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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Shootings and other incidents of violence often raise alarm among students and faculty members about what they should do when a worst-case scenario becomes a reality. So more colleges are taking extra steps to prepare themselves for one of the most-feared situations in academe: an active shooter on the campus.
Penn In the News
Ilene Rosen at the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on her studies of obstructive sleep apnea in women.
Penn In the News
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School comments on the regional impact on the Federal Reserve and on raised interest rates.
Penn In the News
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education writes about a Stanford University sexual assault case and issues about gender, class and race.
Penn In the News
Ezekiel J. Emanuel of the Wharton School and the School of Medicine writes about drug-pricing policies.
Penn In the News
Budget cuts are drawing protests at the University of Chicago amid worries academic departments are being asked to pay for a past construction boom -- and faculty members fear that their historical influence on major decisions is being diminished.
Penn In the News
Witold Rybczynski of the School of Design comments on the history of placing statues and art objects in parks.
Penn In the News
Ron Litman of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about the importance of a drug called succinylcholine.
Penn In the News
Last year James Fitch, chief of campus police at North Central Texas College, patrolled several buildings during an emergency-alert test to see how faculty and students responded. Later that day his office noticed that a student had posted a warning on Facebook: A man was meandering through a campus hallway, the student reported, with a loaded gun.
Penn In the News
Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the concerns about high-dose opioids.