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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Should Philly join New York City in capping Uber and Lyft?
Erick Guerra of the School of Design weighed in on the effects of ride-sharing apps on cities, saying, “I’m confident Uber and Lyft have contributed in some small way to the increase in congestion but not nearly as much as the economic growth and increase in population.”
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Move-in day for thousands of students at Temple and Penn
President Amy Gutmann welcomed nearly 2,500 members of the Class of 2022 to campus on Wednesday, including students from 88 foreign countries.
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Anatomy of a crime: Sex, hush money and a Trump fixer’s guilty plea
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discussed sensationalist newspapers’ effects on the 2016 election. “You might say nobody reads the tabloids, but actually most of us do—through inadvertent exposure,” she said.
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Could you take seven spin classes in one day? Meet the Philly man who logged more than 4,300 miles at Flywheel in less than a month
The Wharton School’s Leonid Spesivtsev won Flywheel’s Tour de Fly competition by a 15,000 point margin, winning a bike and other prizes. However, his primary motivation was personal growth: “I wanted to see how far I could push myself, and if the challenge would continue to positively impact my work life.”
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Chinese among high-school seniors (and in the movies)
Victor Mair of the School of Arts and Sciences discussed traditional and modern methods for teaching Mandarin, noting that learning the spoken language is significantly easier than learning hundreds of written characters.
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Can you actually speak the languages you list on your CV?
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School discussed the phenomenon of “elastic justification,” in which people may exaggerate traits or skills that are hard to quantify, like language proficiency.
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In wake of clergy abuse report, a likely legislative fight brews in Pa.
Kermit Roosevelt of the Law School discussed resistance to bills extending or eliminating Pennsylvania’s statute of limitations on sexual abuse. “My sense is that people who are bringing up the constitutionality issue are looking for political cover, because they don’t want to say, ‘for policy reasons, I don’t support this,’” said Roosevelt.
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Let’s retire the phrase ‘privacy policy’
Writing in The New York Times, Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication shared his findings on internet users’ misperceptions of online privacy policies.
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How reverse mortgages can hurt, rather than help, aging Philly homeowners
The School of Social Policy & Practice’s Amy Castro Baker shared her expertise on the hazards of reverse mortgages. “It can be a safe option for people to stay in their homes,” said Castro Baker. “But it’s also layered with risk, often used as a predatory product.”
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How a lost season converted Jets' Brandon Copeland from NFL outcast to key contributor
From Penn to a fringe NFL player with a year hiatus, the 27-year-old linebacker has the same work ethic and drive as ever, and the opportunity to bring his best game to the Jets lineup.