Articles by Olivia Mayfryer
08/02/21 12:36am
Prof. Dache becomes first tenured, female, Latinx professor in Graduate School of Education
Dache’s research focuses on how historical challenges and racial demographics influence access to higher education in places such as Havana, Cuba; Cape Town, South Africa; Ferguson, Missouri; and Rochester, New York. 07/19/21 1:33am
Penn Law students revitalize club to petition against University-sponsored travel to Israel
Penn Law Students for Justice in Palestine released a statement on July 2 discouraging students from participating in itrek, an annual academic trip to Israel for business, law, policy, and STEM students. 07/12/21 1:40am
David Cohen’s term as Board of Trustees chair comes to an end
Cohen — who served on the Board of Trustees for almost 12 years — will be replaced by 1981 College and Wharton graduate, 1984 Penn Law graduate, and investment banker Scott Bok. 07/08/21 1:43am
Reality TV star wins Prism Fellowship to attend Wharton MBA program with full-ride
Dillon Patel — star of the reality TV show “Family Karma” — was awarded the Prism Fellowship, a full-tuition scholarship for an incoming Wharton MBA student who has demonstrated leadership in the LGBTQ community. 06/24/21 1:09am
Students, professor deem spring 2021 course taught using virtual reality a success
Students attended INTR 391: Senior Seminar for Thesis Research using virtual reality headsets, which allowed them to customize their avatars, walk around, and have face-to-face conversations with their classmates. 06/23/21 10:45pm
Penn psychology prof.’s study on imagined events published in the Journal of Neuroscience
The researchers used MRI scans to look at different parts of the brain, measure brain activity while the subjects imagined events, and observe the vividness and valence of the imaginations. 06/13/21 10:15pm
Former Wharton Vice Dean Jason Wingard named Temple University president
Wingard graduated from the Graduate School of Education in 2000 and will be the first Black president of Temple. 06/10/21 12:43am
Students coming off gap years say they enjoyed work, travel experiences despite COVID-19
After taking a year away from school, many of these now members of the Class of 2025 said they are optimistic about the upcoming semester. 06/07/21 1:23am