foreign Policy Russia Direct Why Even the Best Russian Think Tanks Struggle to Influence Foreign Policy James McGann of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for authoring “The Global Go-To Think Tanks Index.”
Video: Paywalls Are Not the Answer for Every Media Organization Associated Press Video: Paywalls Are Not the Answer for Every Media Organization Michael Sinkinson of the Wharton School shares his commentary on the use of paywalls by media organizations.
The Limits of Open Inside Higher Ed The Limits of Open As Coursera tweaks its business model to find a financially viable way to offer massive open online courses, critics say its MOOCs are becoming less open and less like courses. Coursera last week announced the release of dozens of new courses and course sequences, which it calls Specializations, in subjects ranging from career brand management to creative writing. But many of the new MOOCs came with a new barrier to enrollment.
Might Yale Rename a College to Honor a Beloved Student, Instead of a 19th Century Slavery Proponent? The Washington Post Might Yale Rename a College to Honor a Beloved Student, Instead of a 19th Century Slavery Proponent? In the debate underway at Yale University over whether a residential community should continue to bear the name of John C. Calhoun, the fraught question is not simply whether to banish the current title but what to put in its place. The matter has taken on new urgency — at Yale and nationally — after student protest last fall cast a harsh light on the university’s racial climate, epitomized for some by Calhoun College, named in the 1930s for the 1804 graduate of Yale College who provided much of the intellectual foundation for the Confederacy.
Pols Give Nutter Advice About His New Job at Columbia Philly.com Pols Give Nutter Advice About His New Job at Columbia Mark Alan Hughes of the School of Design and faculty director of the Fels Policy Research Initiative is quoted.
Students’ Demands Go Beyond Black and White Chronicle of Higher Education Students’ Demands Go Beyond Black and White When Mi Gente, a group that represents Latino students at Duke University, announced that it would boycott a spring recruiting weekend for Latinos because its members were tired of simply being "poster children for brochures," black and Asian-American student groups took to social media to pledge their support. Meanwhile, they were busy with their own demands. All three wanted safe spaces where students could feel comfortable talking about their problems and an accelerated timeline for hiring minority professors.
Daily Pennsylvanian Archives, as Old as 1885, Now Online Philly.com Daily Pennsylvanian Archives, as Old as 1885, Now Online Digital archives of the University’s independent student news organization, The Daily Pennsylvanian, are featured.