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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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That spare change you donate at checkout is adding up to millions for charities
Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that customers may feel manipulated and resentful when prompted for charitable donations at checkout.
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Americans’ confidence in science remains high, finds new review
A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center suggests that most Americans continue to have confidence in science and scientists.
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Social factors may ‘disproportionately’ affect transplant process
A 2023 study led by researchers at Penn found that 44% of patients evaluated for liver transplants were not placed on organ wait lists, with nearly 17% rejected because of psychosocial or financial reasons. Marina Serper and Tamara Cozzi of Penn Medicine discuss the evaluation process for transplants.
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Dal study of football players sheds light on how concussions affect the brain
A collaborative study by Penn found that 60% of cases with blood-brain-barrier dysfunction had healed three months later.
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ALS drug fails large clinical trial and may be withdrawn from market
Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the lack of good treatment options for ALS has led to an insatiable desire to develop something that is going to modify the course of this disease.
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Michigan’s teacher shortage is about to get more financially complicated
Dean Katharine Strunk of the Graduate School of Education says that novice teachers in their first three years at Michigan schools are the ones who need to be replaced, since they’re the most likely to leave.
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More high schools are requiring financial-literacy classes. The pandemic may have played a key role
In a co-authored journal article, Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School explains when financial education is at its most effective.
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In Trump Supreme Court immunity appeal, timing of case could be a win for ex-president
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that another round of pre-trial proceedings would eliminate any chance of Donald Trump’s immunity trial being decided before the election.
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Best CPAP alternatives
Richard Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine says that obstructive sleep apnea causes breathing to pause during sleep when something like the tongue or relaxed throat muscles blocks the airway.
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How open source voting machines could boost trust in U.S. elections
According to a collaborative report by researchers at the Wharton School, a voting machine vendor suing to prevent auditable paper records from being used in voting demonstrates that market dynamics can be starkly misaligned with the public interest.