11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Are we in the midst of a climate housing bubble?
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that most homeowners should be able to sell and move somewhere cheaper rather than defaulting on their loans.
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Save America’s sacred places for civic purposes
In a co-written opinion article, John Dilulio of the School of Arts & Sciences says that neglected religious buildings should be preserved for civic use.
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The benefits of ‘body doubling’ when you have ADHD, according to experts
J. Russel Ramsay of the Perelman School of Medicine explains how body doubling can draw on people’s social selves to deal with ADHD.
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What younger men should know about prostate cancer
Richard Wender of the Perelman School of Medicine says that pain symptoms may be a sign that prostate cancer has progressed to a later stage or indicate a different issue altogether.
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Researchers are working on a new mRNA vaccine—this time for bird flu
Researchers led by Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine are developing an mRNA vaccine for the H5N1 avian flu with support from Nobel Prize cowinner Drew Weissman.
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How much happiness can your salary buy? Researchers can’t agree
Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School says that it would be wrong to reduce the pursuit of happiness to the pursuit of money, but that money cannot be totally discarded as a meaningful factor.
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‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’: How rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center contrasts media coverage of Donald Trump’s trial with that of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995.
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ADHD looks different in adults: How to recognize the symptoms and get a diagnosis
Shazia Savul of the Perelman School of Medicine says that factors like significant depression or severe anxiety can mimic the symptoms of ADHD, making it important to rule those out for a diagnosis.
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Florida to allow doctors to perform C-sections outside hospitals
Alice Abernathy of the Perelman School of Medicine says that Florida’s “advanced birth centers” are a poor substitute for quality obstetrical care, though they’re being billed as something that gives people more choices.
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A key phase in Biden’s new student-loan forgiveness plan has wrapped up, bringing borrowers one step closer to relief. But pushback is brewing
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is facing a skeptical Supreme Court.