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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Can China’s prosperity promise fix real problems?
Hanming Fang of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about China’s pension system, saying that because the plans are managed by local governments, the system is vulnerable to regional wage disparities.
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7 superfoods for your teeth
Dean Mark Wolff of the School of Dental Medicine said low-sugar, high-fiber diets can help protect teeth and gums. “You’re not just feeding yourself—you’re feeding all the good and bad bacteria that live in your mouth,” he said.
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BlackRock to give clients more say on holding companies to account
Jill Fisch of the Law School praises changes for allowing pension funds and other big asset owners to have more say over corporate decisions.
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Penn track and field and cross country head coach Steve Dolan named new director of the Penn Relays
Dolan will retain his role in his 10th year as Penn’s director of track and field and cross country. He succeeds Dave Johnson, who announced his retirement in September 2020 after 26 years as carnival director.
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The Catholic Church sex abuse crisis: 4 essential reads
Melissa Wilde of the School of Arts & Sciences pinpoints moments when the Catholic Church changed course.
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Neuroaesthetics: Mental health facilities of the future
Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on what often happens in facilities for people with dementia illnesses.
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How AT&T helped build far-right One America News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the origins of Fox News and OAN. “If somebody recognizes there’s a market for something and there’s a lot of money attached to that market, you get a news outlet,” she said.
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Here’s how to fix the Fed’s ‘culture of corruption’
Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School weighed in on stock trades made by Robert Kaplan, head of the Dallas Federal Reserve. “I think it is shameful that a professor, and former senior associate dean of HBS, who has written on government accountability and leadership, viewed it as acceptable to engage in these trades simply because he could, rather than consider whether he should,” said Taylor.
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Trump true believers have their reasons
Clifford Workman, a postdoctoral fellow in the Perelman School of Medicine, co-authored research about the neuroscience of morality. “People are motivated by shared social values that, when held with moral conviction, can serve as compelling mandates capable of facilitating support for ideological violence,” Workman and colleagues wrote.
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We need a better way to talk about booster shots
Paul Offit and med student Rishi Goel of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the science of booster shots. Generally speaking, a booster “gets you back up to some threshold we know is important” and is intended to restore lost immunity, said Goel.