4/16
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Filter Stories
Penn In the News
Your Tweets Tell Data Miners How Much Money You Have
Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for studying how Twitter behavior can predict users’ income level.
Penn In the News
Schools, Government Agencies Move to Share Student Data
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice and John Fantuzzo of the Graduate School of Education are noted as founders of AISP, Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy.
Penn In the News
Are Chinese Students Driving Educational Imperialism?
A lot has been written recently about the problem of cheating among Chinese students studying here in America. Recently, The New York Times reported a complex scheme in which 15 Chinese nationals were indicted for hiring other Chinese to take the SAT and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in their place. While the cheating is clearly a source of concern, let me suggest that we should be asking other, more pertinent questions, namely, what are these students doing here in the first place, and are they getting the education they have come here to receive?
Penn In the News
As Campus Fears Rise, So Do Efforts to Enact School Gun Laws
When Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation this month banning concealed weapons on school campuses, the nation was in the midst of one of the worst spasms of gun violence at colleges in recent years. There were three such shootings, including one in Oregon that left 10 people dead, as the bill sat on Mr. Brown’s desk. But the new California law went against the grain of what lawmakers in many other states have sought to do.
Penn In the News
VCs Should Treat Investments in Food-tech as Charity & Move On
Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School writes about issues in India’s food tech sector.
Penn In the News
Audio: Is Wall Street Eating Your 401(k) Nest Egg?
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School analyzes and talks about the 401(k) plan offered to employees of a small company named MITGI.
Penn In the News
What America’s Happiest Workplaces Have in Common
Sigal Barsade of the Wharton School is quoted about company-wide congeniality.
Penn In the News
Can Mental Health System Meet Growing Demand for Older Patients?
Daniel Weintraub of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the demand for psychiatrists to treat older patients.
Penn In the News
Villanova U. Will Add Armed Cops
Because of rising concerns about college campus safety nationwide, Villanova University announced Monday that it will add armed police officers to its campus, beginning in Fall 2016. The Catholic university currently has a 75-member public safety department, responsible for patrol, investigations, parking enforcement, residence hall and building security, crime prevention and special-event security. But the department’s security officers can’t use lights or sirens when responding to an emergency on the 260-acre, Main Line campus, said Villanova spokesman Jonathan Gust.
Penn In the News
Dilemmas From Day 1
When transgender students fill out college applications, they often run into trouble right out of the box — or, rather, in the box that students typically must check to indicate their biological gender. The gender identities of some people may not conform to a binary of biological male or female, much less align with what’s listed on their birth certificates. Colleges also expect potential students to enroll under the legal name that matches their government-issued ID and school records, not the name they may have chosen to represent their gender identity.