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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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MBAs Abandon Wall Street for Silicon Valley
Dean Geoffrey Garrett of the Wharton School is quoted about tech companies, saying, “We see the front end which is the app, but typically we don’t see what’s sitting behind that which is a lot of data analytics, and I really think that’s Wharton’s sweet spot.”
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Lessons From Latin America on STEM Education
Dennis DeTurck of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on exploring new ways to teach math and science.
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Why More Women Are Burning Out in Their 20s and 30s
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for discovering a number of different sub-sets of givers.
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New Safety Rules Announced for University of Virginia Fraternity Parties
New safety rules for fraternities at the University of Virginia would require at least three “sober and lucid” members to monitor behavior at parties, prohibit pre-mixed alcoholic drinks and implement guest lists to control entry to the houses during an event.
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Short-lived Transfer Degrees
Drexel University last January earned praise for expanding a transfer program that brings the university’s faculty members to local community colleges. But Drexel is phasing out the program less than a year later.
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Small K-12 Interventions Can Be Powerful
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for administering an intervention that asked students to anticipate obstacles.
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Scientists Conjure Curves From Flatness
Toen Castle and Randall Kamien of the School of Arts & Sciences are quoted about developing a system of rules for making 3D shapes out of a 2D structure.
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Video: China Is Making Communist Party Stronger Than Ever: Wharton Dean
Dean Geoffrey Garrett of the Wharton School discusses geopolitics, specifically China and the Communist Party.
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Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard
For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost.
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Matching the ‘Undermatched’
Ever since a 2012 study found that a majority of high-achieving, low-income high school seniors don't apply to a single competitive college, educators and policy makers have been debating what to do a