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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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As sea levels rise, is Philadelphia International Airport in danger from storm surge?
Billy Fleming of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design explained why many airports are at risk of flooding as climate change progresses. “We build most of our big international airports in some of our lowest-lying places because at the time of building, that land was very cheap,” he said. “This is the logic of land development in most of the United States: to put all of the things we want out of sight and out of mind in our most vulnerable landscapes.”
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New study in ‘Science’: Medieval Catholicism explains the differences between cultures to this day
Coren Apicella of the School of Arts and Sciences commented on a new study that found a correlation between countries with longer histories of exposure to Catholicism and lower measures of kinship intensity. “This is the only theory that I am aware of that attempts to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale,” she said.
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People who lack olfactory bulbs shouldn’t be able to smell. But some women can
PIK Professor Jay Gottfried commented on a study that suggests some women can smell even if missing parts of the brain associated with the olfactory system. “I am not convinced that the women are indeed missing their bulbs,” he said, noting that MRIs may not adequately detect all evidence of the structures.
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Virtual reality is having a senior moment
PIK Professor George Demiris said virtual reality has shown early promise for dementia patients, though it’s not a substitute for human contact. “We have to look at innovation and different tools to come up with new solutions to address issues of social isolation and loneliness and allow people to stay engaged and active,” he said.
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Is politics a war of ideas or of us against them?
Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication said that while it’s hard to disentangle ideology from partisanship when looking at political polarization, the larger pattern appears to be that “ideology driving partisanship only seems to be occurring among those that are most aware of politics, while partisanship driving ideology seems to be happening among everyone.”
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What your Facebook posts say about your mental health
Sharath Chandra Guntuku of the Center for Digital Health and Lyle Ungar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science spoke about a study they authored that measured loneliness in Twitter posts.
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Before you decide to work in college, ask yourself these questions
Laura Perna and Ph.D. student Taylor Odle of the Graduate School of Education recommended that undergraduates weigh the benefits and drawbacks of working while enrolled in classes before accepting a job. “Working—especially working many hours per week—can be stressful and can harm academic performance and progress,” they wrote.
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Ancient Greek settlement with purple-producing shells and carved fish tanks discovered on tiny island
The Penn Museum has confirmed research that identifies Minoan-era Crete as the production site of a variety of vibrant dyes, including red, purple, and yellow.
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These prosecutors won office vowing to fight the system. Now, the system is fighting back
Richard Berk of the School of Arts and Sciences said it’s too early to know how the policies of progressive prosecutors like Larry Krasner in Philadelphia will affect crime rates. “There’s a natural variation in things like homicide, natural in the sense that we don’t know what causes it,” Berk said. “And we basically try to treat it as noise and don’t try to tell a story until we have that nailed down.”
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As children, they survived cancer. They faced the fallout as adults
Linda Jacobs of the School of Nursing and the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about Penn’s cancer-survivorship program, which helps prepare survivors for a lifetime of continued care. “Our goal isn’t to frighten people,” she said. “Our goal is to make it so people follow up.”