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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating Internet Service as a Utility
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on President Obama’s statement on net neutrality and the F.C.C.
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Such a Stoic
Emily Wilson of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for her book The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca.
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Cherry Hill House Designed by Louis Kahn for Sale
William Whitaker of the School of Design speaks of Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn saying, “He was a master of natural light and creating pace for natural light in his buildings.”
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Super Bowl Ads Were Slightly Less Sexist This Year. Don’t Celebrate Yet.
Patricia Williams of the Wharton School comments on sexist advertising.
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Who’s Woman Enough To Attend Bryn Mawr?
Tyler Williams, 24, is proud to have a diploma from an elite liberal arts college. Though it can be awkward in job interviews to explain how he happened to receive one from Bryn Mawr.
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Penn Develops Program for District’s Student-athletes
President Amy Gutmann, Chuck Leitner and Mike Murphy of Penn Athletics comment on the Young Quakers Community Athletics program.
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Can Arizona Students Pass a Citizenship Test – and Should They Have To?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about civics and education. A civic ignorance study from the APPC is also cited.
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Fracking Researchers Under Pressure
It started on a Texas farm called Hard Scrabble. It was there that Robert B. Jackson, now a professor of environmental earth system science at Stanford University, encountered the gas boom to come. His father-in-law, the environmental writer John Graves, had made Hard Scrabble famous in his books. So Mr. Jackson was surprised, nearly a decade ago, when news came that Mr.
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U-Va. President, In a Year of Challenges, Speaks About the Path Forward
University of Virginia President Teresa A.
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Going After the Donors
No one following the Steven Salaita case was surprised Thursday when the displaced scholar announced he’s suing top administrators of the University of Illinois System and its Urbana-Champaign campus. Salaita had been trying for months to force the university to give him back the tenured professorship in the American Indian studies program he says is his.