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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A black student at Pitzer College and two other minority students at the Claremont Colleges, of which Pitzer is a part, were looking for a fourth to share housing for the summer. One line in the posting -- "POC only" (for people of color) -- turned the roommate search into the subject of a national debate. Was it legitimate for black students to seek only nonwhite roommates? Was the posting evidence of self-segregation by minority college students? The students have received an onslaught of criticism.
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When he was three months old, Jeremy Shuler’s parents were surprised to find he seemed to pay close attention to things for so long. Instead of the seconds they expected from an infant, he would watch closely for half an hour. And it seemed the things that fascinated him most were letters and numbers — they joked that he sat through a whole video to get to the credits. When he was 15 months old, Jeremy knew the alphabet and found letters and numbers everywhere — in his pasta, in clouds, in stars, in the patterns of marble tiles.
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Research about homelessness and housing resources by Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice is cited.
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Here is the newest in a podcast series called “Have You Heard,” this one about why it is a myth that college is the “great equalizer” between poor and more affluent students. The series is the work of Jennifer Berkshire and Aaron French. Berkshire is a freelance journalist and public education advocate who writes the lively EduShyster blog, where she discusses the serious consequences of corporate school reform. French is the creator of “Education on Tap,” a podcast produced by Teach For America.
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Undergraduate rower Ethan Genyk of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on working as contributor to NBC’s Olympic highlights factory.
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Michael Povelones of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted about studying the mosquito and the Zika virus.
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Vukan Vuchic of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on SEPTA’s regional rail system.
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Academics, it’s often said, don’t play well with others. But that cliché doesn’t apply to all of us. Humanists may derive their practices from the myth of the solitary genius laboring in the garret, but the laboratory sciences are justly known for their culture of collaboration. Bench scientists, as they’re also called, are socialized into lab-based groups.
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Emily Rubin of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about studying what comprises good treatment and care for critically ill patients and what they fear the most.
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Emily Conant of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the precision of breast density ratings.