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Insomnia tied to depression, cardiovascular disease
Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine commented on the results of research that found links between insomnia and depression, as well as cardiovascular disease. Gehrman said further study is needed to translate the findings to therapies.
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Why 76ers co-owner is pouring $10 million into Wharton School, and banking vet is giving $5M to Bryn Mawr
Alum and 76ers co-owner Josh Harris and his wife, Marjorie Harris, have donated $10 million to the Wharton School to establish the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program, which aims to teach students about investing in assets beyond stocks, bonds, and real estate. “As an alternative-investments trailblazer, Josh is a role model for our students and an incredible friend to the Wharton School,” said Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett.
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Penn Museum preserves a little bit of Egypt for display during renovation
The Penn Museum’s Jennifer Wegner and Julian Siggers spoke about the new, temporary exhibit, “Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display.” The display, designed to resemble an archeological lab, “was an opportunity for us to bring the public to see how a gallery unfolds,” said Siggers.
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The NFL player moonlighting as an Ivy League professor
NFL linebacker and Wharton alum Brandon Copeland is co-teaching a financial literacy course with Brian Peterson of the School of Arts and Sciences. “I want you to leave this class feeling a lot more comfortable having these conversations about your money with people,” said Copeland.
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Virtual reality helping in fight against opioid deaths
The School of Nursing offers a virtual reality (VR) simulation to train responders how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug. The simulation demonstrates that VR training can be “low cost, high efficacy, and that it’s just as good as the gold standard of medical training,” said Clare Whitney, a doctoral student in the Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation.
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She’s only a sophomore at Penn and she’s nominated for an Oscar
Sophomore Claire Sliney of Los Angeles is the first Penn student to be nominated for an Academy Award while currently enrolled. Sliney is the executive producer of “Period. End of Sentence.” It is a documentary short film about the fight against menstrual stigma in rural India.
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How has the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ affected Illinois? The state hasn’t bothered to check
Charles O’Brien of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed gambling addiction, saying that “many clinicians have long believed that problem gamblers closely resemble alcoholics and drug addicts, not only from the external consequences of problem finances and destruction of relationships but increasingly on the inside as well.”
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The U.S. teaching population is getting bigger, and more female
Richard Ingersoll of the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Education was cited for a study which noted an increasingly disproportionate number of women teaching K-12 in recent years due in part to social perceptions of teaching as “feminine” labor.
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Sleep apnea patients who are drowsy during the day at risk for heart woes
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Diego Mazzotti spoke about his research on sleep apnea and cardiovascular risk. “Even without further research, clinicians should recognize that patients with obstructive sleep apnea who complain of feeling tired when they wake up and sleepy during the day are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease,” Mazzotti said.
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Physics explains how pollen gets its stunning diversity of shapes
The School of Arts and Sciences’ Alison Sweeney explained how phase separation contributes to the unique shapes of pollen grains.