Penn in the News

Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School is highlighted for co-authoring a new book, Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both.

Scott Barry Kaufman of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about intelligence research.

Dean Eric Furda of Admissions says, “The University of Pennsylvania has been committed to increasing access and affordability to higher education through broad based recruitment efforts and grant-based financial aid.”

Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine suggests making small changes to daily routine to help improve health habits.

The three judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals flagged from the start of a decision issued Friday that they didn't approve of the content of a series of tweets by Navid Yeasin, whom the University of Kansas expelled in part on the basis of those remarks about his ex-girlfriend. The tweets were "puerile and sexually harassing," the judges wrote. But the judges went on to say that doesn't matter.

Matthew Mendlik of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the final words of the dying.

A debate that has flared at Wesleyan University for the past two weeks, over where to draw the line between freedom of speech and the need to ensure that the campus is a safe space for students from minority backgrounds, peaked in a students-only meeting here on Sunday night. The campus’s nearly 150-year-old newspaper, The Wesleyan Argus, has been at the center of the debate, and one of the paper’s editors said a potential resolution was discussed that might strip the paper of the funding it uses to print twice weekly.

Emily Owens of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for finding that college police departments typically adopt a “harm reduction model of crime control.”

We are experiencing one of the greatest threats to the university as we know it. It is not about enrollments, revenues, regulation, rankings, or leadership. It is about the ability to engage in unfettered debate at American colleges. It is about the assurance of intellectual freedom, about what can and cannot be discussed. Colleges face criticism from students and others uncomfortable with the points of view expressed in the classroom and by individual faculty members.

Kate Temme of the Perelman School of Medicine explains the importance of energy availability during the female athlete triad.