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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Every spring, the articles appear about how the admission rates to Harvard University or Stanford University have hit record lows and how it's just impossible to get into college these days. Meanwhile, other articles say there are so many more applications to college that it must be impossible for anyone not destined to win a Nobel Prize or an Olympic medal to find a space.
Penn In the News
The Ur Online database, a collaboration between the Penn Museum and the British Museum, is featured.
Penn In the News
Few concepts in academe have been dissected, debated, mocked, and defended in recent months as much as the "safe space." The term has cropped up repeatedly in campus protests, and as the discussion has become more polarized, the safe space has become a political football — social-media grist that offers each side a chance to see what it wants to see.
Penn In the News
Jonathan Spergel of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about the factors involved in early antibiotic use and the development of allergies later in life.
Penn In the News
Scott Levin of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about leading the team that performed the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.
Penn In the News
Wade Berrettini of the Perelman School of Medicine offers solutions to help manage the opioid crisis.
Penn In the News
David Erickson of the Wharton School comments on the difficulties facing activist investors after a financial crisis.
Penn In the News
A polling project conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited.
Penn In the News
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for studying the cognitive function of astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly.
Penn In the News
Domini Sisti and Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine write about the public need and importance of sleep.