11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Video: China Campaigns for a Corruption Free State Amid Uncertainty
Visiting scholar Neysun Mahboubi in the Center for the Study of Contemporary China in the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed.
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‘Hunting Ground’ Updated
The filmmakers behind “The Hunting Ground” -- a searing new documentary about how colleges mishandle cases of campus sexual assault -- have removed a statement featured in an earlier print of the film that claimed leaders at 35 institutions declined to be interviewed.
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Big Ten Schools Stage An In-Your-Face Take on Rape, Drinking and Social Media
At seven Big Ten schools this year, students are taking on the issues of rape and drinking, using theater and social media to spark debate. “Good Kids” is based on the true story of a gang rape in Steubenville, Ohio, when a girl was assaulted by football players after a party. On Friday, that case finally came to an end in the courts, with a guilty plea by the school’s former technology director.
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Do Your Students Have Criminal Records? Is It Even Fair to Ask?
Nearly three out of four colleges ask applicants a variation of the question most dreaded by those who have been on the wrong side of the law: Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Some colleges are only concerned with violent felonies, others with misdemeanors or even high-school suspensions. And what they do with that information, ostensibly gathered only to keep their campuses safe, varies widely.
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Philadelphia’s New Boom
Penn’s expansion plans are highlighted.
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Community Colleges’ Role as MSIs Expanding
Marybeth Gasman and doctoral student Thai-Huy Nguyen of the Graduate School of Education discuss their report title, “On Their Own Terms: Two-Year Minority Serving Institutions.”
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FCC Tests Its Authority Over States
Christopher Yoo of the Law School comments on the Federal Communication Commission testing its authority over states involving Internet service.
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When Should a Child Go To the ER?
Vice chair emergency medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Stephanie Abbuhl, comments on how there isn’t a simple definition of appropriate emergency room use.
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Coming Soon: X-ray Specs
Nader Engheta of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about metamaterials.
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Why the Dress Is Blue (But White to You)
David Brainard of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about human vision.