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Q&A with Marci Hamilton
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    • Q&A with Marci Hamilton

    A national expert on child sex abuse, Hamilton comments on the vast Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis.

    Lauren Hertzler

    How the U.S. rental market is increasing inequality
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    How the U.S. rental market is increasing inequality

    Wharton's Benjamin Keys, Zillow's Aaron Terrazas and the Brookings Institution's Jenny Schuetz explain how an increase in the number of luxury rentals on the market means declining high-end rents, while affordable rent for the working class continues to be a struggle.

    Penn Today Staff

    An oasis of compassion
    Mary Walton, Director of the Family Caregiver Center

    Mary Walton, director of the Family Caregiver Center, led the effort to establish the Center in 2015.

    An oasis of compassion

    Since 2015, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has supported the Family Caregiver Center, a three-room space that serves an array of needs, from resources to relaxation, for caregivers—one of only a few in the United States.
    Can social media networks reduce political polarization on climate change?
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    Can social media networks reduce political polarization on climate change?

    A study from the Annenberg School for Communication shows that exposure to anonymous, bipartisan social networks can lead liberals and conservatives to improve their forecasting of global-climate trends.

    Michele W. Berger

    Bringing world leaders together around competing visions of the global order
    Joe Biden, Amy Gutmann, William Burke-White at Perry World House 2017 global order conference

    Joe Biden speaking at the inaugural Perry World House global order conference in 2017, accompanied on stage by PWH Director William Burke-White (left) and Penn President Amy Gutmann. 

    Bringing world leaders together around competing visions of the global order

    Former U.S. National Security Advisors H.R. McMaster and Susan Rice will be the headline speakers at a two-day Perry World House colloquium in September, with former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg participating in the Penn Biden Leaders Dialogue. 
    Biking to the shore for fallen first responders
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    Team “Are We There Yet?,” comprised of riders from Penn’s Division of Public Safety, Penn Medicine, along with friends and family, on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge during the 2018 Tour de Shore.

    Biking to the shore for fallen first responders

    Personnel from Penn’s Division of Public Safety and Perelman School of Medicine recently participated in the Tour de Shore, a 65-mile bike ride from Philadelphia to Atlantic City, to support the families of fallen first responders.
    CAR T cell therapy receives approval for use across European Union
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    Folks from the Abramson Cancer Center celebrate Kymriah’s initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in August 2017.

    CAR T cell therapy receives approval for use across European Union

    The European Commission has approved a personalized cellular therapy developed at the Abramson Cancer Center, making it the first CAR T cell therapy permitted for use in the European Union in two distinct indications.

    Penn Today Staff

    People who don’t read the news foresee which articles will go viral
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    People who don’t read the news foresee which articles will go viral

    In an upcoming article in the journal Cerebral Cortex, researchers tracked activity in the brain's prefrontal cortex, and found that avid readers of the news had little change in brain activity from story to story, making them less accurate predictors of viral content.

    Penn Today Staff

    A squirmy, slimy, crunchy new potential staple of the American diet
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    Psychologist Paul Rozin thinks insects should be the next big food group in the U.S. All it takes, he suggests, is a little more exposure to move beyond the disgust factor.

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    • A squirmy, slimy, crunchy new potential staple of the American diet

    Psychologist Paul Rozin discusses how it’s possible to get past the ick factor of eating bugs (the key is exposure), and how the insects actually taste. It’s all part of his research focusing on the emotion of disgust as it relates to food.

    Michele W. Berger