Penn in the News

Sex on Campus

Students Set a New Course With Off-Beat Majors

Study Links Low Heart Rates With Violent Behavior

 Adrian Raine of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for studying neurocriminology.

Why Graduate Schools Are a Complete Disaster – and How to Fix That

Alzheimer’s May Have Been Transmitted Via Human Growth Hormone

 David Irwin of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “There remains no definitive evidence that clinical manifestations of Alzheimer’s can be transmitted between humans.”

Bionic Eyes, Stem Cells and Gene Therapy: 3 Cutting Edge Cures for Blindness

 Samuel Jacobson of the Perelman School of Medicine describes how gene therapy treatment for blindness works.

The U.S. News and World Report College Rankings: A Public vs. Private Dilemma

Lernen ja, Abschluss nein

 Ezekiel Emanuel of the Wharton School and the Perelman School of Medicine and Christian Terwiesch of Wharton are quoted about massive open online courses.

College Rankings That Matter: Hottest Students, Most Weed, Ugliest Campus

 Princeton’s at the top of the U.S. News and World Report list of best colleges, again, followed by Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and University of Chicago. Some people surely agree. Others think the ranking system is flawed, biased, irrelevant, or perhaps all of the above.

Setting the Record Straight Regarding Student Enrollment at HBCUs

 Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education co-writes an article tackling student enrollment at historically black colleges and universities.