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Racial prejudice has declined as a reaction to Trump’s presidency, a new study suggests
Daniel Hopkins and recent graduate Samantha Washington of the School of Arts and Sciences were cited for their research, which found that racial prejudice among Americans has decreased since President Trump’s election. “It’s quite conceivable that Trump has simultaneously galvanized a small number of highly prejudiced white Americans while also pushing millions more to affirm that they are not as prejudiced,” said Hopkins.
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4 women with lives scarred by genital cutting: Could a surgeon heal them?
Ivona Percec of the Perelman School of Medicine was featured in a story about women considering and pursuing clitoral reconstruction after experiencing genital cutting as children. Percec has developed her own surgical methods that reuse scar tissue when possible, among other techniques. “With any operation that we design, it’s going to be a work in progress, and it’s going to get better,” said Percec.
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Kemp tours Georgia movie studios to tamp down fallout from abortion law
Mary-Hunter McDonnell of the Wharton School said that when companies take clear stances on political issues, their standpoints are usually in alignment with young consumers “because that’s their future.”
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Israeli scientists brew beer with revived ancient yeasts
Patrick McGovern of the School of Arts and Sciences was cited for his work studying and recreating ancient beverages.
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What baby names say about America?
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School spoke about the factors that contributes to baby name selection. “Names say more about the parents than the kids,” he said. “How unique parents want to be, where in the country they were when the child was born, and what influences around them shape their lives.”
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Despite Trump’s racial rhetoric, white prejudice has gone down, Penn study finds
A study by Daniel Hopkins of the Schools of Arts and Sciences and recent graduate Samantha Washington found that “expressed prejudice” declined in response to racist political rhetoric, particularly among Democrats.
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What Puerto Rico’s monkeys post-Maria teach us about survival
PIK Professor Michael Platt joined a conversation about surviving trauma and Puerto Rico’s “monkey island.”
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Pa. woman was convinced she bought Obamacare insurance. She got scammed by a look-alike website.
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel spoke about a class exercise in which he asks students to shop for health insurance using the government marketplace. When he attempted the assignment, he found it easy to accidentally use an unaffiliated site. “Unless you know what the right place looks like, what the offers are, they’ve done a very good job of making it look like it’s the [government] health insurance site.”
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Jon Bon Jovi receives honorary degree from University of Pennsylvania
At Monday’s Commencement ceremony, President Amy Gutmann lauded Jon Bon Jovi for his musical achievements and community restaurants. “The pay-it-forward model (of the Soul Kitchen) serves in-need and paying customers with dignity and encourages their active participation through volunteer services,” she said. The musician and humanitarian was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree.
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How often does the Supreme Court overturn precedents like Roe v. Wade?
Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School contributed case information to a story about major supreme court reversals.