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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Joanne Berger-Sweeney, a neuroscientist, became president of Trinity College in 2014, after serving as dean of Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences. She describes her experience as the first female and first African-American chief executive of the primarily white institution in Hartford, Conn., and explains what the college is doing to make it easier for students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to attend.
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Undergraduate Brianna Krejci of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the vegan dining options on campus.
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It’s only fitting that the admissions tour for the University of Alabama starts in Bryant-Denny Stadium. On game days, the campus’s iconic quad — a painterly expanse of lawn, majestic trees and bell tower — becomes a crimson and white tent city of numbered tailgating plots, some with electricity. Coach Nick Saban is so revered that as rain threatened this year’s sorority rush, prayers went out to “Lord Saban” for sunshine, which brings us to the second thing Bama is famous for: Greek life. Banners flew along Colonial Drive after the August rush.
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Baylor University has been criticized for months for being slow to divulge details about a spate of sexual assaults that rocked the campus and toppled its leadership. Now, the university is seeking to regain control of its message with a series of moves that are raising eyebrows among alumni and activists. This week, it set up a website, The Truth, in which it has been taking on its critics as part of an effort to increase transparency. The aggressive tone of some of its posts contrasts sharply with what many have described as the university’s previous silence on the scandal.
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Undergraduate Sam Philippi of the School of Arts & Sciences is profiled as a Penn football player and a bone marrow donor.
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With the election just days away, the president of the University of Virginia reminded students to vote, and also urged them to unite after one of the most divisive campaign seasons in recent memory. Her message came at a time when U-Va., like many campuses across the country, has had incidents of hateful speech, although a university spokesman said her statement was not a “direct response” to the latest incident.
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about poor restroom conditions in schools.
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Dillard University President Walter M. Kimbrough walked a fine line under intense scrutiny over the last two weeks -- and more scrutiny is likely coming. The private 1,200-student university in New Orleans, a historically black institution, agreed weeks ago to host a debate Wednesday night between candidates for Louisiana’s open U.S. Senate seat. When it agreed to host the debate, the university did not know which candidates would be participating.
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Almost exactly five years after Pennsylvania State University was rocked by the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal, the fallout continues, this time with the U.S. Department of Education levying a $2.4 million fine against the school for violations of federal crime reporting laws. The fine is the largest ever assessed under the federal Clery Act, said the department, which found 11 areas of violations.
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Kevin Volpp of the Wharton School and the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for co-authoring a paper titled “Habit forming in children: Evidence from incentives for healthy eating.”