Penn in the News

Study in Tehran

Will American universities send students to Iran on study abroad programs any time soon?

My Strangely Amazing Year of Living Gratefully

 Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about using “well-being” as the top standard for valuing lives.

NLRB: No Football Union

Video: Why College Fails to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

 Grace Kao of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about the racial wealth gap and whether higher education is truly an equalizer.

Death by Monopoly

 Lawton Burns of the Wharton School is cited for leading a study of cost and quality in 15 major health-care markets.

Penn Professor Works on Local Detail into a Novel of World War II

 Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School is featured for his latest book, Allegiance.

Paul Smith’s College Will Get $20 Million, If It Changes Its Name

Work Policies May Be Kinder, but Brutal Competition Isn’t

 Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is quoted about the cultural shift among workers regarding work-life issues.

Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Eases Restrictions on Hepatitis C Treatment

 Vincent Lo Re of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his thoughts on when hepatitis C treatment is considered and administrated.

Why Republicans Can’t Stop Obama’s Executive Actions on Day One

 Cary Coglianese of the Law School says, “Assuming you really want to change the policies, that’s going to be hard to do by changing a regulation.”