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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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‘We are witnessing the devastating consequences’: Climate leaders sounds alarm as Hurricane Fiona pummels Puerto Rico
Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that disasters like Hurricane Fiona are indicative of climate change’s present-day consequences, driving home the importance of taking action now.
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University of Pennsylvania researchers develop microrobots that can brush, floss your teeth
Hun Michel Koo of the School of Dental Medicine, Edward Steager of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and colleagues have created automated shapeshifting microrobots with the ability to brush, floss, and rinse teeth.
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Laws restricting right to film police prove to be a waste of time
Seth Kreimer of Penn Carey Law is quoted on the accompaniment of cellphone camera technology by cases of police prosecuting critics who recorded them.
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Business schools are beginning to embrace stakeholder inclusion
The Wharton School is noted as becoming the first large MBA program to offer a major in environmental, social, and corporate governance, standards used by socially conscious investors to vet companies.
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Over 7 million U.S. seniors have mental declines that threaten financial skills
An op-ed by Jason Karlawish of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted encouraging a system of “whealthcare” that integrates monitoring and maintaining mental health and wealth, to foster older adults’ financial well-being.
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Joe Biden said the pandemic is over. Here’s where cases stand in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Jeffrey S. Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that people have become apathetic about COVID-19 but that long COVID’s loose symptoms make determining its risk difficult.
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Confronting COVID’s lost generation
Fourth-year Victoria Sousa in the School of Arts & Sciences writes about South America’s current educational crisis, brought on by the pandemic in regions without computers or Wi-Fi.
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Utah’s state treasurer pulls millions from investment firm over its climate and social agenda
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that new Republican anti-environmental state policies have created an opaque system in which politicians have total discretion.
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Why business leaders should always be thinking about the next crisis
In a Q&A, Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School discusses her new cowritten book, “The Prepared Leader,” which draws on years of experience from business leaders during the tumult of 2020.
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I’m still single but this is why I’m quitting dating apps like Tinder and Hinge forever
Russel Ramsay of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the notion of uncertainty as an anxiety generator.