11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Severe Mental Illness Found to Drop in Young, Defying Perceptions
Steven Marcus of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Social Policy & Practice is cited for a collaborative study about mental illness in children.
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How Jettisoning Pricey Money Managers Might Ease City Pension Headaches
Donald Keim of the Wharton School is quoted about co-authoring a paper titled, “Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners.”
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As They Slice NSF’s Budget, House Republicans Seek to Expose Research Misconduct
Among many controversial provisions in a bill to set policy for the National Science Foundation, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has proposed that the NSF start publicly naming any scientists it finds guilty of research misconduct. The so-called Competes Act reauthorization, which faces a floor vote on Wednesday, is getting generally panned by university researchers and their advocates.
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A Wharton Professor Explains the Secret to Living the Life You Want
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is featured for his research on work/life balance.
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Foal-sitting: Exhausting, Exhilarating
Jon Palmer of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on volunteer foal sitters at the new Bolton Center.
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Video: Palmyra Historic City ‘Taken by Islamic State Fighters’
Katharyn Hanson of the Penn Cultural Heritage Center talks about ISIS taking over the ancient site of Palmyra.
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Student Evaluations: Feared, Loathed, and Not Going Anywhere
Janet Wilson has a number burned into her mind: 4.7. That’s the average student-evaluation score, on a five-point scale, that she has to reach to feel safe. Her score helps to determine her fate as a full-time, non-tenure-track professor at her West Coast research university. “Everybody in my department is obsessed,” says Ms. Wilson, a teacher in the humanities for more than a decade.
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250th Celebration Gala for the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine
A celebration for the 250th anniversary of the medical school is highlighted.
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Temple to Start City’s First Confucius Institute
Temple University is starting a Confucius Institute - the first in Philadelphia - focusing on the teaching of Chinese language and culture, officials announced Monday. The school will partner with China's Zhejiang Normal University, which will send two Chinese language professors here to teach in the institute, said Temple provost Hai-Lung Dai.
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The Case for ‘Unbundling’ Higher Education
The Great Recession and its aftermath have exposed a major mismatch between the skills of many college graduates and the skills employers are seeking. If anything, as technological change marches on, this problem may get worse. University presidents and trustees cannot afford to be complacent.