5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The Small-world Network of Squash
An article co-authored by Michael Kearns of the School of Engineering and Applied Science about networks of squash players is featured.
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The Pitfalls of Using Google Ngram to Study Language
Mark Liberman from the Linguistic Data Consortium is quoted on the pitfalls of relying on technology when studying language.
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Investment Firms Nurture University Start-ups
The Penn Center for Innovation and its creation of more than 100 companies on its own and through its five-year-old company creation program, Upstart, are cited.
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How Scientists Fool Themselves – and How They Can Stop
Jonathan Baron of the School of Arts & Sciences and Uri Simonsohn of Arts & Sciences and the Wharton School are quoted.
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Penn Scientists’ Work on ‘Ghost Particles’ Contributed to Nobel Win
Josh Klein and Eugene Beier of the School of Arts & Sciences are highlighted for being a part of a group of researchers who helped design and build high-tech particle detectors and analyzed results.
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The Three Things Humans Will Always Do Better Than Robots
Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on how flying robots are programmed to figure things out.
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Your Tweets Can Reveal How Much Money You Earn
Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for leading a study that revealed how Twitter behavior can predict users’ income level.
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For ‘Genius’ Winners, Grants Mean Fame, Money – and Pressure
Danielle Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted about the impact of a MacArthur Foundation grant on her research.
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Brain Stimulation Holds Promise in Autism Treatment
Michael Platt of the Perelman School of Medicine, the Wharton School and the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the potential benefits of transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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The Genius of Learning
Danielle Bassett of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured for studying how learning works.