Applicants Urged to Speak Up at Negotiating Table Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Applicants Urged to Speak Up at Negotiating Table Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on negotiating for better jobs in the academic world.
Penn T Cell Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Myeloma Newsworks (WHYY-FM) Penn T Cell Immunotherapy Shows Promise for Myeloma Edward Stadtmauer of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the success of using immunotherapy to treat patients with myeloma.
More Than Their Mothers, Young Women Plan Career Pauses The New York Times More Than Their Mothers, Young Women Plan Career Pauses Research examining the family goals of Wharton graduates from Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is cited.
Battle of the Bots: U.S. Blocks Iran and Putters Ball to Glory in RoboCup Finals The Guardian Battle of the Bots: U.S. Blocks Iran and Putters Ball to Glory in RoboCup Finals A robot named THORwin, designed by Penn students is featured for winning the “adult-size humanoid” category in the RoboCup soccer final competition.
When a State Decides That ‘Yes Means Yes,’ What Does That Mean for Colleges? Chronicle of Higher Education When a State Decides That ‘Yes Means Yes,’ What Does That Mean for Colleges? Nearly a year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed a law requiring the state’s colleges and universities to adopt an "affirmative consent" standard defining that "only yes means yes" — that students engaging in sexual activity must signal they are willingly doing so. Now other states are making — or at least weighing — similar moves. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York signed a law this month requiring affirmative consent on college campuses, and advocates of the practice say it is likely to spread elsewhere.
Audio/Video: Today’s Newest Teachers Face Tough Job Odds, High Turnover “PBS NewsHour” Audio/Video: Today’s Newest Teachers Face Tough Job Odds, High Turnover Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences joins a discussion on the teacher job market and retention.
University of California System Set to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour The New York Times University of California System Set to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour The University of California system will raise the minimum wage for its employees and contract workers to $15 an hour, university officials announced on Wednesday, the latest in a string of recent victories for labor leaders here who have fought to increase workers’ pay. The move comes after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to raise the minimum wage in unincorporated areas of the county to $15 an hour; the City of Los Angeles approved the same increase in May.
Video: Robots Playing Soccer at This Year’s RoboCup Is Like Watching Toddlers Learn to Kick Mashable.com Video: Robots Playing Soccer at This Year’s RoboCup Is Like Watching Toddlers Learn to Kick Doctoral candidate Steve McGill of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted about RoboCup 2015.
Russian Crackdown? Inside Higher Ed Russian Crackdown? Does a continuing crackdown on foreign influences in Russia threaten to interrupt the internationalization agendas of the country’s top universities? The recent removal of an American as vice rector of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod after the host of a state television show questioned why a Russian university would have an American in such a senior position has been widely viewed as chilling, as has a remark by Russian President Vladimir V.
7 Challenges Successful People Overcome Entrepreneur 7 Challenges Successful People Overcome Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for studying how people view failures.