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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Trump, Clinton Trash Trade Deals, but Is That Fair?
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School talks about international trade and the modern economy.
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Choosing This Instagram Filter Could Mean You’re Depressed
Michael Thase of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on research that found that Instagram filters can be analyzed to screen for depression.
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Goodbyes of Summer: As Teens Leave for College, Families Feel Jumble of Emotions
rank Furstenberg of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on teenagers transitioning from high school to college and moving away from home.
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For Trump and Lochte, the Delicate Politics of Contrition
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center compares the rhetoric of Donald Trump and Ryan Lochte.
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Second Thoughts on Bias Response Teams
For months, officials at the University of Iowa have been saying that they would launch a Bias Assessment and Response Team this fall. Such teams exist at many other colleges and universities and typically use the acronym BART. Many advocates for minority students have pushed for the creation of BARTs, and the Black Student Union at Iowa reviewed and approved the idea of starting one. But on Thursday, the university's chief diversity officer, Georgina Dodge, announced a change of course. The university will not be unveiling a BART at the start of the academic year, she said.
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The Olympic Hangover Is Real
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Attention, creativity and insight can all be impaired by not getting enough sleep, either acutely or chronically.”
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Tiny Dorm Rooms
Imagine living in a room smaller than a parking spot. Now imagine sharing that room with another person. For students in one residence hall at the College of Wooster, this scenario is a reality. They live in pods much smaller than typical dorm rooms, with singles measuring about 72 square feet and doubles measuring about 108 square feet. (The most common area of a parking spot in the United States is about 161.5 feet.) The trend runs in contrast to dormitory rooms that -- either by choice of the college or the students -- feature lavish amenities.
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Smithsonian, Other Agencies Protect Artifacts in Iraq, Syria
Brian Daniels of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is quoted about people who risk their lives to protect their heritage.
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Note Taking as Stenography
So, with all the controversy swirling around students’ use of laptops in the classroom, have you decided to prohibit them or not? Advocates of allowing laptops took a took a punch in the gut with a recent study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finding that students -- unable to resist the Sirens of the internet during class -- performed better when laptops were not permitted in the classroom. Of course, as with critical-thinking courses and outcomes assessment, everyone and their dean has a theory on the subject.
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A Public-records Fight Raises Questions About a University’s Obligations
The University of Kentucky has sued its independent student newspaper, The Kentucky Kernel, in an attempt to shield information about the university’s investigation of a professor accused of sexual assault and harassment. The professor resigned without a hearing or finding of misconduct, raising questions about the tension between a university’s obligations to protect privacy and the need for public disclosure.