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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A recent University of Virginia law school graduate is challenging a federal directive that transformed the way colleges evaluate allegations of sexual assault on campus. In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the plaintiff, who was accused of and found responsible for sexual misconduct, argues that a 2011 letter from the U.S. Department of Education was a mandate improperly imposed on universities.
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Aaron Wunsch of the School of Design comments on the Mutual Burial Ground of Kensington.
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Dominic Sisti of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about the evolution of treatment for behavioral health care.
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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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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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Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School is cited for his book Stocks for the Long Run.
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An oft-repeated story about Henry Rosovsky, the longtime second-in-command at Harvard University, tells of how he once greeted a student protest group who came to his office. "You are here for four years," he said. "I am here for life, and the institution is here forever." Now, he asked, what is it that you want to talk to me about? That story is not just funny. It also makes a few sharp points. It highlights the inherent institutional conservatism of academe, for one thing.
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Lynn Schuchter of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Chronic damage or pressure or chronic inflammation has not been linked to other areas of the body and melanoma, but it is linked to squamous cell skin cancer.”
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments about revealing or withholding a high-profile gunman’s identity.
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A community college reform group has selected a handful of schools in Virginia and Maryland to develop degree programs using open-source materials in place of textbooks, an initiative that could save students as much as $1,300 a year. Such open educational resources — created using open licenses that let students download or print materials for free — have gained popularity as the price of print textbooks have skyrocketed, but courses that use the materials remain a novelty in higher education.