Penn in the News

Charlie Johnson of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned as a physicist and director of Penn’s Nano/Bio Interface Center.

Leaders of Lancaster County's largest health system have repeatedly cited the need to move the industry away from its current fee-for-service model as a key factor in their decision to become part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

Dean Denis Kinane of the School of Dental Medicine and director Lynn Marsden-Atlass of the Arthur Ross Gallery comment on the exhibit “Courtly Treasures: The Collection of Thomas W. Evans, Surgeon Dentist to Napoleon III.”

Princeton University, one of the world’s most selective schools, is considering what would be the second significant expansion of its undergraduate enrollment since the turn of the century. Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, who took office in July 2013, said Tuesday the Ivy League university in New Jersey is examining whether to launch another round of growth several years after its undergraduate population rose more than 10 percent. “I am inclined to do this,” Eisgruber said during a visit to The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School is quoted about providing data to help keep policymakers and the public more aware of crime-related statistics.

Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that placebos, currently used mainly for control groups in clinical trials, may be worth another look for treatment and for chronic illnesses; they might be a key to increasing a drug’s lifetime effectiveness.

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. convinced a federal appeals court to reverse most of a $1.54 billion damage award to Carnegie Mellon University in a closely watched patent case. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed that Marvell infringed the two patents at issue in the case, which cover technology related to computer disk drives. The court ruled that Marvell must pay the university at least $278.4 million, and ordered a new trial on issues that could increase that award.

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center writes about what it would be like if guns were treated like motor vehicles.

The fraternity pledges gathered for a run before dawn. In single file, led by three brothers, the 27 pledges set out for about two miles, turning onto Old Greenville Highway, crossing the bridge over Lake Hartwell and back. One of them, Tucker Hipps, never returned. The sophomore’s body was found that afternoon, floating under the bridge.