11/5
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Outreach: Speak Up for Science
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about how to speak out on controversial issues.
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MBAs Abandon Wall Street for Silicon Valley
Dean Geoffrey Garrett of the Wharton School is quoted about tech companies, saying, “We see the front end which is the app, but typically we don’t see what’s sitting behind that which is a lot of data analytics, and I really think that’s Wharton’s sweet spot.”
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Lessons From Latin America on STEM Education
Dennis DeTurck of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on exploring new ways to teach math and science.
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The Black Hebrews and Israel
Dean John Jackson of the School of Social Policy & Practice is mentioned for his book Thin Description: Ethnography and the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem.
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Hong Kong’s Umbrella Generation
Guobin Yang of the Annenberg School for Communication co-writes an article with graduate student Ran Liu of the School of Arts & Sciences about Hong Kong’s evolving political landscape.
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Why More Women Are Burning Out in Their 20s and 30s
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for discovering a number of different sub-sets of givers.
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New Safety Rules Announced for University of Virginia Fraternity Parties
New safety rules for fraternities at the University of Virginia would require at least three “sober and lucid” members to monitor behavior at parties, prohibit pre-mixed alcoholic drinks and implement guest lists to control entry to the houses during an event.
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Short-lived Transfer Degrees
Drexel University last January earned praise for expanding a transfer program that brings the university’s faculty members to local community colleges. But Drexel is phasing out the program less than a year later.
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Small K-12 Interventions Can Be Powerful
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for administering an intervention that asked students to anticipate obstacles.
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Scientists Conjure Curves From Flatness
Toen Castle and Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences are quoted about developing a system of rules for making 3D shapes out of a 2D structure.