Penn in the News

Postdoctoral fellow Alexander Stewart of the School of Arts & Sciences writes about a new approach to game theory he studied with Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) on Wednesday sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education expressing concern that current federal law may permit universities to review a student's medical records without their permission.

Justin McDaniel and other members of the Penn Ghost Project share their thoughts about creating an online ghost story archive.

Kristen Feemster of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on balancing freedom of speech and religion while making decisions.

Bill Hanson of the University of Pennsylvania Health System says, “There’s sort of a yin/yang of the desire to exchange information and protect information. There are also the politics of working with competitors.”

Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication comments on the new Apple Watch.

Two fraternity members expelled from the University of Oklahoma after a racist chant was caught on video — and went viral on social media — apologized Tuesday night. The video captured Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers singing in unison, happily, what sounds like, “There will never be a n—— SAE/There will never be a n—– SAE/You can hang ‘em from a tree, but it will never start with me/There will never be a n—– SAE.”

Two months before the Civil War began, Noble Leslie DeVotie was boarding a steamship when he slipped, fell into the waters of Mobile Bay and drowned. DeVotie was one of the founders of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the only national fraternity founded in the antebellum South. A chaplain at Alabama's Fort Morgan at the time of his death, he became the fraternity’s -- and some argue, the country's -- first Civil War casualty.

Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for studying gender bias conversations in the workplace.

Dean Eric Furda of Admissions writes about selecting the class of 2019.