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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Professors See Charlottesville as a Starting Point for Discussions on Race
Students aren’t always comfortable talking about race, especially at the beginning of the semester in a classroom led by a professor they don’t know yet.
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U-Va. To Examine Campus Response to Charlottesville Protests
University of Virginia President Teresa Sullivan announced Friday that she has formed a working group tasked with evaluating the school’s response last week to demonstrations by white supremacists and neo-Nazis that turned violent when they clashed with anti-racist counterprotesters.
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UC Berkeley's New Chancellor Brings Optimism — and a World Record — to an Embattled Campus
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol T. Christ just can’t seem to resist. As she walked the campus this week, she gravitated toward students and waded right in. She posed for pictures. She quickly connected with a freshman who shared her New Jersey background. She greeted new arrivals on orientation tours.
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‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Charm Fades as Truck Driver Hiring Lags
Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on dwindling truck driver hires and says, “If e-commerce goes up a lot and the introduction of autonomous vehicles is slow and the industry does not shift to millennials, we could see actual shortages 10 years out.”
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The Case for Eliminating Letter Grades, According to a School With Too Many Straight-A Students
An excerpt from Originals by Adam Grant of the Wharton School expresses concern about why grading on a curve is problematic.
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In Charlottesville, Some on the Left Attacked Free Speech: Even White Supremacists Get to Talk Without Being Hit
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about free speech and not resorting to violence because of a difference in opinion.
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Slash Immigration, and GDP Is the Victim, Research Finds
Kimberly Burham of the Wharton School comments on an analysis conducted on the potential impact of cutting immigration to the GDP.
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Charlottesville, Hate Crimes Are Public Health Issue, Experts Say
Jack Ende of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about the American College of Physicians taking a stance on hate crimes.
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The Ethics Issue Blocking Organ Transplant Research
Scott Halpern of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his thoughts on organ transplant research and says, “This is a sufficiently niche area of research that there are compelling arguments for establishing donor-intervention research IRBs that could regulate all donor-intervention trials around the country.”
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Audio: Four Tips for Talking to Kids about Charlottesville
Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education offers advice about how to speak to children about hate groups and racially motivated violence in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, Va.