5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Apple Expands Bet on Cutting Edge Privacy Technology
Benjamin Pierce of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about differential privacy.
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NJ Professor Fired for Fox News Comments Points to Larger Problem
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about Lisa Durden, an Essex County Community College professor, who was terminated after comments she made on a news program and how adjunct professors are treated by higher-education administrators.
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Penn Student Finds Passion in Teaching
Recent alumna Dominqué Bynoe-Sullivan of the Graduate School of Education is featured for her passion and purpose for pursuing a career in education.
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Audio: Planning Begins in Philadelphia for America’s 250th Birthday
President Amy Gutmann and the University’s Board of Trustees chair, David Cohen, are highlighted as being selected for the United States Semiquincentennial Commission.
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Fighting Words: When Does a Rallying Cry Turn into a Call to Arms?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “When we think about language, we need to protect the meaning we attach to words,” so the power is not weakened.
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When the Boss Wants You to Do Something Unethical
Mary-Hunter McDonnell of the Wharton School comments on interviewing and researching whistleblowers.
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Michael Xufu Huang: Rising Art World Curator From Beijing
Recent alumnus Michael Xufu Huang is highlighted as the founder of an art museum in China.
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Audio: West Chester-based QVC to Buy Home Shopping Network
Denise Dahlhoff of the Wharton School talks about the merger between QVC and the Home Shopping Network.
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CCNY, UTEP Team Up to Increase Hispanic Faculty in STEM
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education expresses her delight in the newly announce partnership between the City College of New York and the University of Texas at El Paso in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in STEM programs in higher education institutions.
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Audio: Penn Professor Analyzes North Korea’s Test Launch of Missile
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about North Korea’s missile launch test.