Penn in the News

When "no means no" shifts to "yes means yes," is a student who can’t produce proof of consent certain to be found responsible for sexual misconduct? Some opponents of so-called affirmative-consent policies, which are mandatory in California and New York and popular on a growing number of campuses elsewhere, say yes. They argue that such policies, designed to ensure that both students are willing participants and that silence isn’t interpreted as consent, put an unreasonable burden on an accused student. Judges in a handful of cases have agreed.

After concerns about Howard University went viral, administration officials met with students Thursday, reassuring them that they were aware of the issues and were taking action to improve things. People using the #takebackHU slogan took to social media to air a variety of complaints about the operations of the historically black university — the nuts and bolts of campus life, from mice to red tape to mildew to delays and hangups with financial aid.

David Sarwer of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on why some prospective breast reduction patients are referred to psychologists.

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School talks about the importance of the unemployment rate for the jobs report.

Propelled in part by a strong U.S. dollar, more U.S. students are heading across the pond for a business degree. U.S. students are applying to elite European programs like Insead Business School in France and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and are making up a growing proportion of incoming M.B.A. classes at those schools.

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication shares her thoughts on Donald Trump using the Trump Tower interior as a branding tool for his presidential candidacy.

Pinar Yildrim and graduate student Yanhao Wei of the Wharton School are cited for co-authoring a paper on social network scoring.