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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Mentors Help Patients With Rehab and Offer Insider Tips Along the Way
Judith Long of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for studying the effect of peer mentorship of veterans who are on blood sugar control.
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Cuomo, Taking Aim at Campus Sexual Assaults, Calls for a Stricter Law
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, appearing at a Manhattan college with Representative Nancy Pelosi, on Monday called for the passage of “the toughest law in the nation” on campus sexual assault, a message aimed at state lawmakers who have expressed some reservations about his proposals. Mr.
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Drugmaker and University Ally to Seek Cure for AIDS
Penn is mentioned for partnering with Novartis to build a research center to work on genetically altering a patient’s immune cells to battle cancer.
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Audio: Fitness Tracker? Check. Getting Fitter? Not So Much.
Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about the impact of wearable fitness trackers on exercise behavior.
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Video: The Future of Remote Work Is Telerobotics
Undergraduate students, including Peter Zachares of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, are featured for creating DORA, a robot that mimics movements and sends visual information through a virtual reality headset.
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How Philly Doctors Are Saving the World
Trish Henwood, Carl June, Bruce Levine, Pablo Tebas, Philip Johnson,
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Irish Woman Murdered at Duffy’s Cut in 1832 Begins Journal Home
Janet Monge of the Museum comments on a person recovered from Duffy’s Cut by a physical anthropologist.
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Campus Debates on Israel Drive a Wedge Between Jews and Minorities
The debates can stretch from dusk to dawn, punctuated by tearful speeches and forceful shouting matches, with accusations of racism, colonialism and anti-Semitism. At dozens of college campuses across the country, student government councils are embracing resolutions calling on their administrations to divest from companies that enable what they see as Israel’s mistreatment of Palestinians.
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Video: Do We Need President Obama to Talk About Race Again?
Thomas Sugrue of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about the discussion President Obama has provoked when he has spoken out about race.
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Giving the Poor Easy Access to Healthy Food Doesn’t Mean They’ll Buy It
Jessie Handbury of the Wharton School is cited for authoring a paper on nutritional disparities.