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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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New Prize Rewards Economic Diversity at Colleges
Top colleges have many reasons to avoid enrolling a lot of low-income students. The students need financial aid, which can strain a university’s budget. Although many of the students have stellar grades, they often have somewhat lower SAT scores than affluent students, which can hurt a university’s ranking.
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Rutgers Bans Fraternity and Sorority House Parties After Student’s Death
Rutgers University has banned fraternity and sorority house parties at its main campus for the rest of the spring semester after several alcohol-related problems this school year, including the death of a student. The probation was decided last week but announced by the university on Monday. “Rutgers takes seriously its commitment to maintaining a healthy and safe campus environment,” the university said in a statement.
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Stipends for Five Emerging Artists From Annenberg Fund
The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for the Performing and Visual Arts, housed at Penn, is featured.
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The Hackathon Fast Track, From Campus to Silicon Valley
PennApps is cited as the “longest-running collegiate hackathon.”
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Transforming Nursing Home Care
Mary Ersek of the School of Nursing penned an op-ed about making changes to nursing home care.
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Syracuse to Drop Fossil Fuel Stocks From Endowment
Syracuse University is dropping all fossil fuel stocks from its endowment, the university announced on Tuesday. At $1.2 billion, Syracuse’s is the largest endowment to divest entirely of fossil fuel stocks.
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Why More Education Won’t Fix Economic Inequality
Suppose you accept the persuasive data that inequality has been rising in the United States and most advanced nations in recent decades. But suppose you don’t want to fight inequality through politically polarizing steps like higher taxes on the wealthy or a more generous social welfare system.
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House Provision Offers Doctors More Protection Against Malpractice Suits
Tom Baker of the Law School is quoted about a provision of a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide doctors with new protections against medical malpractice lawsuits.
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Rhodes Scholarships Expanding to Include Chinese Students
The organization that administers Rhodes scholarships, the prestigious grant program that sends promising students to the University of Oxford, is preparing to expand to other countries and will soon begin naming scholars from China.
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Oklahoma Inquiry Traces Racist Song to National Gathering of Fraternity
A racist song that caused a national uproar when it was caught on video was a fixture within a fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma and not an anomaly, the university reported Friday, and members first learned it at a gathering of the national fraternity four years ago.