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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Ask Well: Can You Train Yourself to Need Less Sleep?
Sigrid Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine dispels the notion that people can train their bodies to function on less sleep.
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Historical Commission Backs Certification of Kensington Burial Ground
Aaron Wunsch of the School of Design comments on the Mutual Burial Ground of Kensington.
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Audio: ‘We’re at a Point of Historic Reckoning’ on Standards for Behavioral Health Care
Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about the evolution of treatment for behavioral health care.
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Presidential Perks
When public college or university presidents are hired, their salaries always attract attention. But new research suggests the real growth in executive costs may be due to expenses and benefits, which these days go beyond the charge to live in the president's mansion. Presidents’ contracts have become long, complex and stuffed with extra benefits going far beyond base salary and a place to live, according to new research from James Finkelstein, a public policy professor at George Mason University who has been analyzing presidential contracts for several years.
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Why You’ll Be Glad You Took That Photo
Researchers from Penn are cited for collaborating on a study that examined the ways taking photographs affects how people enjoy different experiences.
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Doctors: High-velocity Orlando Rifle Inflicts ‘Devastating’ Wounds
Brian Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine explains that the level of damage caused by a high-velocity rifle round is contingent upon what type of tissue it hits.
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$6.5B Price Tag for 35-year University City Overhaul
Amtrak and its partners in the proposed redevelopment of a massive swath around 30th Street Station in University City say the decades-long plan - including partially capping the adjacent rail yard - will involve $6.5 billion in infrastructure funding and private investment. The financial projection is part of the planning team's final blueprint for the 175-acre site extending northeast from 30th Street Station, to be released Thursday morning.
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How Inequality Made the Recession Worse
Dirk Krueger of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for a co-authoring a research paper examining wealth inequality.
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Call to Shut Down a Controversial Accreditor Could Shake For-Profit Higher Ed
For more than a year, criticism of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools has been growing over the poor student outcomes at its member colleges and allegations of misconduct against some of those institutions. Now the U.S. Department of Education has recommended that the accrediting agency lose its authority as a gatekeeper of federal financial aid. In a 29-page report released on Wednesday, department analysts laid out 21 areas where they say the accreditor, known as Acics, has failed to follow federal rules.
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Penn’s Perry World House Looks Out of This World
The architecture and design of Perry World House, set to open in September, are highlighted.