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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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University of Missouri Fires Instructor After Student Run-ins
The University of Missouri fired an assistant professor on Thursday who had been suspended after run-ins with student journalists during protests last year, including a videotaped confrontation in which she called
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After Palestine Talk, Harvard Donor Stops Sponsoring Events
A major backer of Harvard Law School has stopped sponsoring student events after its donation helped pay for a discussion supporting an independent Palestine. In 2012, the international law firm Milbank promised Harvard $1 million over five years to pay for scholarly conferences organized by law students. But after the money was used to support an event hosted by the student group Justice for Palestine, the law firm asked Harvard Law School to use the money for other purposes. Calls to Milbank's New York headquarters weren't returned this week.
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Into the Mosh Pit: Republican Campaign Talk Gets Nastier
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about how Donald Trump has ‘“hijacked” political correctness to justify his use of personal attacks.
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Penn Study Explores How Black Men Find Success in College
Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education is quoted about studying racial stereotypes and black male success in college.
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Stanford Names New York University Leader a Next President
A neuroscientist who leads a prestigious graduate school and biomedical research institute in New York City was named Thursday as Stanford University's next president, a position he said he would use to champion basic research and the value of a liberal arts education. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of The Rockefeller University, will become Stanford's 11th president on Sept. 1, the California university's Board of Trustees announced.
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Israeli Academics Face Growing Boycott Pressures
Israeli anthropologist Dan Rabinowitz is a leader in his field, heading a prestigious school of environmental studies at Tel Aviv University, authoring dozens of publications and holding visiting teaching positions over the years at leading North American universities. But the British-educated Rabinowitz fears that his younger counterparts may not enjoy the same professional opportunities for a very personal reason: They are Israeli.
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Video: Paywalls Are Not the Answer for Every Media Organization
Michael Sinkinson of the Wharton School shares his commentary on the use of paywalls by media organizations.
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Last Run for Current SAT This Week; New One Debuts in March
The current version of the SAT college entrance exam has its final run this weekend, when hundreds of thousands of students nationwide will sit, squirm or stress through the nearly four-hour reading, writing and math test. A new revamped version debuts in March. Sixteen-year-old Alex Cohen, a junior at the Miami Country Day School in Florida, thinks he’s solid on math, but he’s been studiously cramming on vocabulary words to get ready for the exam. “I don’t want to study for the new one, so hopefully I’ll do well on this one,” he said.
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Pell Grant Expansion A Goal of Obama Administration
The Obama administration wants to expand the federal Pell grant program to help more students graduate from college — by providing them with money to attend classes year-round and reward them for taking more credits. Two new proposals, announced Tuesday by the Education Department, would expand the $29 billion program by $2 billion in the new fiscal year. They’ll be part of President Barack Obama’s budget proposal next month.
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Obama’s Move on Guns May Have Only Modest Effect on Violence
Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice suggests that it is difficult to predict the impact of President Obama’s move to tighten gun-control laws.