Penn in the News

The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on Dec. 9 in Fisher v. University of Texas, a case challenging affirmative action in university admissions. Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for the magazine, and Adam Liptak, The Times’s Supreme Court correspondent, have been exchanging emails about the possible outcomes of the case and what they might mean at a moment of debate over race in American higher education.

When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Wednesday in a legal battle over race-conscious admissions at the University of Texas, look for the justices to focus less on the broad debate over such policies than on nuts-and-bolts questions defining when they stray beyond established law.

Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on Albuquerque’s approach to the homeless population.

Sandra González-Bailón of the Annenberg School for Communication is interviewed about the role people who support causes using social media play in activism.

"The presidents of Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania both earned more than $3 million in 2013…."

The president of the University of Maryland is recommending that Byrd Stadium be renamed, saying the segregationist legacy of the long-honored alumnus and former college leader does not align with the university’s mission. Wallace Loh announced to the U-Md.

Mark Liberman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on the voice inflections used when speaking one-on-one with a camera.

Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School talks about productivity and distraction in the workplace.

Martha J. Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on her studies on academic “smart drugs.”

Anna Cabre of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how the oceans offset the rising temperatures of earth.