5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Obama Proposal to Cut 529 Plan Tax Benefits Meets Opposition
A White House proposal to trim tax benefits of popular college-savings accounts is stirring opposition in Congress, and complicating negotiations over efforts to streamline education tax breaks.
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Word Choice on Twitter Measures a Community’s Vital Signs
Johannes Eichstaedt of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about researching how emotional language used on Twitter in particular locations predicts heart disease rates in those areas.
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Penn to Move Ahead on $77.6M Development
Penn is highlighted for plans to build the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics.
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Should Urban Universities Help Their Neighbors?
Anthony Sorrentino of the Office of the Executive Vice President says, “There’s a new way of orienting economic development around those most-reliable institutions -- you can say to a hospital or university, ‘you’re not going anywhere, you’re providing great service, but how else are you contributing to the place you
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National Jewish Book Awards Cite Philly Authors
Kathryn Hellerstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for winning the Barbara Dobkin Award for Women’s Studies for her book A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987.
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Video: Penn Leader Backs Call for Affordable College Ahead of Obama Plan
President Amy Gutmann discusses making college more accessible and affordable for students.
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This Is What Happens When You Go Into Business With Your Spouse
Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School discusses boundaries that need to be set when going into business with a significant other.
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After PTSD, More Trauma
Edna Foa of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for developing “prolonged exposure therapy.”
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State of Union: Rethinking the Big Speech That Isn’t So Big Anymore; Less Drama, More Noise
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about the diminishing impact of the State of the Union address.
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Crossed Wires
Ruben Gur of the Perelman School of Medicine says “Detailed connectome maps of the brain will not only help us understand the differences between how men and women think, but it will also give us more