11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Kamala Harris’ multi-religious identity is a map of the future
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Kamala Harris’s religious story is not a straight line, which mirrors the trajectory of many Americans today.
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Why many nonprofit (wink, wink) hospitals are rolling in money
Lawton Burns of the Wharton School says that nonprofit-hospital CEOs use corporate rhetoric to justify engaging in for-profit business while maintaining their not-for-profit status.
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After the Great Valley social media scandal, we must balance free speech with ‘digital citizenship’
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that school districts must listen to what students have to say in order to craft good policies around online student speech.
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As Biden ends campaign, focus shifts to health for remainder of his term
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that the presidency is an administration with a team led by the president, not a one-man show.
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Global tech outage: South Jersey Boy Scout troop stuck overseas due to airline impact of outage
Benjamin Lee of the School of Engineering and Applied Science says there need to be contingency plans to cover ongoing vulnerabilities of critical computer infrastructure.
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Trump presidency could threaten Taiwan’s security, experts warn
Jacques deLisle of Penn Carey Law says that a Donald Trump presidency would bring uncertainty and risks to Taiwan due to Trump’s transactional approach to diplomacy.
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Preventive care is under threat: PrEP now or pay later
Jalpa Doshi of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine writes that the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case could invalidate a startling range of free preventive services and lead to a big jump in patients’ payments.
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Why does the Federal Reserve have blackout periods?
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve has pivoted from remaining above discourse to communicating with transparency.
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Redefining how we age
Lisa Walke of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses how to rebalance work, education, and family life with today’s longer life expectancies.
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‘A system of disjointed pieces’: Philly addiction medicine experts call for reforms in substance use treatment
Margaret Lowenstein of the Perelman School of Medicine says that patients seeking substance use treatment who also have infections or wounds struggle to get into a rehab that has the capacity to care for these issues.