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6/14
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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UNC, you’re not alone. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is investigating allegations of academic misconduct on 20 campuses, the association’s head of enforcement told The Chronicle on Tuesday.
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A New York University student set fire to the bed in his dorm room — where a 19-year-old woman was fast asleep and intoxicated, according to the New York Daily News. The attacker allegedly filmed this all on Snapchat, singing
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Dominic Sisti and Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine and Ezekiel Emanuel of PSOM and the Wharton School discuss their thoughts on returning to mental asylums.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School is mentioned for his book Give and Take.
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The University of Moncton in Canada released this ad, meant to attract prospective students. It’s full of sexy co-eds doing sexy things.
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A student group at Mount Holyoke College has decided to cancel its annual performance of The Vagina Monologues, saying the play excludes the experiences of transgender women who don’t have a vagina.
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Susan Wachter of the Wharton School comments on President Obama’s omission of housing in the State of the Union address.
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Coaches are among the most highly-paid employees in the University of California system, with hefty bonuses if their teams have good seasons and win championships. On Wednesday, UC officials debated how to add another factor to coaches' compensation — and it has nothing to do with how well their teams perform. The university is moving to link student athletes' grades and graduation rates to the bonuses that coaches can receive.
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Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine answers questions about the importance of sleep.
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Philadelphia philanthropist Raymond G. Perelman has given $50 million to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which will name an eight-acre portion of its University City campus in his honor. The gift, to be announced Wednesday, equals in size the biggest Children's has ever received, and brings Perelman's total announced donations in the Philadelphia region to $339 million.