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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Report: 3 Penn State Execs Paid $4.1 Million Last Year
Two presidents and a former president at Pennsylvania State University received a collective $4.1 million in compensation in 2013-14, a report by the Chronicle of Higher Education shows. They include Rodney A. Erickson, who steered Pennsylvania's flagship university in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal and stepped down in May 2014; Eric Barron, who replaced Erickson; and former president Graham B. Spanier, who was forced out as president after the Sandusky scandal broke in November 2011 but who remains on the payroll as a tenured faculty member.
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Can Brain Games Change Behaviors Long Term?
Caryn Lerman of the Perelman School of Medicine and its Abramson Cancer Center, Leah Bernardo, also of Medicine, and Joseph Kable of the School of Arts & Sciences are highlighted for researching how Lumosity affects brain activity.
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On Ridge Avenue Progress Would Go by the Initials PHA
Karen Black of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on the need for partnerships to better manage a transitioning city.
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Supreme Court Overturns Pa. Man's Facebook Threat Conviction
Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School comments on evolving cases around freedom of speech and the Internet.
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Penn Link to Napoleon III Returns From France
Dean Denis Kinane of the School of Dental Medicine and Lynn Marsden-Atlass of Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery are quoted about an antique carriage owned by 19th-century dentist Thomas Evans that he used to help Napoleon III's wife flee riots in Paris.
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Life After Mechanical Ventilation: Searching for Answers
Jacob Gutsche of the Perelman School of Medicine notes that the information revealed by a study on patients who receive mechanical ventilation is helpful but more data is needed.
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Mary Ellen Mark, 75, Photographer of Humanity
Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of Annenberg Public Policy Center, comment on the death of photographer and alumna Mary Ellen Mark.
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Letterman Helped Woman Grieve After Her Mother’s Death
Jamie-Lee Josselyn of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, shares how the “Late Show with David Letterman” helped her cope with the death of her mother at a young age.
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Foal-sitting: Exhausting, Exhilarating
Jon Palmer of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on volunteer foal sitters at the new Bolton Center.
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Temple to Start City’s First Confucius Institute
Temple University is starting a Confucius Institute - the first in Philadelphia - focusing on the teaching of Chinese language and culture, officials announced Monday. The school will partner with China's Zhejiang Normal University, which will send two Chinese language professors here to teach in the institute, said Temple provost Hai-Lung Dai.