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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A Philadelphia Story
A 2013 Center for the Advanced Study of India visiting fellow, Avijit Ghosh, recounts his time researching at the Penn Libraries’ South Asia Collection. Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts & Sciences and Pushkar Sohoni of the Libraries are mentioned.
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Study: Far Fewer New Teachers Are Leaving the Profession Than Previously Thought
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on his previous estimates about teacher attrition.
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Penn Senior Wins $100K to Build Clinic and School in His Ghana Village
Senior Shadrack Frimpong of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured as one of the 2015 recipients of a President’s Engagement Prize and for his plans to open a community clinic and girls’ school in Ghana.
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University, Research Center Team Up to Take on Hepatitis B
The College of Liberal and Professional Studies in the School of Arts & Sciences is highlighted for partnering with the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute to allow graduate students to work in the Institute’s laboratories to develop treatments for hepatitis B and liver cancer.
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Riots Are Destructive, Dangerous, and Scary – but Can Lead to Serious Social Reforms
Thomas Sugrue of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “There’s a long memory of historical injustice – going back to slave patrols, to police officers enforcing racial segregation and arresting nonviolent protestors, and the commonplace tension, conflict, and harassment directed at African-Americans by law enforcem
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Video: Nepal Struggles with Quake Response
CASI Spring Visiting Fellow Prashant Jha is interviewed about the Nepal earthquake.
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Video: Understanding America’s Legacy of Slavery
Salamishah Tillet and Thomas Sugrue of the School of Arts & Sciences join a conversation about actor Ben Affleck’s ancestors and the legacy of slavery.
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Introducing GSOFT
Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences wrote about establishing a new sub-field of physics, soft matter, which includes materials ranging from toothpaste to liquid crystals.
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Hot Sauce Is Main Course at New York Showcase
Paul Rozin of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “People come to like a wide variety of innately negative experiences: the burn of chili pepper in the mouth, the bitterness of coffee, the fear from riding on a roller coasters.”
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Shakespeare – Not to Be – As a Required Course at Top Colleges
Rebecca Bushnell and Michael Gamer of the School of Arts & Sciences comment on Shakespeare’s literature being offered in courses at Penn.