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Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers
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Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers

In the city’s first regional Ethics Bowl, facilitated by Penn philosopher Karen Detlefsen and Graduate School of Education doctoral student Dustin Webster, six local teams competed for a chance at Nationals.

Michele W. Berger

Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
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Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor

Karen Tani has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 24th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.
‘Possibility mentoring’ helps Philadelphia middle schoolers plan for their futures
gse student mentoring at a table with college pennants behind Mentor Alexander Blanchett, in the GSE counseling program, talks to the eighth graders in his group about their interest in a career in sports and how they might achieve their goals.

‘Possibility mentoring’ helps Philadelphia middle schoolers plan for their futures

Now in two Philadelphia public schools, master’s students at the Graduate School of Education are focused on helping the young teens imagine and take steps to realize their futures, while gaining real-world experience in education.
Penn has three new Schwarzman Scholars
Penn’s new Schwarzman Scholars are senior Andrew Howard (left), master’s student Zinan Chen (center), and 2017 graduate Malik Abdul Majeed.

Penn’s new Schwarzman Scholars are senior Andrew Howard (left), master’s student Zinan Chen (center), and 2017 graduate Malik Abdul Majeed. 

Penn has three new Schwarzman Scholars

A University of Pennsylvania senior, a master's student, and an alumnus were chosen to receive the Schwarzman Scholarship, which funds a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. 
Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually
A young child sits in a hallway burying their head in their arms on a rather dirty carpet

Childhood exposure to trauma costs society $458 billion annually

Bureaucratic hurdles block access to treatment services, so they tend to go unused. This leads to adverse outcomes that put stress on public systems like social services and law enforcement.

Michele W. Berger

Talking the Deadspin debacle, the future of digital news, and more
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Talking the Deadspin debacle, the future of digital news, and more

Victor Pickard, an associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, chats with Penn Today about how the recent happenings at the sports blog are reminiscent of a worsening journalism crisis in the U.S.

Lauren Hertzler

Streaming endures growing pains
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Streaming endures growing pains

With several new contenders entering the streaming wars in the months ahead, faculty from Wharton and Cinema and Media Studies weigh in on the state of streaming and obstacles ahead.
Talking climate change with Rafe Pomerance
A person sitting in a red chair gesturing with hands.

Environmental activist, Rafe Pomerance, founder of Arctic 21 and a senior fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spoke at the Penn’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy last week. 

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    • Talking climate change with Rafe Pomerance

    In a Q&A, the longtime environmental activist, who came to campus to speak at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, discusses where we are today and how we can avoid the worst effects of a warming planet.

    Michele W. Berger