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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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2 Ex-Vanderbilt Students Convicted of Rape
Two former Vanderbilt football players were convicted on Tuesday of raping a fellow student in 2013 after a jury rejected claims that they were too drunk to know what they were doing and that a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex should be blamed for the attack. The jury deliberated for three hours before announcing its verdict against the two former players, Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey. Mr.
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States Move to Make Citizenship Exams a Classroom Aid
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “One has to understand there are three branches of government before you can understand balance of power.”
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An Unblinking Look at Sexual Assaults On Campus
“The Hunting Ground,” set for release in theaters and broadcast on CNN, was billed by the Sundance Film Festival as a “piercing,
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A Quiet Revolution in Helping Lift the Burden of Student Debt
Has the student loan crisis already been solved? This might seem an absurd question.
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After PTSD, More Trauma
Edna Foa of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for developing “prolonged exposure therapy.”
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The Least Economically Diverse Top College, Seeking to Change
The leaders of Washington University in St. Louis have decided that it has a distinction they no longer want: the nation’s least economically diverse top college. Only 6 percent of undergraduates at Wash.
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The Current Problems With Open Offices Are Temporary
Michael Useem of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on open office floor plans.
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Speaking While Female
Adam Grant of the Wharton School co-authors an article about why women stay quiet at work.
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UVA Fraternity Reinstated After Rolling Stone Article on Rape
The University of Virginia, after receiving guidance from the local police, on Monday reinstated the fraternity at the center of a Rolling Stone magazine article that detailed gang rape allegations that later came int
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Obama to Call for Laws Covering Data Hacking and Student Privacy
President Obama on Monday will call for federal legislation intended to force American companies to be more forthcoming when credit card data and other consumer information are lost in an online breach like the kind that hit Sony, Tar