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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Twitter’s gender imbalance
Rachel Werner of the Perelman School of Medicine authored a study that found that while men and women use Twitter at equal rates, the site has not reduced gender disparities in academia overall.
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Lalo Alcaraz, a cultural consultant for the Oscar-winning ‘Coco,’ helps Disney and Nickelodeon avoid lazy stereotypes
Américo Mendoza-Mori of the School of Arts and Sciences consulted for Paramount Pictures on the script for “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.”
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Leading neurocriminologist considers Joker “a great educational tool”
PIK Professor Adrian Raine discusses the new film “Joker” and how it might be used to teach criminology. “It’s really hard to get a true-life story that fits all of these pieces together, let alone a very dramatic and stylized movie that illustrates these factors quite strongly,” he said. “That was really a revelation.”
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Laser-scanning tech uncovers huge network of ancient Mayan farms
Emily Hammer of the School of Arts and Sciences commented on research that used lasers to unveil a network of ancient Mayan farms. “This important study and others like it are demonstrating that large-scale ancient modification of land surfaces in tropical zones across the world likely contributed to the early beginnings of a period in which humans became a significant transformative force in the Earth system,” she said.
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Trump can’t rely on cable news running his rallies in full anymore
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said that coverage of President Trump’s political rallies on cable news is “the equivalent of paid advertising” for his reelection campaign.
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Sleep deprivation shuts down production of essential brain proteins
Akhilesh Reddy of the Perelman School of Medicine commented on research that explored the effects of sleep deprivation on the brain, saying that even though the study was performed on mice, the animals’ brains have proved to be a reasonable substitute for human brains in past experiments.
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Penn honors celebrated avant-garde composer George Crumb with concert series
Composer and former faculty member George Crumb’s 90th birthday was celebrated with a concert series at the Annenberg Center.
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Health officials urge caution in reducing opioids for pain patients
Salimah Meghani of the School of Nursing commented on the unintended consequences of state-level crackdowns on opioid prescriptions. Guidelines from the CDC released in 2016 have “led to wide scale inappropriate opioid tapering or simply dumping of complex pain patients,” she said.
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For the N.B.A., a sticky situation in China will linger
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School comments on the need for sports companies to have a political strategy.
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Scientists designed a drug for just one patient. Her name is Mila
Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine said the federal government, drug companies, and insurers would likely be unwilling to pay for custom pharmaceutical drugs. “Unfortunately, that leaves it to families,” he said. “It feels awfully uncomfortable, but that is the reality.”