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How ‘smart’ email could change the way we talk
Maria Geffen of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the potential implications of the ongoing use of predictive text technology. “By taking prediction away from our language system, more advanced predictive text fills it in with something that regresses to the mean, reducing variability,” she said.
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SoulCycle becomes latest brand to reckon with a social media boycott
Americus Reed II of the Wharton School joined a discussion about social-media-based boycotts. “Expressing this sort of moral outrage on Twitter is a very different idea than actually canceling your membership and inconveniencing yourself,” he said.
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Goldman: Huawei deadline could further escalate a ‘full-blown economic conflict’ between U.S., China
Christopher Yoo of the Law School said Huawei is considered a threat to U.S. national security because “the Chinese government is widely thought to exercise considerable influence over Huawei.”
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Each night, Philly jails release scores of inmates without returning their IDs, cash or phones
Ruth Shefner of the School of Social Policy & Practice commented on the release of incarcerated people without regard to the time of day and its effect on the people being released.
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A century later: The Treaty of Versailles and its rejection of racial equality
Frederick Dickinson of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about the history of opposition to limiting non-white immigration. The racial equality clause in the Treaty of Versailles, for example, was “one of the first attempts to establish ... the unprecedented principle of free and open migration,” he said.
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The lasting impact of ‘Dora the Explorer’
Americo Mendoza-Mori of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about his work consulting for the film adaptation of “Dora the Explorer.”
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Philly’s drinking water threatened by climate change
Howard Neukrug of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about the potential effects of climate change on Philadelphia’s water supply. “We’ve seen a lot of one in one-hundred-year events occurring back to back,” says Neukrug.
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Exclusive: Emails show this anti-tobacco crusader’s close relationship with JUUL
Neil Makhija of the Law School commented on the Iowa attorney general’s close relationship to JUUL. “I can't think of a historical precedent for a sitting attorney general advising a private corporation, let alone one under state and federal investigation,” he said.
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The illusion of safety
Research led by Johannes Burge of the School of Arts and Sciences was cited in an article about the potentially dangerous effects of monovision contact lenses and surgical procedures.
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A USA Today analysis found Trump used words like 'invasion' and 'killer' at rallies more than 500 times since 2017
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center commented on anti-immigrant violence, saying, “President Trump’s dehumanizing rhetoric about those seeking entry at the southern border creates a climate conducive to hostile action.”