Penn in the News

Michael Useem of the Wharton School is interviewed about Chile’s recovery from a massive earthquake.

Anne Cappola of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on monitoring thyroid growths.

Nearly three out of four colleges ask applicants a variation of the question most dreaded by those who have been on the wrong side of the law: Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Some colleges are only concerned with violent felonies, others with misdemeanors or even high-school suspensions. And what they do with that information, ostensibly gathered only to keep their campuses safe, varies widely.

Medical professionals in many big-time college football programs are using deliberately vague language about head injuries or avoiding mention of concussions on injury reports as public scrutiny of the problem has increased.

The designs for the new Pennovation Center are featured.

Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on tuition freezing and what that means for students attending historically black colleges and universities.

Raza Ahmad of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for studying the health benefits of intense workouts.

Visiting scholar Neysun Mahboubi in the Center for the Study of Contemporary China in the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed.

The filmmakers behind “The Hunting Ground” -- a searing new documentary about how colleges mishandle cases of campus sexual assault -- have removed a statement featured in an earlier print of the film that claimed leaders at 35 institutions declined to be interviewed.

At seven Big Ten schools this year, students are taking on the issues of rape and drinking, using theater and social media to spark debate. “Good Kids” is based on the true story of a gang rape in Steubenville, Ohio, when a girl was assaulted by football players after a party. On Friday, that case finally came to an end in the courts, with a guilty plea by the school’s former technology director.