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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The price of love: Three important money tips for caregivers
Mary Naylor of the School of Nursing says that employee benefits are critical for caregiving but that people often don’t even know they exist or avail themselves of them.
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Is an Alzheimer’s blood test right for me?
Postdoc Claire Erickson and Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute discuss which people should take an Alzheimer’s blood test.
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The ten best history books of 2023
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that America has lost a shared national narrative.
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Princeton and Penn scientists win Philly award for their climate change work
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences has won the 2023 John Scott Award for his work to address climate change.
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Global warming update: Earth briefly surpasses key climate threshold for first time
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that global temperatures should be measured in much longer increments than individual days, weeks, or even a year.
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Warped front pages
In a co-written Op-Ed, PIK Professor Duncan Watts argues that journalistic claims to objectivity in political news are a convenient and self-serving fiction.
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Flu surges in the Southeast
A survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more than a third of people are concerned about either themselves or one of their family members contracting either the flu, COVID-19, or RSV.
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Doubts abound about a new Alzheimer’s blood test
Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine says that laws that normally protect the privacy of health information don’t apply for people who receive Alzheimer’s biomarker results from discriminatory practices.
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A 30-year trap: The problem with America’s weird mortgages
According to research co-authored by Susan M. Wachter of the Wharton School, nearly 10% of U.S. homes were in foreclosure at one point during the early 1930s.
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Thanks to climate change, autumn will never be the same
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says later frosts will mean that mosquitos and disease-carrying pests like ticks will persist further into autumn.