Penn in the News

Penn is mentioned for hosting an annual Trans* Health Conference for the past 13 years.

Diversity and inclusion are clear priorities for universities across the country. Yet many campuses continue to struggle with increasing the participation of historically underrepresented students in study-abroad programs. Here are seven ways to help engage and support students before, during, and after their study-abroad experiences.

For the last week, many in academe have been debating comments made on Twitter by Saida Grundy, a new faculty member at Boston University, in which she said, “Why is white america [sic] so reluctant to identify white college males as a problem population?” Amid the debate, some have speculated about what would happen if a white professor made generalizations about black students.

Samantha Power’s commencement address to the Class of 2015 is featured.

Robert Inman of the Wharton School is cited for comparing city and suburban taxes.

Graduate School of Education’s Marybeth Gasman’s new book, Educating a Diverse Nation: Lessons from Minority-Serving Institutions, co-authored with Clifton Conrad is featured

David Yusko of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how survivors of the Amtrak train derailment will cope with the tragedy.

West Chester University's former chief budgeting officer contends that the school falsely reported deficits or near break-even budgets for three years to get more state funding, then "squirreled away" millions of dollars in unreported funds to use if it succeeded in withdrawing from the State System of Higher Education.

Chas Dorman of Athletics shares how he would spend a day in Philadelphia.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on historically black colleges and universities becoming more diverse.