10/23
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A Three-question Test of Financial Literacy
A three-question test on financial literacy collaboratively developed by Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School is cited.
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Review of ‘Beneath the Surface: Life, Death and Gold in Ancient Panama’ at the Penn Museum
Clark Erickson of the Museum is quoted about curating the reviewed exhibit “Beneath the Surface: Life, Death and Gold in Ancient Panama.”
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Seeking a Cure for Raging Corporate Activism
Edward Rock of the Law School is quoted.
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Weight-loss Drugs Seek Acceptance From Patients and Physicians
Thomas Wadden of the Perelman School of Medicine says health-care practitioners are cautious about weight-loss medications because of their inconsistent history.
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White House Floats Bankruptcy Process for Some Student Debt
The White House is weighing steps to make it easier for Americans to expunge certain student loans through bankruptcy, opening the door for student debt made by private lenders to be treated on par with credit-card debt and mortgages. Federal law prohibits student loans, from private lenders and from the U.S. government, from being wiped out in bankruptcy, except in rare circumstances.
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NYU Graduate Students Threaten to Strike
A strike threat hovers over labor talks at New York University this week, more than a year after the school, in a watershed decision, recognized its graduate-student employees as part of a union. Graduate students say the school’s commitment to collective bargaining is ringing hollow, as negotiations that began in 2014 still haven’t led to a contract. To some of them, they are unionized in name only.
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Do Business-School Rankings Matter?
There’s still a business case for business-school rankings, depending on where a school falls in the pecking order. At a time when elite M.B.A. programs thrive and lower-tier programs struggle to attract applicants, some deans say a high ranking can help them reach new prospective applicants or appease status-conscious donors.
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The Morning Download: CIOs Integrate Wearables Into Core Software Platforms
Nadia Heninger of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about the “FREAK flaw.”
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FCC Tests Its Authority Over States
Christopher Yoo of the Law School comments on the Federal Communication Commission testing its authority over states involving Internet service.
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Court of Appeals to Hear Case Against NYU Expansion
The New York State Court of Appeals on Tuesday agreed to hear a case against New York University’s expansion plan, a move that paves the way for critics to try again to block the school’s initiative to expand throughout Greenwich Village.