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University of Pennsylvania Announces 2012 Thouron Award Winners
PHILADELPHIA – Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a Penn alumna have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The award winners are:
Feb. 28 Penn Lightbulb Café to Focus on Children Asking for Help in the Classroom
PHILADELPHIA – At the Penn Lightbulb Café on Tuesday, Feb. 28, Jessica McCrory Calarco, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology in Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences, will discuss her research about the correlation between socioeconomic class and children’s seeking help in the classroom.
Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter to Visit Penn for College Affordability Town Hall Feb. 24
WHO: Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education Eric Furda, Dean of Admissions, University of Pennsylvania
'Thinking With the Past' Lecture at Penn to Address ‘Barack Obama and Burden of Race’
WHO: Speaker: Thomas Sugrue, professor of history and sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Former United Nations Peacekeeping Commander to Speak at Penn
WHO: Romeo Dallaire, former commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda
Despite Leadership, Maryland Higher Education Is Leaving Citizens Behind, Penn GSE Study Finds
PHILADELPHIA — Maryland’s higher education system is leaving poor, black and Hispanic residents behind, according to a new study from the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Higher Education Research, “Much Accomplished, Much at Stake: Performance and Policy in Maryland Higher Education.”
Penn's Amy Gutmann Reappointed Chair of Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
PHILADELPHIA -- Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been re-appointed chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues by President Obama. She has served in the position since first being appointed by Obama in 2009.
Penn Announces 2012-13 Financial-Aid Budget, Tuition
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania today reaffirmed its commitment to an all-grant, no-loan financial-aid program as its Board of Trustees authorized a $181 million financial-aid budget for 2012-13 while increasing total undergraduate charges by 3.9 percent, the second lowest in 44 years.
The Legacy of Penn's Martin Meyerson
Penn President Martin Meyerson’s impact on campus is still being felt more than 30 years after his presidency.
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The New York Times
Europe has a leadership vacuum. How will it handle Trump?
Amy Gutmann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Germany is front and center in the economic problems currently afflicting Europe.
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The Hill
Trust in court system at record low: Gallup
An October survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that the public’s trust in the U.S. Supreme Court has dropped to a record low.
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Los Angeles Times
Trump offers murky worldview ahead of second term, mixing dire warnings with rosy promises
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Donald Trump is far more hyperbolic on average than traditional presidential candidates, who still routinely claim that they will do something alone that can’t be done without Congress.
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The New York Times
An epidemic of vicious school brawls, fueled by student cellphones
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton says that many schools don’t have a playbook for addressing student violence or helping pupils engage more positively online, in part because few researchers are studying the issue.
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The New York Times
N.Y.C. grocery prices are high. Could city-owned stores help?
Andrew Lamas of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the logistics of running grocery stores are complicated and that New York City should examine different models like cooperatives.
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