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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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U-Va. Fraternity Files $25 Million Lawsuit Against Rolling Stone
The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity chapter at the University of Virginia filed a $25 million lawsuit Monday against Rolling Stone magazine, which published an article in 2014 that alleged a freshman was gang raped at the house during a party. The lawsuit focuses on a Rolling Stone article titled “A Rape on Campus,” which detailed a harrowing attack on a freshman named Jackie at the Phi Psi house on Sept. 28, 2012.
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Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education says that southern state governments have a long history of not supporting historically black colleges and universities.
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U. Missouri President, Chancellor Resign Over Handling of Racial Incidents
After weeks of escalating student protests and the threat of a football team boycott, the president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday, forced out amid complaints that he had done too little to address racism and other ugly incidents on campus. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin — who oversees the university’s main campus in Columbia, Mo. — also will step down, the university system’s governing body, the Board of Curators, announced Monday evening.
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Are Elite College Courses Better?
The public -- and heck, many people in higher education -- widely assume prestigious colleges and universities provide the best quality education. That's why employers often want to hire their graduates and why many parents want their children to attend them.
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Belly Fat Raises Risk of Death Even If Weight Is ‘Healthy’
Mitchell Lazar of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on visceral fat.
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Hillary Clinton Is an ‘Intro-Extrovert,’ and Maybe You Are Too
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for his research on ambiversion.
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The Invisible Labor of Minority Professors
Rachel A. Griffin is used to students she doesn’t know showing up for her office hours here at Southern Illinois University. Sometimes they come to see her on her first day of class for the semester. The stories, by now, are familiar: Often a friend has taken a course from Ms. Griffin, associate professor in the department of communication studies, and thinks she’ll have good advice. The student sits down and tearfully describes a problem he or she is counting on Ms. Griffin to help solve.
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Limits Are Key to Business Creativity, Wharton Prof Says
Rom Schrift of the Wharton School says, “Maybe there’s a sweet spot where we can actually use constraints in a way that will actually help us.”
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U. of Missouri Chief Resists Calls to Resign After Football Team Joins Protest of Racism
Timothy M. Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri system, responded to increasing calls for his resignation by saying on Sunday that “change is needed” and that his administration was working “around the clock” to deal with concerns raised by protesters angry over the university’s handling of racial controversies. But his remarks, in a statement released by the university, made no mention of resigning and did little to satisfy the protesters.
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Has Mother’s Milk Gone Sour?
Postdoc Jessica Martucci of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for her research about breastfeeding and natural motherhood in America.