11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Biden’s student loan debt relief program halted in two courts
The Saving on a Valuable Education Plan, was set to take effect July 1 and could cost $475 billion over ten years, according to an estimate from the Wharton School.
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Trump vows to defund schools requiring vaccines for students if he’s reelected
Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine says that anti-vaccine rhetoric will cause more children to die from infectious diseases like measles.
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Athletes with Philly-area, NJ ties in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials
Penn graduates Nia Akins and Marc Michello have qualified for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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Why diabetes, high blood pressure, and more conditions can make heatwaves dangerous
According to Penn Medicine, people with asthma may want to carry their inhaler at all times and avoid overheating it.
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‘Game over for climate action’: top climate scientist on 2nd Trump term
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that another Donald Trump presidency would guarantee the dismantling of federal climate and environmental policies.
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U.S. presidential debate to highlight mental fitness
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that mental fitness will play a larger role in this year’s presidential debates.
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Gene therapy may cure rare diseases. But drugmakers have few incentives, leaving families desperate
An arm of the charitable Foundation Fighting Blindness helped launch a company, Opus Genetics, to advance gene therapy work by Jean Bennett of the Perelman School of Medicine.
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Weight-loss drug Zepbound offers a new way to treat sleep apnea
Sigrid Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine says that some sleep apnea patients are so desperate for a solution that they sew tennis balls onto their shirts to stop them from sleeping on their backs, which makes snoring worse.
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Christian activists try Ten Commandments law, emboldened by compromised Supreme Court
Anthea Butler of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses Louisiana’s new law requiring the display of the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments in every school in the state.
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Why people really quit their jobs—and how employers can stop it
Maurice Schweitzer at the Wharton School co-writes that employee turnover is costly and it’s essential to understand why workers quit, especially when it can help organizations find effective ways to reduce turnover.