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How to depolarize your students
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that faculty members and academic leaders can promote depolarization by encouraging constructive dialogue in and out of class, cultivating viewpoint diversity within boundaries and expanding civic spaces.
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Scientists think they’re on the verge of breaching the blood-brain barrier
Michael Mitchell of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and colleagues have constructed a model that could potentially allow drug transporters to bypass the blood-brain barrier.
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Think you might be lactose intolerant? What that means for your future diet
Christopher Schmoyer of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people develop lactose intolerance when their bodies don’t make enough of the enzyme lactase for the amount of dairy they consume.
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Chinatown residents brainstorm different ideas for Fashion District instead of proposed 76ers arena
Rashida Ng of the Weitzman School of Design and colleagues attended the Save Chinatown Coalition to propose different ideas besides the 76ers arena for Philadelphia’s Fashion District.
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Why hasn’t the new me shown up yet?
In his book “What You Can Change and What You Can’t,” Martin Seligman of the School of Arts & Sciences says that some personal qualities and habits can’t be changed without extreme difficulty.
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When is the best time to take L-theanine—morning or night?
According to Colleen Tewksbury of the School of Nursing, research suggests that L-theanine may help support stress management, sleep, and potentially weight management.
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‘Every politician has got to have somebody that’s the hit man’
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that the Supreme Court seems to be inching toward the idea that politically corrupt conduct is constitutionally privileged.
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New book examines sectarianism and the housing crisis in Northern Ireland
In her book “In Power, Politics and Territory in the New Northern Ireland,” Elizabeth DeYoung of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that sectarianism has contributed to the housing crisis in Northern Ireland and continues to influence decision-making on the needs for homes.
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Tyson Foods drops CVS for upstart pharmacy benefit manager, as industry upheaval over cost concerns spreads
Lawton Robert Burns of the Wharton School isn’t convinced that the movement toward greater price transparency will be a magic bullet that brings down drug prices.
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Boy born deaf can hear for the first time thanks to a gene therapy procedure
An experimental gene therapy treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has enabled a deaf 11-year-old boy to be able to hear, with remarks from John A. Germiller of CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine.