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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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It’s Tough to Make Good Health Choices, But Science Can Help
Kevin Volpp of the Wharton School and the Perelman School of Medicine and Katherine Milkman also of Wharton are quoted.
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U.S. House Bill Would Nix Year-Round Pell Grants
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday released a draft funding bill that would block implementation of federal gainful employment rules and would not back the U.S. Senate's attempt to restore year-round Pell Grant eligibility. The bill also includes $33.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health, which is $1.25 billion above this fiscal year's funding level. The Obama administration's attempt to regulate vocational programs at colleges based on their graduates' labor-market standards went into effect last year.
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Individualism Is an Illusion
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School is cited about his new book, Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior.
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Public Colleges Chase Out-of-State Students, and Tuition
Over three generations, the Michael family forged a deep bond with the University of California, dating back nearly 50 years to when Jay Dee Michael Sr. was the university system’s vice president and chief lobbyist. Family members proudly displayed degrees from the campuses in Los Angeles, Davis, Berkeley and Santa Barbara. And when Mr. Michael died last year, his family asked that memorial donations go to a U.C. Davis institute. Recently, though, the relationship has soured, a victim of the economic forces buffeting public universities. Jay Dee Michael Jr.
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Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How Much Weed Is in a Joint
Greg Ridgeway of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for a collaborating on a statistical analysis that revealed how much marijuana is in the typical American joint.
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Sumerian Scholars Coming to Penn for Rare Event
Grant Frame and William Hafford of the Penn Museum are quoted about the museum hosting the 62nd Recontre Assyriologique Internationale.
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‘Brexit’ Could Slow University Collaborations
Within hours of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, Allyson Delnore at the University of Pittsburgh got an email from a partner at the international office at Newcastle University, several hours north of London. The message said that Newcastle is unsure whether a collaborative research exchange program between the University of Pittsburgh and Newcastle will be affected by the British vote. Ms. Delnore, Pitt’s European Studies Center interim director, thought after reading the email that the future of the program would be in question.
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When $300 Would Keep a Student From Dropping Out
In Susan Warfield’s world, keeping a student enrolled at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities is often the result of a serendipitous encounter, a run-in with a someone in tears at a moment of crisis. Not long ago, in a lounge for low-income students who are parents, Ms. Warfield encountered a young woman sitting at a computer who had pulled up the form to withdraw from the university. Ms. Warfield, who directs the student-parent center, asked what was going on, and the student tearfully explained that her laptop had been stolen.
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History Grafted Into Contemporary Design at Penn’s New Perry World House
University architect David Hollenberg is quoted about the new Perry World House’s “collage” approach to the design.
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US to Grant $10 Million to Non-profits and Colleges to Fight Extremism
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will announce on Wednesday $10 million in grants for non-profit organizations and colleges to develop counseling programs and other services to turn people away from violent extremism, according to a senior DHS official. The official, who spoke to Reuters on the condition of anonymity before the planned announcement, said the department recognizes law enforcement is limited in its ability to intervene before someone becomes radicalized like Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 49 people in Orlando last month.