11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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We need to preserve school shooting sites
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that tearing down schools where shootings take place lets us look away from the atrocity of American gun violence and delays the day when we might do something real to stop it.
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Philly traffic citations have plunged since the 1990s. Police say they want to issue many more
Erick Guerra of the Weitzman School of Design says that stay-at-home orders during the pandemic largely cleared streets and sidewalks, causing the remaining drivers to accelerate on once-congested roadways.
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How to detect rainbow washing versus genuine LGBTQ+ support
Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that for decades the LGBTQ+ community’s needs were met with either indifference or intolerance.
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With a salmonella outbreak linked to bearded dragons, here are tips for pet owners to stay safe
David Pegues at the Perelman School of Medicine explains how salmonella is transmitted from an exotic pet to humans and who is most at risk.
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Job seekers are jumping through more hoops to get hired as power shifts back to employers
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that in recent years the hiring process has slowed down as the number of interview rounds has increased.
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There are better ways to protest climate change than spray painting Stonehenge
Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that nonviolent protests drove media coverage and eventually public opinion on civil rights, particularly when met with state pushback.
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Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me host Peter Sagal, how a hurricane made monkeys nicer, Philly Joy Bank
PIK Professor Michael Platt is interviewed about a population of rhesus macaques that adapted to a disaster that wiped out their habitat.
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A big education fight stands in the way of a Pa. budget deal
A report from the Graduate School of Education found that the benefits of increased education spending would outweigh the cost to Pennsylvania taxpayers.
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Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
According to a study by Karen Lasaster of the School of Nursing, older patients with COVID-19 are more likely to survive hospitalization in facilities with adequate nursing resources.
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Public health beliefs predict support for climate action, study shows
Shawn Patterson Jr. and Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comment on their research on how holding science-consistent beliefs about the public health effects of climate change is an important predictor of support for policies that address climate threats.