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Breaking the ‘tribal culture’ in healthcare
To meet the needs of a global society, healthcare professionals must join forces in new ways, according to Richard Horton, editor of the internationally renowned medical journal The Lancet, who delivered a lecture titled “A Bonfire of the Professions: Prospects for Global Health” at
Nov. 16 Penn Lightbulb Café to Focus on Restoring Religious Monuments in War-torn Pakistan
WHO: Michael Meister, professor of South Asia Studies in the Department of Art History at the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Honors the Nation’s Veterans
PHILADELPHIA — In honor of Veterans Day, the University of Pennsylvania will hold a flag-raising ceremony on Locust Walk in front of Van Pelt Library at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov.
Penn Public Safety Says Celebrate Safely This Holiday Season, Displays DUI Victims’ Moving Memorial
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania Division of Public Safety, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Street Smarts, will host a press conference and community event on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.
Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy and Wharton Will Host ‘Saving Philanthropy’ Screening
PHILADELPHIA —The documentary “Saving Philanthropy” will be shown on Wednesday, Nov.
Founder of Philadelphia International Children’s Festival Honored with Penn Creative Spirit Award
PHILADELPHIA – When former University of Pennsylvania professor Catherine “Kaki” Marshall saw the efforts major Canadian cities make each year to put on quality theater festivals for children, she decided that needed to happen here.
Penn Again Tops Higher Education Division of EPA’s Green-Power Partners List
PHILADELPHIA –- With a green power usage of 200,194,600 kWh annually, the University of Pennsylvania has retained its top spot among institutions of higher learning on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s list of green-power purchasers.
"Double Take: Series, Multiples and Prints" to Be at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “Double Take: Series, Multiples and Prints” opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Nov. 18.
Penn to Host Government and Business National Security Risks Symposium
WHO: International Relations Program at the University of Pennsylvania
In the News
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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