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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Jianghong Liu of the School of Nursing is quoted for leading a study that reveals that lead exposure in early childhood is connected to an increased risk for sleep problems.
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Mariell Jessup of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on heart disease patients that are living with a left ventricular assist device.
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David Porter and Lynn Schuchter of the Perelman School of Medicine talk about new therapies used to treat different cancers.
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Douglas Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his advice about removing players from the field after suffering head trauma.
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Complying with federal law governing sexual assault on campuses can be a complicated business. But the recent expulsion of a Middlebury College student accused of assaulting a fellow student on an overseas program — and the expelled student’s subsequent lawsuit — raises questions that stretch beyond the usual boundaries of campus rape: What if an alleged incident occurs while a student is studying abroad?
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Minnesota State Senator Terri Bonoff gets a lot of requests to attend ceremonial openings. But when Swiss-German manufacturing company Bühler asked her to cut the ribbon at its new apprenticeship program, it sparked her interest. Based on the German dual system, Bühler’s apprenticeship program brings in trainee-hires as full-time employees with benefits, and partners with a local college to provide its trainees with classroom instruction – alongside the experience they are gaining on the job.
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Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School comments on how Black Friday sales have shifted over the years.
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Dean Geoffrey Garrett of the Wharton School says, “Better leaders are people who make better decisions, and that means better-informed decisions.”
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As debates about race and other social issues flare on campuses, college presidents are increasingly intervening to draw a line when cultural sensitivity conflicts with freedom of speech. At schools including Yale, Williams College and Wesleyan University, leaders have in recent weeks taken steps to assert the importance of the free expression of ideas, even those that some might find objectionable.
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Undergraduate student Jenna Hebert of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for being named as a Rhodes scholar.