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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Obamacare architect reacts to federal judge ruling ACA unconstitutional
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel commented on a recent ruling that found the Affordable Care Act and its enrollment mandate to be unconstitutional. “People don’t like going without health care insurance. The big barrier isn’t compulsion; the big barrier is it’s very expensive and hard to afford,” said Emanuel.
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From snowflake students to outspoken professors: Why protecting campus speech matters
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts and Sciences penned an op-ed about free speech in academia. “The problem is that these institutions, protective of free speech as they tend to be, are beholden to outside stakeholders who do not always understand the role that open expression plays on campus and how it is used to promote the broader mission of higher education.”
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Risky home loans are making a comeback. Are they right for you?
The Wharton School’s Susan Wachter discussed the risks of more complicated home loans, like interest-only adjustable-rate mortgages. “If you do need to sell to move or get a better job, or your own financial circumstances change, having a mortgage that exceeds the value of the home will put you in a spot,” said Wachter.
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The other way the National Enquirer helped elect Trump
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson discussed the role of tabloids in shaping the 2016 election. “Even as we look at extreme content and say, ‘That’s ridiculous, I dismiss that,’ it changes our sense of where the middle of the distribution of the content is,” she said. “It pushes open our acceptance of extreme content.”
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How tech workers are fueling a new employee activism movement
The Wharton School’s Peter Cappelli said that tech workers may feel more empowered to critique their employers because their labor is in high demand. “They also feel that some of their identity is tied up with the image of the company where they work, so it really does hurt them when that image gets tarnished,” said Cappelli.
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The media’s holiday suicide myth will never die
Daniel Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center offered commentary on decades of erroneous claims that suicide rates increase during the holiday season. “It looks like this myth will not go away. Ever,” said Romer.
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Carson Wentz broke a bone in his back. Here’s what that could mean.
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Harvey Smith weighed in on Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz’s back injury. “A compression fracture is generally not a wear-and-tear type of injury. Usually there is an inciting event, particularly in younger men, assuming there’s no underlying osteoporosis,” said Smith.
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Health economists still studying ways to bring health care costs down
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School was interviewed on “The Show” about the Affordable Care Act and cost containment. Most cost-containment efforts “don’t even work to slow spending growth at all,” he said.
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Penn tops No. 17 Villanova for first time since 2002
The Quakers achieved the improbable upset, beating No. 17 Villanova 78-75 Tuesday night.
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Penn makes clutch plays down the stretch to upset No. 17 Nova
Villanova tries to make a comeback against Penn, but the Quakers keep responding and come out with the 78-75 victory.