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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Women Against Abuse Initiative Wins $250,000
The 2017 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize winner, Women Against Abuse, is profiled.
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A Decade Later, Barbaro’s Legacy Lives On
Dean Richardson of the School of Veterinary Medicine is interviewed about Barbaro.
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Penn Creates Team to Review Criminal Errors
Dean Ted Ruger and John Hollway of the Law School comment on the School receiving a federal grant to create a multijurisdictional team to review criminal errors.
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‘We Live on Edge’
Jessie Cain was on his way to pay his son's tuition bill at the Community College of Philadelphia yesterday morning when crime-scene tape went up around him on Spring Garden Street near 16th and police officers forced him back down the block. Reports of an armed man on campus had placed the school on lockdown and Cain, 67, who worked in school security for four decades before his retirement, stood helpless at the corner, wondering if his son, Khalif, who was inside one of the classrooms, would be all right.
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Penn’s 4-year-old Football Captain Teeming With Inspiration
Penn football head coach Ray Priore is quoted about a cancer-surviving 4-year-old who serves as the team’s captain.
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A Fighter for Human Rights to the Last Breath
President Amy Gutmann commented on the life and activist work of Julian Bond.
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Time to Change Prez Debates
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is cited for issuing a report entitled “Democratizing the Debates.”
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Fundraiser Launched to Replace Police Motorcycles
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety is mentioned as the board president of the Philadelphia Police Foundation.
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The Next Mayor Should Do More Than Just Tweak Business Taxes
Robert Inman of the Wharton School shares his views on what the next mayor of Philadelphia should focus on in terms of the city’s economy.
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An Important Day for the Internet
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School discusses the Federal Communications Commission and new Internet rules.