11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Filter Stories
Penn In the News
Body Cameras May Have Provided Clarity in Arrest of U-Va. Student
As Virginia State Police, elected officials and many others try to understand how a University of Virginia student wound up on a Charlottesville sidewalk, bloody and prone, one piece of the puzzle is conspicuously absent: body-camera footage.
Penn In the News
Will Personalised Pricing Take E-commerce Back to the Bazaar?
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication is quoted about personalized pricing for online shopping.
Penn In the News
How Real-life Al Rivals ‘Terminator’: Robots Take the Shot
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the military’s increased interest in neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
Penn In the News
Video: Vincent Price on CCTV
Provost Vincent Price is interviewed on education in an interconnected global environment.
Penn In the News
10 Ways to Get Happy
Cassie Mogilner of the Wharton School suggests focusing on the importance of time as a resource.
Penn In the News
The Key to Our Happiness Is Connection, Not Competition
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for his research on the success of “givers” and “takers” in the workplace.
Penn In the News
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Disputed Diagnosis Imprisons Parents
Susan Margulies of the Perelman School of Medicine speaks on the difficulty of studying brain injuries in infants.
Penn In the News
Gamification Harnesses the Power of Games to Motivate
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School writes about gamification.
Penn In the News
Stunned by a Video, U. of Oklahoma Struggles to Talk About Race
The text message arrived on Latrecia Breath’s phone while she was grocery shopping on a Sunday afternoon. "Please watch this," her friend urged. Ms. Breath, a sophomore majoring in broadcasting and electronic media at the University of Oklahoma, waited until she was in the parking lot before she clicked on the link. There, in her prune-colored Saturn, she watched the video that was rapidly engulfing the 27,000-student campus. Her university had become a flash point in the national conversation about race.
Penn In the News
Why It’s Impossible for Companies to Advance Women
Monica McGrath of the Wharton School writes about workplace gender inequalities.