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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Why It’s Absolutely Crazy That We Don’t Ask Millionaires to Pay More Taxes
Dirk Krueger of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for a 2014 working paper about people’s standard of living and economic growth.
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Bad Apples or the Barrel?
The scene that greeted employees of the Treetop Resort in late January looked like a tornado had passed through. Doors hung off their hinges, holes pocked the walls, debris and pieces of ceiling covered the hallway. But this wasn’t the work of a freak winter storm. Members of a University of Michigan fraternity who stayed in the hotel that week had caused the estimated $430,000 in damage.
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Google Faces Antitrust Charges by European Regulators
Eric Clemons of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on the antitrust charges against Google.
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NIH Budget Boosters Get a Push From the Right
About 100 university scientists and their advocates gathered here on Tuesday as part of an annual ritual to convince lawmakers of the value of federal spending on medical research. And this year, with the sales job perhaps as tough as any, they got some extra inside help.
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Medicare Overpays as Hospital Prices Rise
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School comments on Medicare and hospital costs.
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Clinton Criticizes For-Profits, Talks College Costs
Hillary Clinton, on her first trip to Iowa after declaring her presidential candidacy, criticized for-profit colleges and talked about college costs in a discussion at Kirkwood Community College.
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One Economics Book We All Should Read
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School recommends John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash: 1929 to gain insight into today’s economy.
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Helping Minority Ph.D.’s in STEM: Something’s Working
Earning a Ph.D. in a STEM field is meant to be challenging, but data has shown it can be especially so for minority students.
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Political Correctness at Princeton: When It Comes to Free Speech, They're No Tigers
Alan Kors of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted on free speech vs. hate speech.
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A Digital Reboot of Humanities at U of Penn
Jeffrey Kallberg of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about Penn’s newly announced Price Lab for Digital Humanities.