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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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News outlets went all in on Maui fire coverage. But did they miss a key part of the story?
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that many media outlets still treat the climate crisis as a niche issue, giving it very little coverage except for unprecedented bouts of extreme weather.
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Tackling research projects can help students get into top colleges and universities
Between a third and half of admitted Penn students have showcased their research projects in their applications.
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Don’t exclude EBT accounts from the CFPB’s data access rule
In an Op-Ed, Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School says that low-income consumers won’t be able to take advantage of financial data access rules being drafted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Transition from ‘dirty’ to green U.S. jobs rises, leaving older workers behind
A study by R. Jisung Park of the School of Social Policy & Practice and colleagues finds that the rate of transition from “dirty” to green jobs is rapidly rising but older and blue-collar workers are being left behind.
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The work of decolonizing a neglected historic Black cemetery in Starkville
Recent College of Arts and Sciences graduate Carlos Montes says that many Black people in Starkville and elsewhere can trace their origins to Brush Arbor Cemetery in Mississippi.
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Post-pandemic end to food assistance programs meant 2 million more Americans went hungry
Research from Aaron Richterman of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues find that SNAP recipients experienced a 21% relative increase in food insufficiency after a temporary increase in benefits ended.
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Could PayPal’s launch of a stablecoin speed up regulation?
Kevin Werbach of the Wharton School says that PayPal’s move to stablecoin could lead to federal legislation and the creation of a regulatory framework.
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Climate change came for Maui. The rest of us are next
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the combination of drought, winds from a high-pressure system, and a passing hurricane led to a compound climate catastrophe in Maui.
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What to do when you feel like giving up: Experts share secrets to restoring hope
Karen Reivich of the School of Arts & Sciences recommends identifying which core positive emotion is quintessentially “you” and finding small ways to feel that every day.
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Too hot to work? America’s next big labor battle
Lindsey Cameron of the Wharton School says that it’s difficult to cool down warehouses, where a great deal of generalized skilled work takes place.