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Finding the Right March
Only a small number of top-performing high school students from low-income backgrounds get admitted to elite colleges. This so-called undermatching problem has gained the attention of academic researchers, the White House and the news media in recent years. Yet the studies that initially triggered this worry were focused on the much broader issue of the numerous barriers low-income students face in trying to get to college -- usually a public one -- and earn a degree.
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Video: Napoleon Bonaparte Treasures – 6ABC Loves the Arts
Dean Denis Kinane of the School of Dental Medicine and director Lynn Marsden-Atlass of the Arthur Ross Gallery comment on the exhibit “Courtly Treasures: The Collection of Thomas W. Evans, Surgeon Dentist to Napoleon III.”
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Princeton President Says Elite School Is ‘Inclined’ to Expand Undergrad Enrollment
Princeton University, one of the world’s most selective schools, is considering what would be the second significant expansion of its undergraduate enrollment since the turn of the century. Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, who took office in July 2013, said Tuesday the Ivy League university in New Jersey is examining whether to launch another round of growth several years after its undergraduate population rose more than 10 percent. “I am inclined to do this,” Eisgruber said during a visit to The Washington Post on Tuesday.
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Should Prison Sentences Be Based on Crimes That Haven’t Been Committed Yet?
Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School is quoted about providing data to help keep policymakers and the public more aware of crime-related statistics.
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Penn Study Says Placebos Could Prolong Drugs' Effectiveness
Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that placebos, currently used mainly for control groups in clinical trials, may be worth another look for treatment and for chronic illnesses; they might be a key to increasing a drug’s lifetime effectiveness.
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Court Reverses $1.54 Billion Verdict Against Marvell
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. convinced a federal appeals court to reverse most of a $1.54 billion damage award to Carnegie Mellon University in a closely watched patent case. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed that Marvell infringed the two patents at issue in the case, which cover technology related to computer disk drives. The court ruled that Marvell must pay the university at least $278.4 million, and ordered a new trial on issues that could increase that award.
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Sniffing Out Ovarian Cancer
Charlie Johnson of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned as a physicist and director of Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center.
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Case Study Offers Clues on How Penn Medicine Is Trying to Transform Health care
Leaders of Lancaster County's largest health system have repeatedly cited the need to move the industry away from its current fee-for-service model as a key factor in their decision to become part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.
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Defending Their Homes
Marie Gottschalk of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow.
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The Surprising Reason Your Salary Isn’t Growing
Iwan Barankay of the Wharton School says, “Performance-related pay, of which bonuses are an example, will become more and more prevalent.”