Penn in the News

It’s no secret that science courses, particularly at the first- and second-year levels, can be dry. The classes are big, the content is wide but typically shallow, and professors often resort to lectures.

Who do you think received more cash from Yale’s endowment last year: Yale students, or the private equity fund managers hired to invest the university’s money? It’s not even close. Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers as compensation — about $137 million in annual management fees, and another $343 million in performance fees, also known as carried interest — to manage about $8 billion, one-third of Yale’s endowment.

Diana Mutz of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on campaign spending.

Penn gets high marks in free speech rights on campus.

David Weiner of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on efficacies of a vaccine against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus.

Philip Hanno of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about the FDA being under pressure to approve the drug Addyi.