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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 Quiet Revolution in Helping Lift the Burden of Student Debt
Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question.
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Audio: ‘Deflate-Gate’ and the Psychology of Cheating in Sports
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School is interviewed.
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Video: The Push to Tax 529 Plans
President Amy Gutmann talks about President Obama’s proposal to tax 529 college plans.
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The New Normal at Berkeley
California Governor Jerry Brown this week said the state’s flagship -- the University of California at Berkeley -- has closed its doors to “normal” people. The remark, one of Brown’s characteristically blunt assertions, taps into years of concern that the state’s most prestigious universities are increasingly out of reach for many Californians.
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Should Teens Get to Say ‘No’ to Life-saving Medical Treatment?
Andrew Siegel and Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine write about giving teenagers the power to decide on life-saving treatment for themselves.
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‘We All Felt Trapped’
Walter H. G. Lewin’s debut as a massive open online course instructor was announced with some fanfare: “Afraid of physics?” a press release asked in January 2013. “Do you hate it?
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Paid More, Doctors Saw More Medicaid Patients, Penn Study Finds
Daniel Polsky of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School comments on a Penn study on Medicaid reimbursements for physicians and the number of poor patients.
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Lawsuit Filed Against NCAA, University of Carolina in ‘Paper Class’ Athletics Scandal
Two former University of North Carolina athletes have filed a lawsuit against the school and the NCAA in the wake of a far-reaching athletics scandal, alleging that they were deprived of a high-class education because of substandard courses.
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Audio: New Blood Test Could Indicate Long-term Severity of Concussions
Douglas Smith and Robert Siman of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss how a new blood test could indicate severity of concussions.
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Berkeley Plans to Build a Global Campus, 10 Miles From Home
The University of California at Berkeley plans to open a global campus, but it intends to do so without going very far from home. Under the plan, partner universities from around the world would set up shop at a new outpost just 10 miles from Berkeley’s main campus.