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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Fitness Tracker Games May Help Families Get More Exercise
Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted for leading a study that gave fitness trackers to adults and asked them to set daily step goals in order to track their activity levels.
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‘Inheriting Possibility’ Offers Critique of Standardized Testing
Ezekiel Dixon-Román of the School of Social Policy & Practice is interviewed about his new book, Inheriting Possibility: Social Reproduction and Quantification in Education.
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For Children With Severe Anxiety, Drugs Plus Therapy Help Best
As lead author on a study about children suffering from severe anxiety, Jerome Taylor of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Meds reduce the level of anxiety, we do know that. It's possible that helps [the patients] engage more in the therapy where they couldn't before.”
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After Las Vegas: How Mass Shootings Have Changed Trauma Care
Jeremy Cannon of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on trauma care and how research has shown that blood loss is the most preventable.
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A ‘New Normal’ in STEM Teaching?
Penn’s Center for Teaching and Learning is highlighted by the Association of American Universities as one of the Undergraduate STEM Initiative project institutions.
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The Trump Administration Says Colleges Are Suppressing Free Speech. How Should They Respond?
Sigal Ben-Porath and Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education commented on political diversity on U.S. campuses.
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Book the Next Rocket to New York? What It'll Take to Realize Elon Musk's Bizarre Travel Plan
Megan Ryerson of the School of Design shares her thoughts about Elon Musk’s vision and ideas for his transport system.
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OCR: Colleges Can Use Mediation for Sex Assault
In a phone briefing with college lawyers Thursday, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Candice Jackson said that colleges can use informal resolutions such as mediation to resolve Title IX complaints -- even those involving sexual assaults.
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US Universities ‘Must Face up to Skills and Equality Challenges’
With all their wealth, prestige and history, America’s top universities still lead a sector struggling to expand success for lower-income and ethnic minority students, or to provide their graduates with career-ready skills.
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Penn’s Inaugural Calvin Bland Fellows Are Tackling Health Disparities for Men and Boys of Color
The first cohort of Calvin Bland Fellows, Ed Brockenbrough of the Graduate School of Education, Lisa Lewis of the School of Nursing and Toorjo Ghose of the School of Social Policy & Practice, are featured.