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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A recall effort against a California judge was announced on Monday in a sexual assault case at Stanford University that ignited public outrage after the defendant was sentenced to a mere six months in jail and his father complained that his son’s life had been ruined for “20 minutes of action” fueled by alcohol and promiscuity.
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John Trojanowski of the Perelman School of Medicine reflects on meeting the late Muhammad Ali and comments on Ali's early onset of Parkinson’s disease.
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Jack M. Guttentag of the Wharton School writes about outlining all the documents within a mortgage.
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On Tuesday, the 10,000-member American Anthropological Association will announce the results of a vote on its proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions. If the preliminary vote is any indication, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. It will pass overwhelmingly, condemning Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians and targeting every institution of higher learning in the country. That action, I believe, is misguided, counterproductive, and sure to damage both the association and the Palestinian cause.
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Richard Doty of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the differences in the sense of smell for men and women.
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I have been teaching at Brooklyn College for more than 15 years. For nine of those, the ceiling of my shared office leaked, periodically causing the ceiling tiles to collapse onto my desk, ruining books, papers, and — once — my printer and computer. That happened at least 10 times, until they moved us out of our office to open the ceiling for major repair.
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Kenneth Margulies and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine collaborate on a commentary about hands-on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Douglas Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how disease affects the brain and how the details are hard to find until after death.
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During his freshman year at the University of Florida, Logan Ham’s parents went through a messy divorce. Money that was supposed to go to Logan’s expenses ended up going to lawyers.
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Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about the inequities historically black colleges and universities face with funding and support.