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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How Can We Promote Gender Equality in the Workforce?
Research by Robert Jenson of the Wharton School on the economic opportunities for women in India is cited.
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Debating Trump: Whatever Happened to Civility in Politics?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about civility during political debates.
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What It Took to Resolve a Federal Sexual-assault Investigation at UVa
When efforts to resolve a federal investigation into how the University of Virginia handled reports of sexual violence began in earnest last spring, campus officials were corresponding with a lawyer in a U.S. Department of Education field office. By the time the case was resolved in September, tense legal wrangling had reached the highest levels of the university, the state, and the federal agency.
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Paying Employees to Lose Weight
Mitesh Patel, David Asch and Kevin Volpp of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School write about using financial incentives to motivate employees to lose weight.
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Penn-Rutgers Study: ‘Digital Hood’ Has Frightening Aspects
Robin Stevens of the School of Nursing is featured for leading a study that revealed negative experiences from neighborhoods are carried over to interactions on social media.
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Clinton’s Outreach Has Her in Good Standing With Black Colleges
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education suggests that it would be unfair to blame the Obama administration for the challenges facing historically black colleges and universities.
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The SNAP Gap: Benefits Aren’t Enough to Keep Many Recipients Fed
Research about SNAP spending, formerly known as food stamps, Eliza Whiteman of the School of Design is cited.
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Penn Researchers: Try Twitter to Recruit Clinical Trial Volunteers
Mina Sedrak of the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn says, “Social media is an untapped resource we might use to boost clinical enrollment.”
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11 Research U’s Improve Low-income Graduation Rates
The University Innovation Alliance this week announced a three-percentage-point collective increase in the proportion of degrees earned by low-income students at its 11 research university members. The improvement occurred in the less than two years since the group formed, with goals of producing more graduates, graduating more students across the socioeconomic spectrum, sharing data and jointly working on completion-related innovations. The group's members also decreased their gap in graduation rates between low-income students and their wealthier peers.
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Smart Drugs: A Dose of Intelligence
Martha Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences shares her thoughts on the effectiveness of “smart drugs.”