Video: A Government That Works
Big Think | November 08, 2009
Dean Richard Gelles of the School of Social Policy and Practice makes the case for universal health care.

Wharton's Business Fashion Whizzes
Seventeen | November 04, 2009
Katie Long, a Wharton student, profiles two of her classmates, Tony Wang and Palak Patel.

Gift Cards Are Useful; Give Me Cash
Wall Street Journal | November 19, 2009
Joel Waldfogel of the Wharton School, cited for his book, "Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays,” says gift cards are a “a value-preserving choice.”

Rape-Prevention Programs Proliferate, but 'It's Hard to Know' Whether They Work
Chronicle of Higher Education | November 15, 2009
Jessica Mertz of the Penn Women’s Center discusses the value of peer relationship in rape-prevention programs.

Private-Equity Funding Plunges 62% at Calpers Amid Fee Review
Bloomberg News | November 18, 2009
Pavel Savor of the Wharton School discusses the state of private-equity firms.

Urban Art Series Begins at the Arthur Ross Gallery
University City Review | November 18, 2009
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s exhibit, “The Urban Experience: Selected Prints 1963-2000,” is featured.

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Temple U. Adjunct Teachers Stage a Protest
Philadelphia Inquirer | November 20, 2009
Adjunct instructors, who say they make up nearly half of Temple University's faculty, called for better pay and working conditions yesterday at a demonstration in front of the campus bell tower near Paley Library.

A Crown Jewel of Education Struggles With Cuts
New York Times | November 19, 2009
As the University of California struggles to absorb its sharpest drop in state financing since the Great Depression, every professor, administrator and clerical worker has been put on furlough amounting to an average pay cut of 8 percent.

University Weighs Tighter Limits on Stem Cell Research
New York Times | November 19, 2009
In an unusual pushback against President Obama’s expansion of federal financing of human embryonic stem cell research, the University of Nebraska is considering restricting its stem cell experiments to cell lines approved by President George W. Bush.

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