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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Still More Bad News for Patients With Alzheimer's Disease, And Now America's Women
Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about the gender disparities among caregivers of disabled elders.
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Why Do Colleges Recruit Athletes Who Have Committed Sexual Assault?
In April, Indiana University adopted a policy barring the recruiting of any athlete who has either been convicted of a felony involving sexual violence or who has pleaded no contest to such a charge. There are some similar bans in college sports, but why don’t other colleges and universities, as well as the NCAA, have the same policy?
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How U.S. Intelligence Created Games to Predict Policy Shocks, Coups and Wars, With Canadian Help
Philip Tetlock of the Wharton School and the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted on his research on how to more accurately forecast human behavior and events.
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A Professor ‘Who Looks Like Them’
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is highlighted for creating the Pathways to the Professoriate program.
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How Health-Insurer Debate Ground Christie's Trenton to a Halt
Scott E. Harrington of the Wharton School comments on the implications of new health care policies in New Jersey.
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Learning to Teach Canadian Studies Was a Good Lesson for This American
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about how he learned about Canada.
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Why Did a UCLA Instructor With a Popular Free-Speech Course Lose His Job?
According to communication-studies department leaders at the University of California at Los Angeles, the story of why Keith A. Fink lost his job isn’t an especially interesting one: He was a part-time lecturer, and his teaching wasn’t up to par.
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Audio: Podcast: Women Hold the Secret Recipe to Wealth in 2030
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School suggests companies pay attention to the growing concentration of wealth amongst women.
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Burlington Township Graduates Embark on Path Toward Penn
Two incoming freshmen, Mouctar Diallo and Mercy Oluwaseyi Kuye of Burlington Township, N.J., are featured about their journey to the Ivy League.
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Meet the Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales and Extreme Beverages
Patrick McGovern of the Penn Museum is interviewed on his work brewing ancient beverages.