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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A.J. Brodeur, fresh off a trip to the NCAA Tournament, wants to keep adding to Penn’s basketball legacy
Brodeur, who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Ivy League Tournament, is looking to win the first game in the NCAA Tournament this season, and help bring the team to the Sweet 16.
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Spooky: Dogs snatch Halloween limelight from black cats, bats
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s James Serpell described the relationship between dog owners and their animals as a “kind of dress rehearsal for parenting” and the popularity of pet costumes as “part of a national trend toward treating pets, especially dogs, as junior family members.”
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How old is cacao? New research pushes back date
Marcy Norton of the School of Arts and Sciences contributed her expertise on the history of chocolate. Primarily used in beverages, chocolate wasn’t transformed into a solid product until the 1800s, said Norton.
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He promised to restore damaged hearts. Harvard says his lab fabricated research
PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno offered comment on now debunked claims that heart cells could be regrown and replaced, contrary to an accepted belief in cardiology. Moreno said, explaining the fraud’s persistence in spite of contested evidence, that “people can see what they want to see.”
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Just advertising during the Super Bowl could appear political for brands
Diana Mutz of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Arts and Sciences offered commentary on celebrity activism. “Will anyone remember who did not appear in Super Bowl ads?” she asked. “Or does the attention and influence necessarily fall to those who do? My guess is the latter.”
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Virtual reality is more than a game at local hospitals
The Abramson Cancer Center at the Perelman School of Medicine has partnered with a local production group to create a meditative VR program designed to encourage mindfulness and manage stress in patients. The technology “relaxes even the most anxious of minds,” said Fern Nibauer-Cohen.
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Children with autism, developmental delays at higher risk for obesity
A new study from the Perelman School of Medicine, co-authored by CHOP and other local research centers, found that young children with developmental disorders are at greater risk of excess weight gain than the general population.
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Bay Area 1st generation college student’s background helping him excel
School of Arts and Sciences senior Victor Arellano was profiled for his summer interning with Motive Power, a San Francisco management consulting firm.
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Could a celebrity boycott of the Super Bowl really help Colin Kaepernick?
The Wharton School’s Stephanie Creary weighed in on celebrity and corporate activism in and around the NFL. Creary credited the efforts with helping keep Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protest in the public eye.
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‘Spectacular’ growth in teaching profession, but big changes are afoot, landmark Penn study says
The Graduate School of Education has released new research that found a rapid increase in the number of teachers nationwide. “The growth in teaching has been spectacular, and our point is, there is going to be a price,” says lead author Richard Ingersoll. “I don’t see this growth as sustainable.”