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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
David Eisenhower of the Annenberg School for Communication is profiled about a course called “Conventions, Debates and Campaigns.”
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Josh Eliashberg of the Wharton School explains the “Loss Leader” strategy in marketing.
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Alums and 2016 President’s Innovation Prize winners Alfredo Muniz and Sade Oba of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are highlighted for developing a wearable device that tracks and monitors tremors of those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
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The University of Wisconsin at Madison got a call on Saturday saying a group of bicyclists on the campus had their heads buried in their smartphones, and were weaving in and out of traffic. The caller offered a theory: They were playing Pokémon Go. Since late last week, officials at colleges across the country have noticed the swift adoption of the game, which players download onto their mobile phones.
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Research led by David Mandell of the Perelman School of Medicine about children who are diagnosed and treated for autism spectrum disorder due to state mandates that require health insurers to provide services is highlighted.
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Most scientists are accustomed to spending time in a lab. But for many humanities scholars, the lab is unfamiliar territory. The humanities lab aims to change that. Faculty members and students in humanities labs seek to use inquiry to advance collaborative, often interdisciplinary research. The emphasis isn't on the type of experiments one might find in a physics lab, but on the collaborative aspect of conducting research together.
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Peter Dodson of the School of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the future of dinosaur paleontology careers.
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Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine offers advice on what to do after a night of insomnia.
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Undergraduate women at larger, public universities are at greater risk of becoming victims of rape than those at smaller, private colleges, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Violence and Gender, examined data from the Online College Social Life Survey, which was conducted between 2005 to 2011 and contained responses from about 16,000 female students at 22 institutions.
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If things had gone according to the administration’s plans, the 24-campus City University of New York would have a new free-speech policy by now. But that didn’t happen. CUNY’s Board of Trustees was to vote on a proposed policy at its June 27 meeting, but the decision has been postponed indefinitely. "It was clear from testimony at the public hearing on June 20, 2016, and other communications that there are questions and concerns about the proposed policy," the online calendar for the meeting reads.