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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Try These Tricks For Better Sleep Tonight
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on situations that are disruptive to sleep.
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Why It’s Harder Than Ever for a Poor Kid to Get Into a Good College
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education says, “The gap between the haves and the have-nots is just getting bigger.”
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Black Colleges and the Feeling of Home
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education writes about the college experience for African-American students at HBCUs.
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How Positivity Makes You Healthy and Successful
Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for researching how pessimism is not good for health.
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The C-Word: Why Compromise Shouldn’t Be a Dirty Word in Agriculture
President Amy Gutmann is cited for co-authoring The Spirit of Compromise.
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5 Nightmarish Side Effects Of Sleep Deprivation
David Dinges of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the affects of sleep deprivation.
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Sorry, You Probably Can’t Sleep Just 6 Hours a Night
David Dinges of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for his comments about how humans currently face “dissimilar and ‘perhaps more nagging stressors’ than our ancestors did” that affect our sleep patterns.
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How to Create a Culture of Giving
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for studying the importance of giving in an organization.
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Rise Up, Education Leaders
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education urges educators to get more involved in helping change gun laws in the wake of mass shootings at schools and universities.
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Denzel Washington Shares the Important Life Lesson He’ll Never Forget
Undergraduate Whitney Stewart is highlighted for being the Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year.