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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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A one-way ticket. A cash-stuffed teddy bear. A dream decades in the making
Katalin Karikó of the Perelman School of Medicine was profiled in a series of articles about the scientists who helped create the COVID-19 vaccines. “I think she should be given credit for saving the world,” said her colleague Jean Bennett. Karikó’s ideas were “so ahead of her time, she had a hard time convincing people that they would actually work,” Bennett said. “They seemed too science fiction-y to people and too challenging.”
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5 historical garments that showcase the link between fashion and identity
“The Stories We Wear,” a new exhibit at the Penn Museum, was featured. “We often dismiss fashion as frivolous," said curator Lauren Ristvet. "But our appearances are important. The way we dress communicates who we are and what we do."
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Would ticket holders pay $25 if they got unlimited food? One movie theater decided to find out
Jagmohan Raju of the Wharton School said the pandemic has been an opportunity for some businesses to experiment with pricing changes. “Many [companies] had no choice but to try,” he said.
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De Blasio vowed to make city streets safer. They’ve turned more deadly
Erick Guerra of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design said New York City’s traffic fatality rate, though on the rise, is still three to four times lower than the national average. “In some ways, Vision Zero is aspirational,” he said. “Even in cities that have success, you still see traffic fatalities.”
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A timeline of the Federal Reserve's trading scandal
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School said reports of senior officials at the Federal Reserve profiting on trades are a “calamity and a scandal” and that he’d support a ban on Fed officials holding individual stocks. “I think central bankers should never be under a cloud of suspicion that they’re advocating for policies that will enrich them,” Conti-Brown said.
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Penn RNA scientists win Philly’s Scott award for research used in COVID-19 vaccines
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine have been awarded Philadelphia’s 2021 John Scott Award for their research on mRNA.
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How much does how much we hate each other matter?
Yphtach Lelkes, Matthew Levendusky, and Samantha Moore-Berg were cited in an opinion piece about polarization in the U.S. “Affective polarization is the canary in the coal mine,” said Lelkes. “That is, it tells us things are dysfunctional without causing the dysfunction.”
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Philadelphia doctor develops rapid COVID test with results on smartphone
A team of researchers led by Ping Wang of the Perelman School of Medicine is developing a more accurate rapid test for COVID-19 that uses smart phone cameras. “The PCR is great. It's sensitive, but at the same time it's only residing in the core laboratories,” she said. “So, you can't really do PCR at home for most settings.”
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In 2021, it’s nearly impossible to prioritize which bad thing to protect your kid from first
Marion Leary of the School of Nursing wrote an opinion piece about the challenges of parenting amid political upheaval, climate change, and the pandemic, school shootings, and other contemporary threats. “I shouldn’t need my kid home to know she is safe,” she wrote. “We need to get our house in order in this country.”
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Professor who called Dow 20,000 says he’s nervous about trends in inflation that could spark a stock-market correction
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School said the recent surge in inflation could compel the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates more quickly than anticipated.