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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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David Erickson of the Wharton School comments on the difficulties facing activist investors after a financial crisis.
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Undergraduate David Cahn of the Wharton School is interviewed about the millennial generation and how it might impact the 2016 presidential election.
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Emma Morgan-Bennett isn't sure whether she wants a career in the humanities or the hard sciences, or a piece of both. So the Swarthmore College freshman decided to use her first semester to explore. She'll take biology, introduction to education, and Spanish. Oh, and costume design. "Because, why not?" said Morgan-Bennett, 18, of New York City.
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A freshman tentatively raises her hand and takes the microphone. “I’m really scared to ask this,” she begins. “When I, as a white female, listen to music that uses the N word, and I’m in the car, or, especially when I’m with all white friends, is it O.K. to sing along?” The answer, from Sheree Marlowe, the new chief diversity officer at Clark University, is an unequivocal “no.” The exchange was included in Ms.
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Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School pens an op-ed about the increase in civil wars.
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Tweets by the chairman of Ursinus College's board of trustees have drawn ire from some students and at least one fellow board member, who called them "elitist, racist, sexist, body-shaming," and "generally intolerant," and resigned over them Sunday
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David Hsu of the Wharton School says, “Maybe it’s time for Apple to be less guarded. If you swing for the fences, it’s OK to strike out sometime. Their reputation can take it.”
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As a child, I was a serial fort-builder. Whether it was under a desk, a piano, a basement workbench, or constructed of blankets and random furniture, I found comfort and coziness in a variety of forts I built in rooms throughout the house. Lit by flashlight or battery-powered lantern, my forts were where I (and the occasional friend or pet) spent hours engrossed in books, games, and conversation. My mother gamely joined me when invited, though I’m sure she didn’t love getting on her hands and knees and crawling beneath the canopy of old blankets I had repurposed.
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A Syracuse University professor withdrew an invitation to a New York University professor, who is Israeli, to present his film at an academic conference, saying that his nationality would upset colleagues who favor a boycott of Israeli academe.
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Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School comments on the relationship between employers and employees.