Penn in the News

Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on the impact bird flu can have on the U.S. poultry business.

Camilo Khatchikian of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on researching the migration of ticks and the disease that has followed this journey.

The intersection of campus police investigations and college disciplinary investigations into sexual assault is still a confusing mix at many institutions, but Susan Riseling, the chief of police and associate vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has a few ideas about how make the relationship work.

Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School describes international differences in worker satisfaction.

David Asch and Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about researching the connection between Twitter and heart health.

School’s out for summer, but some colleges are throwing their doors wide open.

Louis Rulli of the Law School is quoted on issues with federal forfeiture laws.

Sarah A. Tishkoff of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the current popularity of gluten-free diets.

New leaders took over Sweet Briar College Thursday evening, ending a four-month battle to stop the private women’s college from closing.

President Barack Obama dearly wanted to get the government in the business of rating colleges and universities based on value and affordability, promising a new system by 2015. Now that goal is shriveling under the weight of a concerted opposition from universities, lawmakers and bureaucrats in Obama’s own administration. Nearly two years after the president, standing before a crowd of 7,000 at the University at Buffalo, unveiled the bold proposal as a way to curb soaring college costs, his administration has quietly but drastically scaled back the initiative.