Prameet Kumar
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Prameet Kumar | ‘Shutting down the debate’
I’d encourage Loomba to reread her own words and to extend her embrace of “rigorous intellectual exchange” to a more recent hot-button international political issue: the invitation offered to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be the keynote speaker for this year’s Wharton India Economic Forum.
Prameet Kumar | A walking tour of your time at Penn
People are surprised when you tell them you’re in Wharton. You don’t seem the type. There’s definitely a type.
Obama campaign opens field office at 52nd and Walnut
The office, which opened May 2, is Obama’s sixth location in Philadelphia, highlighting the importance of the city in the 2012 presidential race.
Polls see low voter turnout overall, in Penn area
With no major disputed races on the ballot in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary, few voters went to the polls on or near campus.
Low voter turnout expected in Pennsylvania primary
With former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum out of the Republican race, there is little doubt that the general election will be fought between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Faculty find faults with 'Penn Integrates Knowledge'
John Detre, the director of the Center for Functional Neuroimaging, criticized the extent of resources tied exclusively to recruitment that cannot be tapped into by existing faculty.
Mitt Romney talks taxes, election at Tea Party event
Romney spoke of the need to lower taxes to several hundred members of the Independence Hall Tea Party Association, the largest Tea Party group in the tri-state area.
Penn's congressional representative proposed education reform in House in March
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.), who represents the second congressional district, which includes Penn, introduced the American Dream Accounts Act of 2012 in the House of Representatives last month.
Penn professors weigh in on constitutionality of healthcare reform's individual mandate
While the Supreme Court deliberates the constitutionality of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act, Penn professors are also debating the issue.
Joke Issue: Canada out as Penn looks for new grad speaker
Bowing to student pressure, the University announced Tuesday that social activist Geoffrey Canada will no longer be this year’s Commencement speaker.
Experts sound off on Ivy League candidate for World Bank head
Experts say Kim — a physician and co-founder of the nonprofit Partners in Health — would bring a major change to the banking institution, which has historically been led by economists and government officials.
Exploring Penn's financial contribution to the city
Penn and other major nonprofits, which once made millions of dollars in voluntary payments to Philadelphia, pay nothing today.
Critics respond to dismissal of ghostwriting accusations
Some bioethics experts are criticizing Penn’s dismissal of the research misconduct charges levied by a psychiatry professor against two of his colleagues in the department.
Penn raises tuition despite Obama's motion to cut costs
In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama implored colleges and universities to decrease the cost of getting a degree.
Annenberg's 'FlackCheck' attacks deceptive political ads
Annenberg Public Policy Center Kathleen Hall Jamieson — along with FlackCheck.org, run by the APPC as a sister site of Annenberg’s popular FactCheck.org — is on a crusade to prevent deceptive political ads from being aired.
After decades of decline, HUP autopsy rate stabilizes
The decline in autopsies at HUP mirrors a drop in autopsy rates across the nation, although academic hospitals have fared better than their non-academic counterparts.
Huntsman Sr. backs son's campaign through a super PAC
Jon Huntsman Sr.’s financial backing of his son’s presidential bid has laid bare concerns of potential coordination between super PACs and presidential candidates.
Former Penn prof denied lesser sentence in child porn case
Scott Ward, the former Wharton professor of Marketing currently serving time for transporting child pornography, had his request for a reduced sentence denied late last month. Ward was sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison.
Professors take sides on BDS conference
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference held this weekend exposed a wide gulf of disagreement among Penn professors on opposite sides of the issue.
Romney wins Florida primary with strong student support
Mitt Romney coasted to a victory in the Florida primary yesterday, reclaiming his title as the frontrunner of the Republican presidential race. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, received more votes than his two closest competitors — former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Sen.
