Penn in the News

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.

Marie Gottschalk of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow.

Iwan Barankay of the Wharton School says, “Performance-related pay, of which bonuses are an example, will become more and more prevalent.”

Over the past several years, they could hardly have had bigger news to report. The young journalists at the Cavalier Daily, the University of Virginia’s student newspaper, covered stories that made international headlines: murder, leadership, crises, allegations of rape and racial attacks. But even as its student reporters were going after the news, the paper’s business side was struggling.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on marketing strategies to help Cheney University recruit students.

Rebecca Wells and Michael Pack of the Perelman School of Medicine are featured for leading a study about biliary atresia in zebrafish and mammals.