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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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What It Feels Like to Be a Black Professor
Dean John Jackson of the School of Social Policy & Practice writes about his experience as a black college professor.
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Why Are So Many College Students Failing to Gain Job Skills Before Graduation?
If you watch college sports on television, you’ve probably seen the ad for Enterprise Rent-A-Car featuring former college athletes working behind the counter at your nearby Enterprise location. Enterprise – which hires more entry-level college graduates annually than any other company in the U.S. — likes recruiting college athletes because they know how to work on teams and multitask.
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Brown University’s Tighter Grip On Fraternities Spurs Debate
A week after Brown University imposed sanctions on two fraternities and issued a ban on alcohol at registered events on campus, administrators are reviewing current alcohol policies.
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Racial Profiling on Campus?
The debate over racial profiling -- already a hot topic on many college campuses -- gained renewed attention this weekend when Yale University police briefly detained a black male student Saturday evening. Black students and faculty members at many campuses charge that racial profiling is a fact of life for them, but this student's experience immediately attracted wide attention.
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The Obama Man Turning Around Chicago’s South Side Isn’t Rahm Emanuel
Penn’s commitment to local engagement and trailblazing role in procurement is cited.
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The Day the Purpose of College Changed
The governor had bad news: The state budget was in crisis, and everyone needed to tighten their belts. High taxes threatened "economic ruin," said the newly elected Ronald Reagan. Welfare stood to be curbed, the highway patrol had fat to trim. Everything would be pared down; he’d start with his own office. California still boasted a system of public higher education that was the envy of the world.
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Real-life Logo Blocker Blurs Out Corporate White Noise
Undergraduates Tom Catullo, Alex Crits-Christoph, Jonathan Dubin and Reed Rosenbluth are featured for creating “Brand Killer” at the PennApps Winter 2015 hackathon.
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Why Do Nasty Online Comments Get Us Riled Up? It’s Literally in Our DNA.
Doctoral student Johannes Eichstaedt of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “We now think of chronic stress as a chronic upregulation of the sympathetic nervous system.”
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Blood Thinners Protect Against Stroke, but at a Cost
Charles Pollack of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for leading a study about reversing the effects of Pradaxa.
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An Unblinking Look at Sexual Assaults On Campus
“The Hunting Ground,” set for release in theaters and broadcast on CNN, was billed by the Sundance Film Festival as a “piercing,