11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Free Community College Could Cost More Than We Think
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is cited for her thoughts on the potential negative impact of free community colleges on four-year minority-serving institutions.
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Audio: 55 Years Later, Local Cancer Discovery Still Shaping Research
Jennifer Morrissette and Peter Nowell of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss cancer treatment.
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The Morning Download: CIOs Integrate Wearables Into Core Software Platforms
Nadia Heninger of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about the “FREAK flaw.”
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Do Business-School Rankings Matter?
There’s still a business case for business-school rankings, depending on where a school falls in the pecking order. At a time when elite M.B.A. programs thrive and lower-tier programs struggle to attract applicants, some deans say a high ranking can help them reach new prospective applicants or appease status-conscious donors.
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Shocking Decision at Sweet Briar
Sweet Briar College announced Tuesday that it is shutting down at the end of this academic year. Small colleges close or merge from time to time, more frequently since the economic downturn started in 2008. But the move is unusual in that Sweet Briar still has a meaningful endowment, regional accreditation and some well-respected programs.
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Audio: Gene Therapy’s Potential Pricing Problem
James Wilson of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on gene therapy treatment prices and policies.
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FDA Warns About Testosterone for ‘Low T’
Peter Snyder of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s suggestions for makers of prescription testosterone products.
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All the News That’s Fit to Teach
Last month's announcement that The New York Times Company would launch an education initiatives may have had a familiar ring to it. The company has spent close to a decade trying to turn the newspaper’s vast institutional knowledge into knowledge higher education institutions and students want to buy.
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Audio: Why We Doubt Scientific Findings
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses why many Americans doubt science.
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Rendell Center moves to Penn
President Amy Gutmann is quoted about the Rendell Center for Civics & Civic Engagement’s relocation to the Annenberg Public Policy Center.