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Featured Books and DVDs: Black History Month

Featured Books and DVDs: Black History Month

The Penn Libraries collection on display in February are selected by a collaboration among staff from Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center’s Access Services, the Otto E. Albrecht Music Library, and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. This month features newly published works by Black authors and filmmakers.

Dogs could help state game commission track chronic wasting disease
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Dogs could help state game commission track chronic wasting disease

Studies from the Veterinary School of Medicine’s Working Dog Center have found that dogs can determine if a deer or elk has chronic wasting disease by sniffing the animal’s scat.

Feb 13, 2023

How to help your kid process the Eagles’ Super Bowl loss
Philadelphia Inquirer

How to help your kid process the Eagles’ Super Bowl loss

James Pawelski of the School of Arts & Sciences says that it’s better to listen and be attuned to your child’s emotional processing than to have a game plan which assumes they’ll still be sad.

Feb 13, 2023

The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds
The Washington Post

The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds

Two hundred Penn students and staff participating in a seven-week online course to build better sleep habits have reported an overall decrease in symptoms of insomnia, according to Rebecca Huxta of Wellness at Penn.

Feb 13, 2023

Spy balloon saga continues, exposing tensions between U.S. and China
KQED Radio (San Francisco)

Spy balloon saga continues, exposing tensions between U.S. and China

Neysun Mahboubi of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses what mutual U.S.-China surveillance balloon reprisals say about the state of relations between the two nations.

Feb 14, 2023

Binge drinking may be curbed with a pill
The New York Times

Binge drinking may be curbed with a pill

Henry Kranzler of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the self-medication approach with taking naltrexone before consuming alcohol represents a niche opportunity to treat binge drinking.

Feb 14, 2023

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