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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How some wellness programs encourage toxic attitudes about body size
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Rebecca Pearl spoke about workplace wellness programs. “It’s important for leaders or people who are implementing these programs to be aware that employees, especially employees with obesity, might feel self-conscious or targeted,” said Pearl. “If it’s creating an atmosphere in which other employees are commenting on each other’s weight or eating choices, we should be conscious of the potential downstream effects of being stigmatized.”
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Company known for deep cost-cutting offers to buy Gannett
Victor Pickard of the Annenberg School for Communication commented on a possible takeover of Gannett Co., publisher of several major daily papers, by Digital First Media. “If Digital First acquires Gannett it will be good for their business but bad for everyone else, including employees that work at Gannett papers and the local communities that those newsrooms serve,” said Pickard.
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What makes addiction a disease?
Charles O’Brien and Daniel Langleben of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed the brain’s reward system and its relationship to addiction.
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No park rangers or food inspections—but government reopens for oil and gas
The Law School’s Cary Coglianese weighed in on the legality of the government approving drilling applications in spite of the shutdown. “It would appear that that is illegal, and technically it’s something that would be subject to criminal sanctions,” said Coglianese. “Of course that would require someone from the Justice Department initiating a criminal action, which it’s hard to imagine they would do that.”
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Unproven medical treatments cost us lives and money. Let research tell us what works
PIK professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Justin Bekelman of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote that expensive, experimental medical treatments may be a waste of money until proven effective.
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For a glimpse into the future, look at aerial robotics
An event about aerial robotics with the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s dean Vijay Kumar is featured.
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Blue pigment in 1,000-year-old teeth links women to the production of medieval manuscripts
The Libraries’ Nicholas Herman offered commentary on a study that used bio-archaeology to identify ultramarine in the dental tartar of an 11th-century woman in rural Germany. “Only by looking very closely at new kinds of evidence can we begin to discover the true importance of female artisans,” said Herman.
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A drug that eases miscarriages is difficult for women to get
Courtney Schreiber of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the importance of access to mifepristone. “It offers [miscarrying women] a sense of control over their own bodies and their own process when they feel that they've already lost an element of control,” Schreiber says.
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As gun outrage grew, Monster Jam quietly stripped weapons from its monster trucks
The Wharton School’s Maurice Schweitzer offered commentary on Feld Entertainment’s decision to remove gun-related imagery from Monster Jam trucks. “The risk is, they may suffer a backlash from some of their customers who don’t like the idea that they’ve adopted a more politically correct stance, that some of their favorite characters have been defanged, or that it looks like censorship,” said Schweitzer.
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How James Baldwin’s writings about love evolved
Dagmawi Woubshet of the School of Arts and Sciences analyzed James Baldwin’s literary evolution. If Beale Street Could Talk “marked a crucial turn in how the author sought to characterize the most abiding theme and moral principle of his work: love.”