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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Trump may renew a housing fight that could rattle mortgage rates
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that a government-charged fee to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the guarantee of a bailout in another crisis could mitigate some mortgage market swings from going private.
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As California pushes increased ethanol use, experts sound the alarm on environmental impacts
Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that the negative impacts of biofuels on land are difficult to overstate.
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Get ready for weaker returns in 2025 after huge stock gains in the last two years, Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School expects that large-cap tech shares could see flat returns in 2025, though undervalued small- and mid-cap stocks will rally.
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Op-ed: A key to healthier children is right around us
In an opinion essay, nurse practitioner student Ruth T. Lee in the School of Nursing writes that Pennsylvania’s Keystone Fresh Act could improve school meal nutrition, support local farmers, and lower greenhouse gases produced from food transport.
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Penn bets big on green
Penn’s Climate and Sustainability Action Plan outlines the University’s efforts to combat climate change during the next five years.
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The ‘magic of the market’
A photography collection donated by Penn alum David K. O’Neil that chronicles Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market will open to the public in January as a permanent archive at the Penn Libraries’ Kislak Center.
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Four reasons your mouth might taste bloody or metallic
Thomas Sollecito of the School of Dental Medicine says that a metallic taste in the mouth can be caused by tiny bits of blood constantly being released by swollen gums and cleared by saliva.
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‘Brains and Beauty’ exhibit explores how the mind processes art and aesthetic experiences
Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the aesthetic triad is a mental system for engaging with an artwork.
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Celebrate Philly’s winners of the 2024 Technical.ly Awards
Jeffrey Babin of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Wharton School is Technical.ly’s 2024 Educator of the Year. The Pennovation Accelerator, a six-week program hosted at the Pennovation Works, is Technical.ly’s 2024 Program of the Year.
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Is there a chemical link to memory loss? Penn researchers get $11M to study dementia causes
The National Institutes of Health have awarded $11 million to Aimin Chen of the Perelman School of Medicine to study the link between chemical exposures and dementia.