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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Trump-friendly Newsmax bundled into Comcast’s Xfinity service
The Annenberg School for Communication’s Victor Pickard discussed conservative news channel Newsmax and its recent deal with Comcast. If Comcast is “feeling the heat from the right, it will make sense to appease some of those critics,” said Pickard.
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A spinal surgery, a $101,000 bill, and a new law to prevent more surprises
Benjamin Chartock, a Ph.D. student in the Wharton School, said a new law in New York that created a binding arbitration process between hospitals and insurers is “keeping patients out of the middle of these billing disputes.”
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In new book, Wharton prof shows how Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix algorithms shape our decisions
Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School spoke about his proposal for greater transparency via an “Algorithmic Bill of Rights.” Hosanagar believes consumers have a right to know when algorithms have made significant decisions about them and what data were used to reach those conclusions.
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In lieu of ‘objectivity,’ journalism professors argue for credibility and directness
Barbie Zelizer of the Annenberg School for Communication spoke about the problematic nature of “objectivity” in journalism, which she considers an “unachievable ideal.”
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Using catheter to replace heart valve better than open-heart surgery, studies suggest
Wilson Szeto of the Perelman School of Medicine said more research and “longer follow-up” are necessary to confirm beneficial outcomes from a new aortic-valve-replacement procedure.
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How to respond to anti-Muslim speech? Here are some suggestions
Emile Bruneau of the Annenberg School for Communication spoke about his research on counteracting the “collective blame” Muslims face in the U.S. Bruneau and his collaborators found asking parallel questions like “If the KKK members were white Christians, does that mean all white Christians are murderers?” caused people to switch from “thinking reflexively to thinking reflectively.”
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A new research center at Wharton wants to make a fintech hub out of Philly
The Wharton School’s David Musto will be heading the new Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance, which will offer research courses and mentorship to students pursuing careers in the fintech sector. “Penn’s unique mission has always been to take on the biggest real-world challenges and opportunities through knowledge-based and data-driven innovation,” said President Amy Gutmann.
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What happened to Salvador Cabañas?
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Ramon Diaz-Arrastia commented on soccer player Salvador Cabaña’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury. “Some people refer to these injuries as ‘hidden injuries,’ because if you were to look at the individual, on the surface – say you meet them at a cocktail party – they’d look perfectly normal, but the problems they are having are in the areas of executive functioning, in the areas of mood and emotional lability,” said Diaz-Arrastia.
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Your opinion of sushi is a good predictor of how willing you are to eat insects
Paul Rozin of the School of Arts and Sciences found that individuals who frequently eat sushi are more likely to try eating insects.
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5 questions: Is your body clock important?
Carsten Skarke of the Perelman School of Medicine offered a primer on chronobiology and how our body clocks might affect medical treatments. “The big hope is that we can find a way to synchronize the time of treatment with the molecular time of the patient.”