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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Sarah Hammer on Wharton Business Daily
Sarah Hammer of the Wharton School discusses her appointment as Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro’s secretary of banking and security, her time at Wharton, and consumer protection.
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Former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter says he won’t run again now ‘or in any other year’
Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter intends to start a center for public policy at Penn in order to address poverty and income inequality in the city.
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Oceans break record for highest temperatures four years in a row
A co-authored study by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences finds that the world’s oceans have hit their warmest temperatures on record for the fourth year in a row.
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To avoid false confessions, Pennsylvania needs to mandate taped interrogations
In an Op-Ed, Marissa Bluestine of Penn Carey Law and her co-author argue for an overhaul of interrogation policies and practices in Pennsylvania.
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Fed wants climate risk analysis from 6 largest U.S. banks by July 31
The Federal Reserve’s pilot assessment shows that it’s become more discerning and judicious in its approach to climate change, according to Christina Parajon Skinner of the Wharton School.
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As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that conspiracy theories about influential global leaders aren’t new but that scrutiny of the Davos forum and its chairman, Klaus Schwab, intensified during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Secrecy has dominated Shapiro’s transition to Pa. governor. It may be a sign of what’s to come
David Hoffman of Penn Carey Law says that NDA breaches have been allowed by courts when the agreement was found to have covered up an unlawful action.
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Drug shortages are an urgent national danger. Here’s how we fix them
In an Op-Ed, PIK Professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel writes that the fragility of outsourced pharmaceutical supply chains is a risk to U.S. national security and health.
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Elon Musk, Tesla poised for trial over tweets proposing to take car maker private
Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that Elon Musk’s upcoming securities-fraud case is unusual in that such cases usually resolve or are settled before going to trial.
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With Kevin Warren’s departure, Big Ten presidents have a massive decision to make
In an Op-Ed, Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education discusses what the Big Ten Conference will be looking for in their next commissioner.