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Foreclosures are at a record low … for now

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School said the rate of unpaid mortgages is elevated at the moment, in part due to the pandemic. “For those who are unemployed, this is a serious problem,” she said. “Without a job, it is very difficult to pay off that mortgage.”

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Today

Uterus transplant enables woman to have a baby after doctors said she couldn’t

Kathleen O’Neill of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about a Penn Medicine uterus transplant trial. “These women have ovaries, they have eggs, they just don’t have the uterus to gestate the pregnancy,” said O’Neill. “So once we are able to give them that uterus, the vast majority get pregnant and have babies.”

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  • A librarian research roundup

    Penn Libraries highlights four librarians from across the University: Deborah Stewart, head of the Penn Museum Library; Judith Currano, head of the Chemistry Library; Emily Esten, Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica Curator of Digital Humanities; and Lynn Ransom, curator of SIMS Programs and Schoenberg Database Manager.

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    • Sophie Kluthe

  • Jamieson named to NAS Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust

    Jamieson, the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, has been named to the National Academy of Sciences’ new Strategic Council for Research Excellence, Integrity, and Trust. The council will bring together researchers, institutions, and policy makers to identify challenges to the integrity and health of the research enterprise” and work to develop policies and best practices for solving these challenges.

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    • 7/29

    Literary Lunch

    Juliana Rosati hosts this literary lunch featuring readings tied to the theme of Book to TV. Guests can come to chat or bring their own excerpts to share related to the theme. This is a hybrid event held on campus and accessible online.

    12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

    Hybrid

    8/19

    Accelerator Pitch Day

    Pennovation Center
    The Pennovation Center hosts the 4th Annual Pennovation Accelerator Pitch Day, during which six accelerator startups pitch to mentors, investors, and peers.

    10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

    Virtual

    8/6

    Cold Soul

    Cira Green with screen and patio seats
    Cold Soul performs at Cira Green. Because seating is limited, picnic blankets are encouraged.

    11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

    Cira Green, 80 S. 30th St.

    National Public Radio

    Vaccinations continue to fall despite West Virginia’s COVID-19 sweepstakes

    Kevin Volpp of Penn’s Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics and Katy Milkman of the Wharton School spoke about incentivizing COVID-19 vaccination. “The longer you wait, the more you get into the hardline, ‘I’m really not interested’ or ‘I’m really against this’ group, and they’re harder to persuade,” said Milkman.

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    Bloomberg

    How Philadelphia plans to beat the looming eviction cliff

    Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design said Philadelphia’s approach to delaying evictions requires landlords to pursue alternatives before ousting tenants. “In our greater scheme of housing policy, we often focus on enforcement mechanisms while we lack the resources to create incentives,” he said. “If localities want to be proactive in protecting households from eviction, they can connect enforcement around evictions to those resources.”

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