Penn in the News

Ricardo Simmonds of the Penn Newman Catholic Community comments on the excitement surrounding the papal visit to Philadelphia.

Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School is among the authors of a report on massive open online courses.

Syracuse University is considering kissing the kiss cam goodbye, after some say the Jumbotron feature encourages sexual assault. “The instances I witnessed at the game encourage and condone sexual assault and a sense of male entitlement, at best. And they are an actual instance of assault, at worst,” Stephen Port of Manlius, N.Y., wrote in a letter to the editor of the Syracuse newspaper The Post-Standard and Syracuse.com. Mr. Port felt the need to write the letter after attending the Syracuse University-Wake Forest football game last week.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education pens a letter to Donald Trump.

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School offers perspective on renting versus buying.

Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on how black Catholics can relate to Pope Francis’ messages on “justice, poverty and liberation.”