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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Why Introverts Make Great Entrepreneurs
A study by Adam Grant of the Wharton School finds that introverted leaders are an asset.
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Good Neighbors or Conspirators?
Colleges and universities lure top faculty members away from competitor institutions all the time, and the practice is (generally speaking) entirely legal.
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At Penn Museum, a Pre-papal ‘Flood' of Artifacts Looks at Links Among Faiths
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offerings related to the upcoming visit by the pope are highlighted.
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Penn Museum’s ‘Flood’ of Artifacts Shows Links Among Faiths
The Museum is highlighted for exhibiting ancient religious texts to mark the papal visit next month.
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Some at Duke Refuse the Summer Reading, A Graphic Novel About Sexual Identity
Some incoming freshman objected to the recommended summer reading at Duke University, the student newspaper the Chronicle reported, sparking a debate over morality, sexual identity and literature online before the school year even began. “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” is a best-selling graphic novel by cartoonist Alison Bechdel. The graphic novel, whose musical adaptation was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for drama, was recommended to freshmen arriving on campus to prompt discussion about difficult issues.
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Audio: China, Its Economy and the World
Jacques DeLisle of the Law School and Mauro Guillen of the Wharton School are interviewed about China’s economy and its effect on the U.S.
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A Passion For Video Games and a Cause For Mental Health
An interview with graduate student Matthew Lee from the School of Nursing highlights his research using video games in treatment for mental illness.
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Critics Take Aim (Again) at Rich University Endowments
Fat endowments make for attractive, fat targets. That was true earlier this summer, when the Twitterverse went, well, all atwitter, over the news that John A. Paulson, a hedge-fund mogul, decided to donate $400 million to Harvard, the richest university in the world.
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Why Eating Late at Night May Be Particularly Bad for You and Your Diet
Kelly Allison of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the effect of eating late at night or outside one’s typical sleep/wake cycle while on a diet.
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Students Arrive at Sweet Briar, Following Struggle to Keep the College Open
All last spring, alumnae and others fought to keep Sweet Briar College from closing. And they won: A court settlement allowed the private college in Virginia to continue its 114-year-old tradition of educating women. On Monday, students began arriving on campus to start the new school year. But the financial pressures which the previous president and board members had cited when they announced last spring that the school must shut down continue, and many supporters are anxiously watching to see that enough students apply, enroll, and remain there to study.