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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A study co-authored by Matthew Steinberg of the Graduate School of Education was cited in an article about the effects of budget cuts on test scores in poor and minority school districts.
Penn In the News
Taylor Jones, a grad student in the School of Arts and Sciences, led a study that found court reporters were only able to accurately transcribe 60% of sentences spoken in the African-American English dialect, regardless of the transcriptionists’ race or experience level.
Penn In the News
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Michael Horowitz weighed in on the downsides of requiring arms control for the use of autonomous weaponry, saying it would be “extremely hard to verify using traditional arms-control techniques.”
Penn In the News
Research by Diana Mutz of the School of Arts and Sciences and the Annenberg School for Communication was cited in an article about the role of “status threat” in voters’ motivations.
Penn In the News
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Dominic Sisti weighed in on the move to reopen state facilities for addicted or mentally ill homeless people in California. Sisti said that currently “mentally ill people are still being institutionalized. They are just in jails.”
Penn In the News
Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts and Sciences comments on the current climate in India for Dalits, once known as untouchables.
Penn In the News
Free Speech on Campus by Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education is reviewed.
Penn In the News
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School comments on blockchain technology and managing identities.
Penn In the News
A book co-authored by Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts & Sciences is reviewed.
Penn In the News
Research about UAE wages for foreigners from Shing-Yi Wang of the Wharton School is cited.