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Inside Facebook’s ‘cult-like’ workplace, where dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time
The Graduate School of Education’s Alexandra Michel spoke about stack ranking systems like the one employed at Facebook. “If you have an environment that is completely cutthroat like Wall Street, this system works pretty well,” Michel said. “But if you have employees who come in and want to be taken care of, want to learn, want to be part of a warm group and people who care about them—that’s a very jarring mismatch.”
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Women’s college basketball: Going through contenders for City Six player of the year
Eleah Parker,the reigning Ivy League and Big 5 rookie of the year, and Ashley Russell, who ranks first in the Ivy in assist/turnover ratio, are the two Penn players in contention for City Six player of the year:
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Teachers have trust issues
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education spoke about teachers’ increasingly numerous targets for mistrust, which range from philanthropic groups to government agencies. “The skepticism of authority is not new,” he said. “But the skepticism of those authorities is new, because the political realm changed to allow them to exert a whole lot more power and prominence.”
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Astronomers want to look for Planet X in Big Bang’s cosmic glow
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Eric Baxter, Bhuvnesh Jain, Cullen Blake, Gary Bernstein, and Mark Devlin co-authored a paper outlining ways to find undetected planets on the outskirts of our solar system.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg misses Supreme Court arguments for first time as she recovers from cancer
The Perelman School of Medicine’s John Kucharczuk commented on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recovery from a recent pulmonary lobectomy, saying that even younger patients are “tired and washed out” after the procedure.
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5 amazing college incubators
The University of Pennsylvania was highlighted as a great place to launch a startup, thanks to incubator and other supportive programs.
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How to tell if that bump on your bikini line is an ingrown hair
Jules Lipoff of the Perelman School of Medicine offered advice about ingrown hairs. “The simplest way to get rid of them and not to get more ingrown hairs is to just let the hair grow longer,” said Lipoff.
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Professional sports team wins create positive mood throughout the city, study finds
School of Arts and Sciences postdoc Johannes Eichstaedt co-authored a social media study that suggests an unexpected improvement in daily life, like an Eagles win, can alter a city’s mood. “Using artificial intelligence, we were able to extract information about the mood of the community as a whole from what those on Twitter say,” said Eichstaedt.
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More pet insurance policies are being sold. But are they worth the cost?
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s James Serpell commented on the motivations behind purchasing pet insurance. “People are much more inclined to think of their animals like children, and treat them accordingly,” he said.
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Interior’s proposed FOIA limits may be illegal, watchdogs say
The Law School’s Cary Coglianese spoke about the Department of the Interior’s recent efforts to limit Freedom of Information Act requests. “The State Department under the Obama administration found itself in a similar situation, but it did not propose monthly limits or state categorically that it will not honor requests calling for a vast quantity of material,” he said.