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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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In Praise of Jargon
When I served in the Obama administration, some of my colleagues, who had recently been academics, wondered, with something like despair, how they could ever return to academic life. "After this," they wondered, "what could possibly be the point of going back to write academic articles?" When I asked them to elaborate, one of them sent me this quotation from Theodore Roosevelt: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
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How Mount St. Mary’s Chose Simon Newman as Its President
When Simon P. Newman was interviewing for the presidency of Mount St. Mary’s University, he promised to bring the small Catholic institution in rural Maryland national exposure. Now he and the board are probably just wishing that would all go away.
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ACT Essay Scores Are Inexplicably Low, Causing Uproar Among College-Bound Students
Penn is one of 426 schools that will neither require nor recommend students take the SAT essay portion of the new test.
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Bringing Medieval Works to the Digital World
Dot Porter of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library comments on Penn’s role as co-leader on a project that will digitalize the largest regional collection of medieval and early modern manuscripts in the country.
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Overrated Men
Male students appear to consistently and significantly overrate the abilities of other male students, whereas female students showed no such bias, according to a new study in the journal PLoS ONE.
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A Lack of Confidence Is a Surprising Trait of Successful Leaders
The work of Philip Tetlock of the Wharton School the School of Arts and Sciences is discussed in this article on traits of successful leaders.
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Jesse Owens, a Film Hero Once Again
Salamishah Tillet of the School of Arts and Sciences reviews the new Jesse Owens biographical film, “Race.”
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Audio: The Invention of Time
Vanessa Ogle of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about the concept of time.
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Can't Use CPAP? Try These Apnea Remedies
Richard J. Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine and Penn Sleep Center comments on the link between poor sleep and cardiovascular health.
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Suicide, Homicide and the Prevention of Gun Violence
Dan Romer of Annenberg School for Communication writes on the causes and costs of gun violence.