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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A Quiet Revolution in Helping Lift the Burden of Student Debt
Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question.
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Audio: ‘Deflate-Gate’ and the Psychology of Cheating in Sports
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School is interviewed.
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Should Teens Get to Say ‘No’ to Life-saving Medical Treatment?
Andrew Siegel and Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine write about giving teenagers the power to decide on life-saving treatment for themselves.
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‘We All Felt Trapped’
Walter H. G. Lewin’s debut as a massive open online course instructor was announced with some fanfare: “Afraid of physics?” a press release asked in January 2013. “Do you hate it?
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Video: The Push to Tax 529 Plans
President Amy Gutmann talks about President Obama’s proposal to tax 529 college plans.
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The New Normal at Berkeley
California Governor Jerry Brown this week said the state’s flagship -- the University of California at Berkeley -- has closed its doors to “normal” people. The remark, one of Brown’s characteristically blunt assertions, taps into years of concern that the state’s most prestigious universities are increasingly out of reach for many Californians.
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Virginia Lawmakers Struggle With Campus Sexual Assault Policy
Virginia lawmakers on Thursday heard two hours of sometimes emotional testimony about campus sexual assault — and then threw up their hands. On the heels of high-profile cases of rape on college campuses, lawmakers are struggling with how to punish the perpetrators without taking away victims’ rights when they are most vulnerable.
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‘Big Data’ Coming Soon to Cancer Care in Philly
Bill Hanson of the University of Pennsylvania Health System is quoted about big-data initiatives in medicine.
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The Top Free-Market Institutes: 2014 Rankings
James McGann of the School of Arts & Sciences is mentioned for his work with compiling the 2014 Global Go To Think Tank Index.
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Paid More, Doctors Saw More Medicaid Patients, Penn Study Finds
Daniel Polsky of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School comments on a Penn study on Medicaid reimbursements for physicians and the number of poor patients.