11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Comparing Immunotherapy to Other Cancer Weapons
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine is highlighted for experimenting with immunotherapy.
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Getting Aggressive With Prostate Cancer
Justin Bekelman of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses new options in treating prostate cancer.
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Using Fewer Brain ‘Tools’ May Speed Learning
Danielle Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted on her new analysis methods to network the brain.
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Cooper Union Inquiry Puts Nonprofits on Notice
In what should be a ringing alarm for nonprofit boards across the country long accustomed to minimal scrutiny or accountability, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has signaled that the laissez-faire approach to nonprofit governance is over.
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What Is It Like to Be Poor At an Ivy League School?
When Ana Barros first stepped into Harvard Yard as a freshman, she felt so out of place she might as well have had the words “low income” written on her forehead.
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Why the Gettysburg Address Is Still a Great Case Study in Persuasion
Deborah Small of the Wharton School shares her experience in sharing facts versus stories in marketing campaigns.
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Bloomberg Funds a New Kissinger Institute at Johns Hopkins University
Michael Bloomberg, the three-term former mayor of New York, is helping to launch a new international policy institute at Johns Hopkins University, named in honor of his friend, the legendary former secretary of state Henry Kissinger.
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Banning Booze
The next few months could be a more lucrative time for bars in Hanover, N.H. The home of Dartmouth College is not especially known for its bar scene, with many students choosing instead to drink on campus at fraternity parties.
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U. Md. Student Government Endorses Demand That Byrd Stadium Be Renamed, Citing Racist Legacy
Colin Byrd hates the name. A second-generation “terrapin” — his father graduated from the University of Maryland in 1978 — he’s leading the campaign to pull the name “Byrd” off of the university’s football stadium, a proposal the student government endorsed in a 13-2-2 vote Wednesday night. A coalition of student groups says Byrd Stadium’s namesake, H.C.
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First-Generation Students Unite
Ana Barros grew up in a two-family house built by Habitat for Humanity, hard by the boarded-up buildings and vacant lots of Newark. Neither parent attended college, but she was a star student. With a 2200 on her SATs, she expected to fit in at Harvard.