Penn in the News

It started with a wine cooler, said Paige Cederna, describing that first sweet, easy-to-down drink she experienced as a “magic elixir.” “I had no inhibitions with alcohol,” said Ms. Cederna, 24. “I could talk to guys and not worry about anyone judging me. I remember being really proud the day I learned to chug a beer.

A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday that is aimed at curbing sexual violence on campuses in ways that protect both victims and accused students. The changes reflect heightened attention over the past six months to the due-process rights of accused students.

President Amy Gutmann, chair of President Obama’s bioethics commission, discusses the panel’s recommendations on the 21-day quarantines of those exposed to Ebola.

President Amy Gutmann is quoted about the Pennovation Center design.

First they helped save some chimpanzees and cats. Now they’re coming for the mice and the rats. Researchers with the activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, in an article published on Wednesday in the Journal of Medical Ethics, said moves by lab scientists away from using large animals is obscuring the growing use of rodents and other small animals.

Barnes & Noble said on Thursday that it would spin off its college bookstores business into a separate publicly traded company, changing up its breakup plans. Originally, the retailer had planned to part with the education division as part of a spinoff of its Nook business, made up in large part of its struggling e-reader device.

The University of Minnesota announced Wednesday that it would limit when its crime alerts include references to a suspect's race.

President Amy Gutmann, chair of President Obama’s bioethics commission, says “The Ebola epidemic in western Africa overwhelmed fragile health systems, killed thousands of people and highlighted major inadequacies in our ability to respond to global public health emergencies.”

Dena Gromet of the Wharton School co-authors an article about neurolaw.

Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on the condition of snowy owls recovered from New England in comparison to those found in Philadelphia.