Penn in the News

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “For adolescents who have weak ability to override strong impulses, improvements in working memory may provide a pathway to greater control over risky sexual behavior.”

Carolyn Marvin of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about the evolution of the meaning of the Confederate flag in the wake of the murders at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

Phillip C. Stone believes in the power of a good story. Storytelling was a key part of Mr. Stone’s fund-raising strategy at Bridgewater College, in Virginia, where he served as president for 16 years, according to Carol A. Scheppard, its vice president for academic affairs. He is also easily moved by other people’s stories, said Ms. Scheppard, especially ones about students who beat the odds. "He was very efficient about running the institution," she said, "but you couldn’t trust him with giving away money to students who came in with a hard-luck story."

Minyuan Zhao of the Wharton School comments on the competition of car services in China.

Students from the Community College of Philadelphia are highlighted for their academic achievements and transferring to Penn. Dean Eric Furda of Admissions is quoted.

In May, Pennsylvania State University banned its chapter of Kappa Delta Rho -- the fraternity that maintained a private Facebook page that featured photographs of nude and partially nude unconscious women -- from campus for three years. The decision, which was made after an investigation into the Facebook page also revealed incidents of sexual harassment and hazing within the chapter, overturned an earlier ruling by the university’s Interfraternity Council.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for issuing a report entitled “Democratizing the Debates.”

Ezekiel Emanuel of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School describes health-care policy and insurance as being “interconnected.”

May graduate Austin Bossart talks about being selected as a 14th round pick in Major League Baseball’s draft.

Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for studying data privacy and marketing trade-off.