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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Jay Dorsey and David Cormode of the Perelman School of Medicine, Andrew Tsourkas of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Michael Dishowitz of the Pennovation Center for Innovation are quoted about a start-up that develops biodegradable gold nanoparticles for treating cancerous tumors.
Penn In the News
Debra Schilling Wolfe and Johanna Greeson of the School of Social Policy & Practice comment on researching the prevalence of human trafficking among homeless youth.
Penn In the News
Lisa Servon of the School of Design talks about researching unbanked households and why people use check-cashing stores instead of traditional banks.
Penn In the News
Daniel Himmelstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about researching the popular online repository of pirated research papers, Sci-Hub.
Penn In the News
Ken Steif of the School of Design talks about where heat concentrates in cities.
Penn In the News
Tobias Wolff of the Law School is quoted regarding Marine Gen. Joe Dunford’s statement about the Pentagon not taking any action toward changing policy after the president’s tweets indicating a ban on transgender people from the armed forces.
Penn In the News
Tobias Wolff of the Law School comments on how the president’s tweets about policy do not equate to the formal legislative process.
Penn In the News
Perelman School of Medicine students Phil Williams, Jun Jeon and Naveen Jain are highlighted for developing SpectrumScores, an app that hopes to address and end LGBTQ health-care disparities.
Penn In the News
Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about India’s public universities.
Penn In the News
Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about changing the demographics in small communications.