10/23
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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At University of Texas, New Gun Law Complicates Anniversary of Massacre
The University of Texas at Austin on Monday held a solemn commemoration of a dark history: the 50th anniversary of the school’s clock tower massacre, when a sniper shot more than 40 people, drawing back the curtain on an era of modern-day mas
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NYU Narrows Criminal-Past Question for Applicants
New York University plans to disregard a question on applicants’ criminal backgrounds in favor of a narrower one asking about violent crimes. The change, going into effect Monday and affecting applicants for the class entering in the fall of 2017, according to school officials, marks NYU’s latest effort to tackle an admissions issue that has drawn national debate and sparked campus protests.
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Paying for College Has to Be Easier Than This
In 2004, I published a children’s book, “Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock,” about the importance of saving at an early age.
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CFOs Turn to Consultants as Challenges Mount
Lawrence Hrebiniak of the Wharton School is quoted about what top executives should know about strategic thinking.
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Number of Colleges Undergoing Greater Financial Oversight Drops
The number of colleges and universities subject to increased financial oversight by the federal government slid to 513 in June, from 528 three months earlier, according to an updated list posted to the U.S.
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Trump Backers On Campus Wage Lonely Battle
Vassar College economics student Ian Vasily cuts an unusual figure walking through campus in a hat bearing Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.” Many students at the upstate New York school ask: “ ‘Are you actually supporting him?’ ” Mr. Vasily said, “ ‘Or is this ironic?’ ”At liberal-arts colleges in the Northeast and on many campuses nationwide, where left-wing activism often flourishes, there is little love lost between the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and student bodies.
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Labor Board Ruling Could Allow Grad Students to Unionize
When Paul Katz, a fourth-year graduate student at Columbia University, is researching primary texts in the library, he considers himself a student. But when he is grading undergraduate papers or lecturing to students, he sees himself as an employee who should have the right to join a union. The National Labor Relations Board is expected to decide on his status this summer in a ruling that could pave the way for graduate students at private schools across the country to unionize.
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In Uncertain Times, CEOs Lose Faith in Forecasts
Philip Tetlock of the Wharton School suggests that businesses track internal and external forecasts during times of uncertainty.
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Reining in Prosecutorial Misconduct
John Hollway of the Law School writes about prosecutorial misconduct.
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Help for Middle-of-the-night Insomnia
Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about causes of and solutions for chronic sleep problems.