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Silence of the Lambs

 Rebecca Wells and Michael Pack of the Perelman School of Medicine are featured for leading a study about biliary atresia in zebrafish and mammals.

College Administrators Should Help Rape Survivors, Not Their School’s Public Image

A Chill for Chinese Exchanges?

A draft law that would require foreign nongovernmental organizations to register their activities with police authorities in China has American universities worried about a chilling effect on educational exchanges of all types. The draft law defines foreign NGOs broadly and is sweeping in its scope, seemingly applying not only to universities that have physical locations in China but also to any institution that so much as sends a single student or professor there.

Samuel DuBose’s Death in Cincinnati Points to Off-Campus Power of College Police

Should We Charge Patients for Medical Research?

Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School and Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine co-author an op-ed about the idea of patients being charged for medical research.

Audio: Why Peer Pressure Doesn’t Add Up to Retirement Savings

Research from Katherine Milkman of the Wharton School about the effects of peer pressure on retirement savings decisions is featured.

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What Happened After One College Tried to Make Greek Life Go Coed

Nearly three years ago, Trinity College did some soul-searching about Greek life on the campus after a spike in drug and alcohol problems and a drop down the national rankings. The small liberal-arts college in Connecticut announced a major change as part of a plan to improve campus social life: Its seven single-gender fraternities and sororities would have to become coeducational. By the fall of 2016 the groups would need to have virtually equal shares of male and female members.

This Penn Nursing Ph.D. Just Got a Fulbright to Study Online Games

Doctoral candidate Matthew Lee of the School of Nursing is featured for receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to study how to improve online gaming communities.

Penn and Others Drop an Essay Requirement for Standardized Tests

Yvonne Romero DaSilva of Admissions talks about Penn’s shift in its application requirements.