Penn in the News

Why Americans Are Going Abroad for an M.B.A.

 Propelled in part by a strong U.S. dollar, more U.S. students are heading across the pond for a business degree. U.S. students are applying to elite European programs like Insead Business School in France and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and are making up a growing proportion of incoming M.B.A. classes at those schools.

Donald Trump Is Summer’s Biggest TV Hit, and Ratings Gold for Cable News

 Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication shares her thoughts on Donald Trump using the Trump Tower interior as a branding tool for his presidential candidacy.

What You Need to Know About Social Media Credit Scores

 Pinar Yildrim and graduate student Yanhao Wei of the Wharton School are cited for co-authoring a paper on social network scoring.

College Students Are Now Smoking More Pot Than Cigarettes

Federal Plan to Modernize Medical Trials’ Rules Would Be Boon to Universities

 After more than four years of work, the finish line appears to be in sight for a governmentwide process to modernize the rules governing human participation in medical trials. The results appear to offer substantial benefits for many university researchers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a 519-page set of regulations on Wednesday, the result of work with 15 other federal departments and agencies dating to 2011. The document represents the first comprehensive overhaul of the regulations in three decades.

No Love, But No Alternative

Hungary’s Rightward Shift Fuels Harsh Refugee Policy

 Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the refugee crisis in Hungary.

New York Attorney General Crafts Deal to End Litigation at Cooper Union

Penn Team Finds a Source for Chemo Nausea in the Brain

 Bart De Jonghe of the School of Nursing is highlighted for researching the role the brain plays in nausea that follows chemotherapy treatment with cisplatin.

Big Leaps for Parental Leave, If Workers Actually Take It

 Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School comments on major shifts in the workplace’s work/life balance due to new policies on parental leave.