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South Florida Sun-Sentinel

CNN

If you think your health is a private matter, see what's happening to your data

Matthew McCoy of the Perelman School of Medicine says that consumers are leaving “digital dust” of health information exposed online through searches and health-related purchases.

Montana Public Radio

Associated Press

Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality

Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences says that International Women’s Day has a history of promoting progressive, socialist causes within the entire working class.

Discover Magazine

Want to get in the flow? Try this math equation

Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the larger number of possible outcomes in graded assignments provides a greater reduction in uncertainty than pass-fail assignments.

NBC News

The FCC could choose to act against Rupert Murdoch for Fox News’ election lies, but few expect it to

Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication says that decades of neoliberal governance have rendered U.S. regulatory agencies almost powerless.

‘Do you have a food sensitivity?’ and other questions answered

Food sensitivities and intolerances are not food allergies, according to Nitin Ahuja, an assistant professor of gastroenterology. While both are some weird or seemingly inappropriate reactions to what we eat, allergies are a response in the body involving the immune system and usually a protein. The effects of a food allergy are instantaneous. Food intolerances and sensitivities occur simply when the body does not properly digest a food.

Shriya Karam awarded Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship

The fourth-year undergraduate in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, who was named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar in 2022, has been recognized for her work by the top category in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, which awards about $3 million in fellowships to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines annually.

DVCEE Leadership Institutes encourage students to speak up

Upper Merion Area High School hosted the 2023 Middle and High School Student Leadership Institutes earlier this month, with more than 700 student leaders and educators in attendance. The event is organized by the Delaware Valley Consortium for Equity and Excellence, a project of Penn GSE’s Coalition for Educational Equity.