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Penn: Stigma of Record Stays with Individual, Regardless of Crime Type, Conviction
What collateral damage comes from having a criminal record?
In Appalachia, Penn Nursing Grad Students Care for Vulnerable Patients
On Bonnie’s Bus, parked in a lot at Camp Caesar in Webster Springs, W. Va., Chana Schaffer is in a bit of a bind.
People Prefer Explanations That Refer to a More Fundamental Science, Penn Study Says
By Patrick Ammerman Why do some science news stories catch our eye, even if they use exaggerated, irrelevant or inaccurate information?
Green Office Program awards campus buildings that work toward sustainability
Reducing Penn’s carbon footprint has been a part of the University’s commitment to sustainability since the launch of the Climate Action Plan in 2009. Campus buildings constitute some of the University’s largest producers of carbon, causing more than three-quarters of Penn’s emissions.
Women’s health fair in North Philly to discuss cervical cancer prevention
Getting up in front of several dozen women to discuss cervical cancer screening and prevention can be a nerve-wracking pursuit. But after presenting at a conference in West Virginia co-led by the School of Nursing, Penn Nursing alumna Jessegnia Velasquez and graduate student Tahara Prescott-Palmer know how to work a crowd.
Penn Philosophy Grad Student Studies Morality, Social Norms
Try this thought experiment from the world of philosophy. Imagine a train moving quickly down a track. On its current route, call it Path A, five people stand fixed in place; in another direction, Path B, one immoveable individual waits. A single flip of a switch, at which you happen to be standing, shifts the train’s direction from Path A to B, saving five people but dooming one.
Penn’s Kleinman Center Welcomes Hederman, Quigley and Neukrug as Senior Fellows
The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design has named three new senior fellows: William Hederman, former senior advisor to the U.S.
Penn project aims to stop open defecation by changing social norms
Cristina Bicchieri’s work is not for the faint of heart.
Penn Research: Cash Transfers, Childhood Development and the Labor Market
Nearly every country in Latin America has a conditional cash transfer program. Poor households living below the poverty line can receive government subsidies if they agree to the program’s stipulations, usually a mandate that the families invest in the well-being of their children. But how does this influx of cash affect the decision-making process for these households?
New Penn Research Shows Average Joint Contains Much Less Marijuana Than Thought
How much marijuana does the average joint contain?