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Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw
Lisa Warshaw

Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw

Public speaking strikes fear in many. But for business leaders, communicating with the public is an unavoidable and essential part of the job.
LGBQ adolescents at much greater risk of suicide than heterosexual counterparts

LGBQ adolescents at much greater risk of suicide than heterosexual counterparts

Specifically, 40 percent of sexual-minority adolescents seriously considered suicide compared to 15 percent of their heterosexual counterparts, and nearly a quarter attempted suicide compared to approximately 6 percent of those in the sexual majority.

Michele W. Berger

Penn Senior Wins Third-annual Schwarzman Scholarship

Penn Senior Wins Third-annual Schwarzman Scholarship

A senior from the University of Pennsylvania, Eric Tse of Beijing, has been awarded a Schwarzman Scholarship, which will fund one year of graduate study leading to a master’s degree in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University.
Two Penn Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars

Two Penn Seniors Named Rhodes Scholars

Two University of Pennsylvania seniors have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Christopher D’Urso, of Colts Neck, N.J., has been awarded an American Rhodes and Adnan Zikri Jaafar, of Malaysia, has been awarded a Malaysian Rhodes.
In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge
A person sitting at a desk covered in papers, with a computer screen in the background. Four people are blurry, in the foreground. They are all engaged in conversation.

The BCFG initiative’s educational component, which will measure success via factors like the students’ grade point average and personal goals, will rely heavily on groundwork laid by The Character Lab, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded and run by Duckworth, who was a middle- and high-school teacher before turning to academia.

In the Quest for Lasting Behavior Change, Two Researchers Lead the Charge

Have you ever made a commitment to exercise more often? You sign up with a gym and succeed for a time but soon, too soon, the enthusiasm fades. Eventually, your workout clothes gather dust and your gym membership does nothing but empty your wallet.  

Michele W. Berger