11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Audio: In Texas Floods, Homeowners Count the Cost
Tom Baker of the Law School and Howard Kunreuther of the Wharton School talk about the importance of flood insurance and affordability to homeowners.
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Mary Ellen Mark, 75, Photographer of Humanity
Michael X. Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of Annenberg Public Policy Center, comment on the death of photographer and alumna Mary Ellen Mark.
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On Being Undocumented
The group of undocumented students who gathered at the City University of New York this month to recognize their selection as scholarship recipients looks more diverse than one might expect. From countries as different as Haiti, Poland, South Korea, and Zambia, all are enrolled at CUNY with the help of TheDream.US scholarship fund.
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Researchers Oppose Unvalidated Gene Panel Tests for Cancer Links
Susan Domchek of the Perelman School of Medicine, and a study co-author, is quoted about gene panel tests for cancer.
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Video: A Little Push
Penn research about creating liquid-crystal-based compound lenses from the School of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science is featured.
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Asking Too Much, or Not Enough?
This spring, institutions that administered the campus sexual assault survey created by the Association of American Universities found some unexpected critics: students who had been assaulted and their advocates on campus.
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Delayed Umbilical Cord Clamping May Benefit Children Years Later
Scott Lorch of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses potential risks to the practice of delayed umbilical cord clamping.
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Younger Cancer Patients More Open to Alternative Therapies
Jun Mao of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying how cancer patients younger than 65 years old are more willing to explore alternative therapies than older patients.
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Technology Helps Unlock Secrets of Mummies
Janet Monge of the Museum says, “Ancient mummies are an especially rich source of information about past human biological conditions as they originated worldwide and from different cultures and time periods.”
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The Morality of Robotic War
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts & Sciences co-authors an op-ed which argues that “weapons with greater autonomy could mean more accuracy and fewer civilian casualties.”