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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A dog who loves boxes. A cat who loves socks. Why are pets so weird?
Carlo Siracusa of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that pet quirks are an evolution of ancestral behaviors adapted to new domesticated lives.
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Biogen’s next Alzheimer drug feeds push for FDA approval revamp
Emily Largent and Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about the clinical uncertainty of new Alzheimer’s drug findings and the FDA’s need to have post-approval trials underway.
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Early data suggest vaccine protects against monkeypox, but questions remain
Stuart Isaacs of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the CDC’s findings on the effectiveness of the monkeypox vaccine are encouraging.
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How health systems can truly value Black lives: Help close the racial wealth gap
In an op-ed, the Perelman School of Medicine’s Atheendar Venkataramani, Eugenia C. South, and George Dalembert, also of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, write that health systems are uniquely positioned as economic engines to address the racial wealth gap.
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What we learned from Philadelphia’s vaccine lottery
In an op-ed, Katy Milkman and Linnea Gandhi of the Wharton School and Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences explain what policy answers they learned by developing the Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a citywide regret lottery.
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Giraffes vs. blue whales vs. dinosaurs: Contest reveals which one builds its nervous system fastest to evade predators
Douglas H. Smith and Jean-Pierre Dollé of the Perelman School of Medicine compare the speed at which different species of megafauna extend their nerve fibers.
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Fears about WWIII are growing amid Russia-Ukraine war, survey finds
Rudra Sil and Kimberly St. Julian Varnon of the School of Arts & Sciences explain why surveys fearing a world war due to Russian provocation are no cause for panic.
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$50 million gift to University of Pennsylvania for autoimmune disease research
A $50 million gift from Wharton School alumni Judy and Stewart Colton will further develop the work of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at the Perelman School of Medicine, with a statement from President Liz Magill.
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The Rooted School network: Experiencing success in college and work in high school
An analysis from the Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice shows that supplying $50 a week to 10 seniors yielded positive financial and mental results.
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$50 million gift to Penn is aimed at new treatments for autoimmune disease
E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes to find better answers for autoimmune conditions as director of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity, established and now accelerated by alumni Judy and Stewart Colton.