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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The American Worker Culture Clash in the Workplace
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School describes international differences in worker satisfaction.
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The Chinese Mother’s American Dream
Abby Wu and her parents sat side by side on the living-room couch in their apartment. The sun had not yet risen on this chilly December morning, and they would greet one of the most consequential moments in Abby’s young life in their pajamas. Today they would find out if she had been admitted to the college of her dreams, Wellesley, in far-off Massachusetts. It was the culmination of so much: hours of studying for the SAT, draft after discarded draft of personal essays.
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Dirty Money
Louis Rulli of the Law School comments on a case against the Philadelphia district attorney and Pennsylvania’s civil forfeiture law.
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Rule on Financial Products Draws Criticism, Praise
Virtually every college, company, advocacy group and other party that commented on proposed new federal rules on campus financial products by last week's deadline asserted that it had students' best interests at heart.
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Egg Producers Buckle Down as Avian Flu Creeps Toward Pa.
Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on the impact bird flu can have on the U.S. poultry business.
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As Blacklegged Ticks Migrate, Lyme Disease Follows
Camilo Khatchikian of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on researching the migration of ticks and the disease that has followed this journey.
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Asset-forfeiture Laws Raise Concerns
Louis Rulli of the Law School is quoted on issues with federal forfeiture laws.
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With Students Away, Colleges Try a New Course
School’s out for summer, but some colleges are throwing their doors wide open.
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The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten
Sarah A. Tishkoff of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the current popularity of gluten-free diets.
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How Obama Reversed Course on Federal College Ratings
President Barack Obama dearly wanted to get the government in the business of rating colleges and universities based on value and affordability, promising a new system by 2015. Now that goal is shriveling under the weight of a concerted opposition from universities, lawmakers and bureaucrats in Obama’s own administration. Nearly two years after the president, standing before a crowd of 7,000 at the University at Buffalo, unveiled the bold proposal as a way to curb soaring college costs, his administration has quietly but drastically scaled back the initiative.