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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Haverford College President Resigns, Will Head the Met
Daniel H. Weiss, president of Haverford College, is leaving after only two years to head the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, officials announced Tuesday. His presidential tenure is the shortest in Haverford's 181-year history, though the previous leader, Stephen G. Emerson, wasn't there much longer - four years.
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Ghosts on Penn’s Campus? What Do Penn Officials Have to Say?
Justin McDaniel and other members of the Penn Ghost Project share their thoughts about creating an online ghost story archive.
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Religious Freedom Balanced With Responsibility
Kristen Feemster of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on balancing freedom of speech and religion while making decisions.
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Audio: In World of Health Data, Enemies May Become Friends
Bill Hanson of the University of Pennsylvania Health System says, “There’s sort of a yin/yang of the desire to exchange information and protect information. There are also the politics of working with competitors.”
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Behind One Research University’s Rise: Opportunism, Geography, and Good Fortune
For research institutions seeking assurances that they too can grow fast, Northeastern University may be a case of cold comfort. The institution owes its steady rise—from 163rd to 136th nationally in research spending over the past decade—to some deliberate strategies that should have wide application. But the underlying conditions were decades in the making.
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Audio: Historic South Philly Church Finds Salvation in Group Effort
Aaron Wunsch of the School of Design talks about his involvement with helping save Philadelphia’s 19th Street Baptist Church, which was designed by Frank Furness and constructed in 1874.
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Constance Clayton Still a Philadelphia Force – in Art
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for helping curate the “Represent: 200 Years of African Art” exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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3 Bad Infections That Can Floor You
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on pneumonia.
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25 Years Later, Has Clery Made Campuses Safer?
A masked man pointed a gun at a student and commanded her to get in his car, not far from the center of the University of Connecticut’s campus. The young woman started to obey, but the man had forgotten to unlock the passenger-side door. She screamed and ran toward a university employee nearby. The masked driver sped away. The incident, in 2012, could have ended as a terrifying mystery, with an unknown attacker on the loose.
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Academic Fraud at Syracuse
In 2005, following a season of poor academic performance from his players, Syracuse University’s head basketball coach, Jim Boeheim, hired a new director of basketball operations and gave him an imperative: “fix” the academic problems of his athletes.