Penn in the News

Geoffrey Garrett of the Wharton School is the author of his article on the predicted growth of India.

Daniel Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science writes about the future of robots.

Decades ago there was a hit song in India, “Chitthi Aayi Hai,” a tear-jerking anthem about mothers mourning the loss of sons who went to school abroad and never came back.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education discusses factors that add to the low graduation rates for students attending historically black colleges and universities.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication is quoted on the like ability of political candidates.

Large and growing gaps in SAT scores, by race and ethnicity, are nothing new. The College Board and educators alike have acknowledged these gaps and offered a variety of explanations, with a focus on the gaps in family income (on average) and the resources at high schools that many minority students attend. And indeed there is also a consistent pattern year after year on SAT scores in that the higher the family income, on average, the higher the scores.

Perhaps the college application process should be preceded by a trigger warning. For students, it’s the season of stress. Admissions deans aren’t so fond of it, either. 

Carl June of the Abramson Cancer Center is acknowledged for winning an award for innovation in medicine.

As law schools across the country try to keep their classrooms full, many are admitting students with lesser qualifications, including those with a lower admissions test score — considered an important predictor of whether a graduate will earn the credentials to practice law.

Tracy Bale of the School of Veterinary Medicine and her team found that the microRNAs in mouse sperm go on to have a profound effect on the offspring's brain.