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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Tracy Bale of the School of Veterinary Medicine is mentioned for researching how stressed fathers affect offspring brain development through sperm microRNA.
Penn In the News
Drexel University opened a shared office suite for burgeoning life-science and medical-device companies Wednesdayin what the school is portraying as a preview of its larger development plans for the area.
Penn In the News
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences suggests that the words used to discuss different crimes can reveal subconscious prejudices.
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On Thursday, Florida International University officials alerted the campus community to a threat reported that the school “would be on the news tonight.” They didn’t lock down or cancel events. Instead they included links to printable “pocket cards” with advice about what to do if there were an active shooter, asked everyone to be aware of and report any possible threats, and to run, hide or fight if an attack were to happen.
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Stanford University encourages its students to think big and hatch ideas for new companies. But those who plan to start their own ventures are hearing a new message from the school: Wait. Worried that student founders have become so absorbed in their fledgling companies that they are missing out on course work and campus life, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business is asking M.B.A.
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Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School comments on employee training during the Great Recession.
Penn In the News
Yasmin Kafai of the Graduate School of Education comments on the importance of integrating computer science into schools.
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Jami Fisher and Meredith Tamminga of the School of Arts & Sciences are featured for researching a unique dialect of American Sign Language.
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Early this morning officials issued an alert for a possible armed man on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus, but police officials gave the all-clear after no threat was found. Reports of active shooters and campus lockdowns are beginning to become routine at US colleges and universities in recent months.
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Jim Riley, Carl June and Pablo Tebas of the Perelman School of Medicine are mentioned for their HIV research.