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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Finding Minerva Parker Nichols, Philadelphia’s forgotten architect
William Whitaker of the Architectural Archives and Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design discuss a new exhibition dedicated to Minerva Parker Nichols, the first woman to establish an independent architectural practice in the U.S.
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Medicine has a rat problem
Bart De Jonghe of the School of Nursing says that nausea’s subjectivity makes it difficult to measure in humans, let alone animals.
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What makes a great internship—for companies and interns
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that interns benefit when they have an end-of-day check-in with their immediate supervisor or program coordinator.
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Want to tackle gun violence? Think about trees
Research by Eugenia C. South of the Perelman School of Medicine, John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences, and Vincent Reina of the Weitzman School of Design shows that fixing up dilapidated homes in low-income Philadelphia neighborhoods is an effective way to prevent shootings.
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I’ve been hooked on social media for 15 years: How I’m finally breaking the habit
A 2018 study by Melissa Hunt of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues found that lessening social media use to 30 minutes a day can significantly decrease anxiety, depression, loneliness, sleep problems, and fear of missing out.
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Academic freedom shouldn’t be a privilege of wealth
In a co-written Op-Ed, Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that reliance on public funding renders public colleges increasingly vulnerable to legislative overreach and thus to restrictions on academic freedom.
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The Republican strategists who have carefully planned all of this
A 2022 survey by the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies at the School of Arts & Sciences found that an overwhelming majority of Americans of all political persuasions believe that there should be abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
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Many young women wouldn’t get flu, COVID shots in pregnancy, poll suggests
A report co-authored by Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that higher percentages of women aged 18 to 49 doubt the safety and effectiveness of COVID and flu vaccines during pregnancy.
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What I learned from my students who became teachers
A 2018 report from the Graduate School of Education found that 44 percent of new teachers left the classroom in five years.
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How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA’s regulatory authority
Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the Texas ruling banning mifepristone is unprecedented, representing a single federal judge inserting himself to stand in for the FDA.