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Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Donald Kettl to Testify Before U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
WHO: Donald Kettl, professor of political science, University of Pennsylvania, and director, Penn’s Fels Institute of Government
Penn Partnership Designed to Eliminate Childhood Obesity Takes First Prize in Pediatric Conference Contest
PHILADELPHIA — Students from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Pediatric Acute/Chronic and Oncology Nurse Practitioner program earned first place for their research poster at the 24th Annual Pediatric Nursing National Conference in Las Vegas.
Penn Researcher Finds High Recidivism Rate Is Due to Few Transitional Services for Ex-Offenders
PHILADELPHIA —The lack of organized transitional services often leads ex-convicts straight back into the prison system, according to a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice.
Penn to Offer New Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will offer a new Ph.D. program in Africana studies based in the Center for Africana Studies of the School of Arts and Sciences beginning in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Penn Researcher Finds No Link Between Gun Ownership and Mental Health Problems, Despite Higher Suicide Rates
PHILADELPHIA — In a new study, a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Social Policy and Practice has found no link between firearms possession and mental-health conditions that may lead to suicide.
Online Auditions for Leading Legal Minds: Criminal Law Meets ‘American Idol'
PHILADELPHIA –- In a radically new interactive approach to legal scholarship, more than 100 leading scholars are debating the fundamental questions of modern criminal law through a law professor’s version of the TV show “American Idol.”
The Penn Top Ten: 2008 Summer Reading List
The Penn Top 10 The faculty and staff of Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania have taken literary stock of their favorite books and chosen 10 for a 2008 summer reading list of oldies and newer selections. In alphabetical order they are:
Penn Museum to Celebrate the Republic of Turkey
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology will spotlight Turkey in Turkish Delight! from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, May 3.
In the News
Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Nonfatal shootings usually have a low solve rate. St. Paul police focus on reversing that trend
Ben Struhl of the School of Arts & Sciences says it’s difficult to study whether there is a direct correlation between improving homicide clearance rates and decreased gun violence, though such a link would make sense.
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MotherJones.com
The curious origin of the ‘climate haven’ myth
Billy Fleming of the Weitzman School of Design explains why the idea of a “climate refuge” is an escapist fantasy fueled by the real estate industry.
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Associated Press
Should California’s minimum wage be $18? Voters will soon decide
Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that increasing the minimum wage has not been shown to have any net effect on the overall employment rate.
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Philadelphia Tribune
Engaging discussion at Center in the Park on conservative agenda Project 2025
At a Philadelphia panel on Project 2025, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts said that Black women would have even greater numbers of unwanted pregnancies without access to legal contraceptives.
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Bloomberg
UK Tories lurch to right with Badenoch-Jenrick leadership race
Penn alumnus Robert Jenrick is in the runoff to lead the UK’s Conservative Party.
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