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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A Compassionate Work Culture Can Really Benefit the Bottom Line, Too
Sigal Barsade of the Wharton School is cited for a collaborative study on the idea of compassionate love culture.
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Why More Millennials Are Choosing to Be Childless
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is cited for studying graduating students’ plans to have children.
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With Fraternities Under Scrutiny, Greek Lobbyists Take to Capitol Hill
Student fraternity and sorority leaders will fan out across Capitol Hill on Wednesday with a challenging mission: to repair the image of campus Greek life. That image has taken a beating in recent months, thanks to a slew of incidents at campus chapters — including racist chants and the sharing of photos of naked, incapacitated women — that have stirred widespread debate about the role of fraternities.
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University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital Lobby Gets a Makeover
Dean Joan Hendricks of the School of Veterinary Medicine talks about the newly renovated Ryan Veterinary Hospital lobby.
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Nearly 8% of Occidental College Students Surveyed Report Sexual Assault
Nearly 8% of Occidental College students who responded to a survey about sexual misconduct on campus reported that they had been sexually assaulted, according to the results released this week. About 630 undergraduates, 30% of the student body, responded to the survey. Fifty-one said they had been sexually assaulted, most of them by someone they knew during their first year on campus.
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Baltimore’s Colleges Ponder How They Can Help Fix a Broken City
The rioting, looting, arson, and vandalism that happened here this week might have horrified people across the country, watching it unfold on 24-hour news channels and Facebook feeds. But no one in this city should have been surprised. Much of Baltimore has long been a tinderbox of crushing poverty, pervasive violence, racism, and stark socioeconomic divides. It was only a matter of time.
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The Teenage Brain You’re Sending to College
Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about brain development of teenagers on their way to college.
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New Rankings Gauge Colleges’ ‘Value Added’ by Measuring Alumni Outcomes
The Brookings Institution joined a crowded market of efforts to classify colleges with the release on Wednesday of its new "value added" rankings. The rankings consider how well colleges’ alumni performed on three economic measures: midcareer earnings, student-loan repayment, and "occupational earnings power," the average salary of occupations in which alumni work.
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My Conversation With Sleep Apnea Expert Richard Schwab
Richard Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about sleep apnea.
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Wang Jianlin, a Billionaire at the Intersection of Business and Power in China
Xu Han of the Wharton School is quoted about the expansion of the Wanda Group.