Penn in the News

Research co-authored by Laura Huang of the Wharton School on the impact of an entrepreneur’s gender and looks when securing venture capital funding is featured.

P.J. Brennan of Penn Medicine and Deborah Driscoll of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about preparations for the papal visit.

Sweet Briar survived a brush with death. Now the college needs to figure out how to survive in the world, something the previous administration thought impossible.  Phillip C. Stone, the new president, thinks he can succeed where others have failed. In an interview with The Chronicle, Mr. Stone explains that fear of sexual assault and city crime could make a rural, women’s college an attractive option to students and parents worried about campus safety.

Philip Hanno and Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on an FDA advisory panel approving a libido-boosting pill for women.

Emily Owens of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on school resource officer programs.

Douglas Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on brain trauma in children who play tackle sports.