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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Cornell’s New President: It’s Time to Look at Higher Education Through a Different Lens
We in higher education have been on the defensive lately, amid persistent and legitimate concerns about the rising cost of college education, its purpose and its value.
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Analysis Finds Higher Expulsion Rates for Black Students
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is featured for co-authoring a study that reveals black students are suspended or expelled at higher rates than white students in 132 school districts in 13 southern states.
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Why Introverts Make Great Entrepreneurs
A study by Adam Grant of the Wharton School finds that introverted leaders are an asset.
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Good Neighbors or Conspirators?
Colleges and universities lure top faculty members away from competitor institutions all the time, and the practice is (generally speaking) entirely legal.
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At Penn Museum, a Pre-papal ‘Flood' of Artifacts Looks at Links Among Faiths
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offerings related to the upcoming visit by the pope are highlighted.
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Penn Museum’s ‘Flood’ of Artifacts Shows Links Among Faiths
The Museum is highlighted for exhibiting ancient religious texts to mark the papal visit next month.
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Some at Duke Refuse the Summer Reading, A Graphic Novel About Sexual Identity
Some incoming freshman objected to the recommended summer reading at Duke University, the student newspaper the Chronicle reported, sparking a debate over morality, sexual identity and literature online before the school year even began. “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” is a best-selling graphic novel by cartoonist Alison Bechdel. The graphic novel, whose musical adaptation was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for drama, was recommended to freshmen arriving on campus to prompt discussion about difficult issues.
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Audio: China, Its Economy and the World
Jacques DeLisle of the Law School and Mauro Guillen of the Wharton School are interviewed about China’s economy and its effect on the U.S.
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A Passion For Video Games and a Cause For Mental Health
An interview with graduate student Matthew Lee from the School of Nursing highlights his research using video games in treatment for mental illness.
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Critics Take Aim (Again) at Rich University Endowments
Fat endowments make for attractive, fat targets. That was true earlier this summer, when the Twitterverse went, well, all atwitter, over the news that John A. Paulson, a hedge-fund mogul, decided to donate $400 million to Harvard, the richest university in the world.