11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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UC System Reports Record Number of Applications for Fall 2015 Semester
The University of California received a record number of applications from an increasingly diverse pool of candidates, with more than a third of them Latinos for the first time, officials announced Monday. Overall, 193,873 students sought entrance to at least one of UC's nine undergraduate campuses for fall 2015, a 5.8% increase over the number of applications for fall 2014, according to preliminary data.
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Audio: The History of America’s News Media and What Went Wrong
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about his new book, America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media Reform.
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Pixar, Oregon Ducks and How Culture Builds Winning Teams
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring an essay titled “Speaking While Female.”
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Audio: From Marches to Movies, The ‘Selma’ Story Today
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the new film ‘Selma’ and how the civil rights movement of the 1960s is still relevant today.
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The Talking Cure
Mark Liberman and Annette Lareau of the School of Arts & Sciences are cited.
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Pixar, Oregon Ducks and How Culture Builds Winning Teams
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring an essay titled “Speaking While Female.”
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Federal Ban on Same-sex Marriages Still Casts Shadow on Many Lives
Tobias Barrington Wolff of the Law School comments on federal bans on same-sex marriage.
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UVA Fraternity Reinstated After Rolling Stone Article on Rape
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
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Finding Best Way to Kick the Habit Could Depend on How Smokers Process Nicotine
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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Speaking While Female
Adam Grant of the Wharton School co-authors an article about why women stay quiet at work.