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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Minnesota Plans Harassment Inquiry
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The Dad Bod, Brought to You by Babies
Tom Wadden of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on how the weight of fathers is not on physicians’ radar when monitoring the weight of an expectant and/or new mother.
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How Obama Reversed Course on Federal College Ratings
President Barack Obama dearly wanted to get the government in the business of rating colleges and universities based on value and affordability, promising a new system by 2015. Now that goal is shriveling under the weight of a concerted opposition from universities, lawmakers and bureaucrats in Obama’s own administration. Nearly two years after the president, standing before a crowd of 7,000 at the University at Buffalo, unveiled the bold proposal as a way to curb soaring college costs, his administration has quietly but drastically scaled back the initiative.
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Hundreds Saved From Boko Haram Now in Military Custody
Penn’s 259th Commencement address by Ambassador Samantha Power is cited.
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University of Rhode Island Police to Carry Guns, Final Public University to Do So
University of Rhode Island campus police will start carrying guns Friday, making it the final public university in the nation to arm its officers. The move to arm police came after a false alarm in 2013, when some students in a lecture hall thought they heard someone say they had a gun, setting off a panic on the university’s bucolic campus in South Kingstown.
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College A Cappella: Not Your Granddad's Barbershop Quartet
Penn’s “Off the Beat” will participate in the Super Bowl of a cappella competitions.
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Exporting Philly: Cheesesteaks, Ices and Pretzels Go Global
David Reibstein of the Wharton School comments on brands built around a city’s iconic foods.
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Pennsylvania College Expels 3 for Racist Radio Broadcast
A private Pennsylvania college expelled three students over a campus radio broadcast in which they made racist comments and used a slur. Bucknell University president John Bravman met with about 1,000 students and staff about the matter on Tuesday, a day after sending a late-night email revealing the expulsions.
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Penn State Seeks Frat Members Who Posted Nude Photos Online
Penn State intends to hold accountable the fraternity members who used a private, invitation-only Facebook page to post "appalling, offensive" photos of nude and partly nude women, some apparently asleep or passed out, a university official said.
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SAE Head Outlines Plan for Improving Fraternity’s Diversity
A fraternity that disbanded its University of Oklahoma chapter after members were caught on video engaging in a racist chant is taking steps to become more inclusive, including requiring all of its members, nationwide, to go through diversity training, a fraternity executive said Wednesday. Blaine Ayers, the executive director of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, said at a news conference in Chicago that he was personally disgusted and embarrassed by the video that surfaced last week.