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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Are the Best Bosses the Ones Who Put Off Difficult Decisions?
Adam Grant of the Wharton School shares his opinion about how procrastination can be a good thing for decision makers.
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Taking the MBA Plunge
Claire Leinweber of the Wharton School comments on the resources business schools offer to MBA students.
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New Poll Finds 9 in 10 Native Americans Aren’t Offended by Redskins Name
A 2004 poll conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center about Native Americans’ opinions about the Washington Redskins’ name is mentioned.
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Building a Better ‘Bridge’ to the Ph.D.
As an undergraduate, Rose S. Perea never doubted her ability in physics. That changed in her master’s program. "The math just got super hard," she says. "I started questioning my performance compared to the other students and wondered whether I belonged in graduate school." Ms. Perea, who is Hispanic, had set her sights on a doctorate. She knew she had hurdles, like low GRE scores, and at New Mexico State University, she failed to pass a qualifying examination.
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Why ‘Three-parent Embryo’ Procedure Could Fail
Douglas Wallace of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about a mitochondrial replacement technique.
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As Consent Rules Change, Big Questions Come to the Surface
Students aren’t the only people on campus who are struggling with how to determine when a sexual act crosses the line into assault. As hundreds of universities and a few states adopt "affirmative consent" policies requiring permission for each escalating act of intimacy, the often-blurry boundaries crossed behind closed doors are raising questions for campus administrators and lawyers. How widespread are incidents of campus sexual assault, and how can colleges reduce confusion over what constitutes consent?
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UNC Tuition for $500? State Lawmakers Consider the Possibility at 5 Campuses
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about encouraging diversity at minority-serving institutions.
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Fears for Future of UNC Black Colleges
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on leaders of black colleges in North Carolina speaking out against a bill that would cut tuition and revenue.
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The Many Meanings of a Fist
A picture of 16 black female cadets raising their fists triumphantly went viral on social media after sparking an internal investigation at the United States Military Academy. West Point sought to determine whether these graduating cadets violated a defense department ban on "partisan" speech via a physical gesture with ties to black-power-era militancy and contemporary antiracist activism.
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Spiral Zipper Creates Robot Arm Out of a Strip of Plastic
Mark Yim and May graduate Foster Collins of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are highlighted for developing a spherical robot arm with a spiral zipper joint.