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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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‘It’s all downside’: Philly’s housing market poised for pain
Morris Cohen of the Wharton School says that tariffs could prevent a viable profit from being made on certain low-end or lower-cost products used to construct affordable housing.
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Algorithms drive management-free workplaces
Lindsey Cameron of the Wharton School says that a lack of direct human oversight can be both freeing and frustrating for workers.
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A former JPMorgan employee has accused the bank of obscuring the true size of its trading business to evade capital requirements
Itay Goldstein and David Zaring of the Wharton School comment on the Federal Reserve’s supervisory relationship with banks.
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Give ‘lemonading’ a shot if you’re going through a tough time right now
Nora Brier of the Perelman School of Medicine says that spending time talking to others can help people get out of their own head and bring them back to a neutral state.
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The FDA has canceled an important upcoming meeting about vaccines
Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine says that next season’s flu vaccines may not be ready in time or be the best match.
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Formerly anti-vax parents on how they changed their minds: ‘I really made a mistake’
According to surveys from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, the proportion of respondents who believe vaccines are unsafe grew from 9% in April 2021 to 16% in the fall of 2023.
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In a reversal, plans for U.S. natural gas power grow, complicating progress on climate
John Quigley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the construction of every new natural gas plant is a setback for climate goals.
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What to know about the no-shopping ‘economic blackout’ on Feb. 28
Americus Reed of the Wharton School says that protest movements and collective organizing take time, especially as consumers deal with the normal pressures of life.
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EPA head urges Trump to reconsider scientific finding that underpins climate action, AP sources say
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the latest form of climate denial is to pretend climate change isn’t a threat rather than denying that it’s happening.
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A new study just unlocked one surprising key to better sleep
Mina Massaro-Giordano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that exposure to the blue light wavelength can help regulate circadian rhythm.