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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Putin’s Gas Attack
Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences and undergraduate George Romer write about gas pipeline interests in the Syrian conflict.
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Did Mars Once Have Rivers? The Pebbles Say Yes.
Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences says, “Knowing whether pebbles in a river moved 1 kilometer or 100 kilometers [0.6 miles or 62 miles] could tell us how stable water was on the surface of ancient Mars.”
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Partial Credit: The 2015 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology
Colleges and universities have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on technology they believe will improve student outcomes and simplify administrative tasks. Educational technology companies continue to demolish investment records on a quarterly basis.
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Where Kindergarteners Can Be Suspended for Calling Out an Answer in Class
Joan Goodman of the Graduate School of Education comments on the “no excuses” model of schooling.
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The Small-world Network of Squash
An article co-authored by Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about networks of squash players is featured.
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A Papal Education
Daniel Wagner of the Graduate School of Education pens an op-ed on what can be learned from Pope Francis’ visit to the United States.
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How to Create a Culture of Giving
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for studying the importance of giving in an organization.
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The Pitfalls of Using Google Ngram to Study Language
Mark Liberman from the Linguistic Data Consortium is quoted on the pitfalls of relying on technology when studying language.
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How the Largest Obamacare Co-op Went Broke
Scott Harrington of the Wharton School writes about the demise of Health Republic Insurance Company of New York.
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Using Dildos to Fight Guns
The organizers of Campus (Dildo) Carry want you to know they realize some will find their effort silly, but they say they are serious.