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America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still mostly white
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and School of Arts and Sciences discussed the lack of diversity in teaching. “It’s not enough to recruit,” he said. “If we don’t improve retention, I’m not optimistic for closing the gap.”
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Shuttered Philadelphia refinery may get new life after fire
Mark Alan Hughes of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy spoke about the possibility of converting the old Philadelphia refinery into a hybrid plant that also produces renewable fuels. “They’re predicting a steadily declining place for things like the refinery that was,” he said. “The kind of mix that tries to lower the profile of fossil fuel activity is, I think, the most likely outcome.”
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These cities have the toughest laws for home builders—and the highest property prices
A new working paper co-authored by Joseph Gyourko and Jacob Krimmel of the Wharton School examined changes in zoning laws to create an index of where land-use regulations are toughest, with San Francisco and New York City coming in first and second in the ranking, respectively.
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Artificial intelligence is rushing into patient care—and could raise risks
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel and Saurabh Jha of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the potential hazards of using artificial intelligence in medicine.
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Study shows how pollution, climate change could make us dumber
Anna Schapiro of the School of Arts and Sciences co-authored a paper that created a predictive model of what might happen to human cognitive abilities over time as carbon dioxide levels continue to rise.
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Cancer patients’ desire to avoid opioids puts them at risk of harm including overdose, Penn study finds
Salimah H. Meghani of the School of Nursing led a study that found that opioid mismanagement, such as going on and off the drugs or stockpiling pills, may expose patients to harm.
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Penn guard Kayla Padilla lighting up the Palestra as a high-scoring freshman
The Torrance, Calif., native is averaging 19.4 points per game, with at least 14 points in every contest so far. She’s the No. 2-ranked scorer among all freshmen in Division I women’s basketball, and the leading scorer overall in the Ivy League by over 2 points per game.
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The WTO might return to diplomatic settlements for trade disputes. Here’s why
Julia Gray of the School of Arts and Sciences wrote about how the World Trade Organization may proceed with a plan to allow countries to settle trade disputes through voluntary arbitration, a response to the shortcomings of its current procedures.
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As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built in?
Michael Horowitz of the School of Arts and Sciences and Perry World House contributed to an analysis of how automation is currently used in nuclear command and control systems and what might happen in the future if riskier forms of A.I. are implemented.
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Special report: Why big business can count on courts to keep its deadly secrets
Stephen Burbank of the Law School said the old rules on public access to the courts reflected the progressive political environment of the 1930s, when they were established. Progressives at the time, said Burbank, believed secrecy prevented the public from evaluating the fairness of court rulings.