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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Nutter, Booker Tapped to Help Minority Males
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education has been tapped for membership on the advisory board of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, President Obama’s initiative to support young minority men.
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Penn Study Questions Lariat Device to Prevent Stroke in Heart Patients
Jay Giri of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “The Lariat is an absolutely ingenious piece of engineering… However, ingenuity doesn’t guarantee its safety and efficacy.”
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PSU President Refuses to Pay Trustees’ Legal Fees in Their Suits Against the University
Penn State President Eric Barron on Tuesday evening snubbed a demand from seven alumni-elected board members that the university pay their legal fees for actions they have filed against the university to obtain information they say they need to carry out their duties. And in a sharply-worded email to the trustees, Barron blasted them for even asking.
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PSU Alumni Trustees Seek Court Action – Again
For the second time in two weeks, alumni trustees on Pennsylvania State University’s Board of Trustees are seeking court action against the board on which they sit. This time, they are asking the court to require board leadership to release records reviewed by trustee selection groups in recommending new candidates to the board.
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St. Joe’s Suspends Softball Team Play Amid Hazing Investigation
St. Joseph’s University has suspended play for its women’s varsity softball team for the rest of the season following an internal investigation into hazing allegations. The team has three games remaining in the season. It’s unclear whether the team would have made post-season play.
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Finals Looming, Rutgers Scrambles to Respond to Ongoing Online Attacks
With final exams looming, Rutgers University said Thursday evening it was working with federal and state law enforcement to investigate ongoing attacks on its online systems. The distributed denial-of-service attacks began around 10 a.m. Monday, the second such attack on Rutgers’ systems in less than a month.
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The Teenage Brain You’re Sending to College
Frances Jensen of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about brain development of teenagers on their way to college.
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Shakespeare – Not to Be – As a Required Course at Top Colleges
Rebecca Bushnell and Michael Gamer of the School of Arts & Sciences comment on Shakespeare’s literature being offered in courses at Penn.
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Penn Physicists Honored for Work That Could Take Heat Out of Computing
Charles Kane and Eugene Mele of the School of Arts & Sciences are highlighted for their work with topological insulators.
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St. Joe’s Names First Lay President
A Philadelphia native and mathematician was named president of St. Joseph’s University on Wednesday, the first lay leader in the Jesuit school’s 164-year history. And at 40, Mark C. Reed also is the youngest president, at least since St. Joe’s moved to its City Line Avenue location in 1927, according to the college.