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11/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Dean Eric Furda of Admissions provides advice to high school students about the college application process.
Penn In the News
Skipping class undetected for a game of ultimate Frisbee might become a thing of the past as more universities adopt mandatory-attendance policies and acquire high-tech trackers that snitch when students skip. At Villanova University, student ID cards track attendance at some lectures.
Penn In the News
For four straight years recently, despite annual budget cutbacks, the National Institutes of Health managed to record steady gains in a critical measure: the share of its main grant awards won by new scientists.
Penn In the News
These weren’t exactly the results Pam Horne, the dean of admissions at Purdue University, was expecting: A company billing itself as “the leading provider of research and analysis in higher education” had ranked the best engineering schools in Indiana, and Purdue didn’t even make the top 10 in the state. But an unaccredited, for-profit school was right up there at No. 3, she said.
Penn In the News
Mark Liberman and Annette Lareau of the School of Arts & Sciences are cited.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring an essay titled “Speaking While Female.”
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Tobias Barrington Wolff of the Law School comments on federal bans on same-sex marriage.
Penn In the News
The University of Virginia, after receiving guidance from the local police, on Monday reinstated the fraternity at the center of a Rolling Stone magazine article that detailed gang rape allegations that later came int
Penn In the News
Caryn Lerman of the Perelman School of Medicine says how your body reacts to nicotine can help you find the best way to quit smoking.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School co-authors an article about why women stay quiet at work.