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Powers of persuasion
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School was interviewed about the process of gradually changing the minds of others and about appeals to centrist voters by political candidates.
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As China cracks down, Hong Kongers start digitally preserving their city
Randall Mason of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design commented on efforts to create a digital archive of Hong Kong’s culture. “Preservation is always a reflection of contemporary culture,” he said. “We have to get comfortable with the fact that if we want to communicate the past, it’s a creative process and not just a preservation process. It would be crazy not to use these digital tools.”
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Pandemic exposes broadband divide
Christopher Yoo of the Law School spoke about the importance of expanding broadband infrastructure in the U.S. “Investing in infrastructure would be a terrific way to support the economy. It not only spends money but also lays the foundation for future growth and future jobs,” he said.
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Domestic violence an increasing concern in Philadelphia area because of COVID-19, study suggests
A report co-authored by Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice linked Pennsylvania’s stay-at-home orders, school closures, and declaration of emergency with a decrease in calls to domestic violence hotlines. “Was it because women don’t think it’s safe for them to call? Maybe they didn’t have a safe space from which to call from,” she said. “We didn’t take the not calling as an indicator of a lack of violence in the home.”
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Justice for all? Behind US targeting of international court
William Burke-White of the Law School said the increased cooperation between the U.S. and the International Criminal Court (ICC) came to a halt when John Bolton joined the Trump administration and when the ICC moved to investigate the U.S. for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. “The court was coming under a lot of pressure to show that it didn’t just investigate weak governments in Africa but was able to take on the powerful as well,” he said.
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Why the AstraZeneca trial for a coronavaccine was put on hold
Susan Ellenberg of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on the decision to suspend a late-stage experimental vaccine for the novel coronavirus. “I’m not alarmed for a lot of reasons. In fact, I’m reassured,” she said. “It tells me people are looking at things very, very carefully.”
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Near birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., a predominantly Black nursing home tries to heal after outbreak
Courtney Boen of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the health disparities among Black and Brown communities. “These are not natural or inevitable, biological consequences,” she said. “Any disparity that we’re seeing in terms of race in the pandemic is socially and politically constructed. These disparities are due to racism.”
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Trump’s PR can’t stop the virus
PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno and Stephen Xenakis of the Law School’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law wrote about the politicization of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) amid the pandemic. “Under the disguise of providing an important public mental health initiative, DHHS is at risk of once again appearing to carry out the political objectives of the Trump campaign,” they wrote.
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With health care a top issue for voters, what do Biden and Trump propose?
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel participated in a debate about health care reform. “If COVID has made anything clear to all Americans, it's [that] we all need health coverage, so we can actually get the care we need,” he said.
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Why human brains are bad at assessing the risks of pandemics
Howard Kunreuther of the Wharton School said he sees parallels between his research on why people struggle to assess whether they’ll be affected by natural disasters and how people have dismissed the threat of the novel coronavirus.