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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Microbes May Rig Their DNA to Speed up Evolution
Paul Sniegowski of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted on the adaptive mutation debate.
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To Boost Your Sex Appeal, Science Says Eat This
George Preti of the Monell Chemical Senses Center comments on how diet influences body odor.
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She’s a Rare Breed: A Dentist Who Makes Housecalls to the Elderly
A profile of the School of Dental Medicine’s Alisa Kauffman, a geriatric dentist who makes house calls.
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‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Charm Fades as Truck Driver Hiring Lags
Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted about long-haul truck driving.
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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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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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‘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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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.