Teens Need to Understand How Their Brains Work Philly.com Teens Need to Understand How Their Brains Work Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about the importance of teenagers learning about how their brains function.
Video: The Latest Privacy Risk? Looking Up Medical and Drug Information Online Fast Company Video: The Latest Privacy Risk? Looking Up Medical and Drug Information Online Doctoral student Tim Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication is featured for studying what happens when users look up health-related information online.
The Financial-aid Fine Print Chronicle of Higher Education The Financial-aid Fine Print Admissions counselors from any of the country’s wealthiest colleges would probably describe their financial aid in similar terms. Something like: “Yes, our price tag is really high, but we meet the full demonstrated need of all our students. If you get in here, we’ll make it affordable for you.” That’s basically true. And the wealthiest colleges do have roughly the same financial-aid policies.
Scheie Eye Institute to Study Genetic Factors of Glaucoma in Blacks Philadelphia Tribune Scheie Eye Institute to Study Genetic Factors of Glaucoma in Blacks Joan O’Brien of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses leading a study about the genetics of glaucoma in African Americans.
Philly ‘Eds and Meds’ Boost Economic Dominance Market News International Philly ‘Eds and Meds’ Boost Economic Dominance Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli comments on Penn’s new expansion projects.
Two Chicago Universities, One Private and One Public, Vie for Obama Library The Washington Post Two Chicago Universities, One Private and One Public, Vie for Obama Library It would be crushing here if the winner was New York. The bid from Hawaii, where Barack Obama was born, seems an afterthought. Four short words sum up the confident pitch from the South Side for the right to host the 44th president’s official library and museum: “Bring it on home.”
India Denies Ousting Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen from University Role The Wall Street Journal India Denies Ousting Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen from University Role Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen spearheaded a yearslong project to re-establish Nalanda University, an ancient center of learning in eastern India that once drew students from across Asia. Now, less than six months after the new Nalanda started operating, Mr.
Tortured Data Will Confess to Anything Dallas Morning News Tortured Data Will Confess to Anything Uri Simonsohn of the Wharton School explains “p-hacking.”
China’s New Audience China Daily China’s New Audience Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication says, “How China conducts itself as a global citizen is often more important than how a message is crafted or delivered.”
Objects and Architecture That Shape Lives Philadelphia Inquirer Objects and Architecture That Shape Lives Thomas Sugrue of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about civil rights in Philadelphia and its suburbs.