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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Chances of Successful CPR Dwindle as Seniors Age
Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying CPR training and older Americans.
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At Google, an Employee-run Email List Tracks Harassment and Bias Complaints
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School comments on the potential business risks due to Google’s employee-run email list called “Yes, at Google,” that tracks harassment and bias complaints.
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L’État, C’est Trump!
Stephen Burbank of the Law School quoted on President Trump’s regard for the law.
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False Alarms
Colleges and universities across the United States are spending tens of millions dollars to create and operate emergency communications systems. Yet as officials at the University of Texas at Austin discovered recently during a deadly knife attack on the campus, students have their own informal system for communicating in an emergency.
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‘Kris Kobach Came After Me for an Honest Mistake’
Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how duplicates in voting data occur.
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Penn State Plans 'Report Card' on Frats
Pennsylvania State University for the first time this fall plans to publish a “report card” on its fraternities and sororities, listing their status — active or suspended — and their history of conduct infractions.
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How People Decide Whether to Have Children
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School comments on how engagement in social and political networks affects the decision to have children.
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How Colleges Know What You Can Afford (and the Limits of That Tactic)
Earlier this month, Kelly Jordan, vice president for student affairs at Holy Cross College in South Bend, Ind., accidentally sent an email to the entire student body declaring that the small Catholic college was on the brink of financial ruin.
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Penn Gets $9.25M Grant for Research on Concussions
David Meaney of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Douglas Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine are mentioned for leading concussion research.
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Mizzou’s Freshman Enrollment Has Dropped by 35% in 2 Years. Here’s What’s Going On.
This fall the University of Missouri at Columbia will welcome its smallest freshman class in nearly two decades. As of this month, just 4,009 first-time freshmen had made enrollment deposits, a decline of 35 percent from the 2015 class of 6,191 students.