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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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This Is Why Advocates Are Supporting LGBTQ Foster Parents in Court
Sarah Wasch of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Field Center spoke about the “dangerous message” foster-care agencies send to children when denying applications from LGBTQ potential parents.
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The Drone From This Penn Spinout Can Fly Inside Mines Without Maps or GPS
Exyn Technologies will be sending out a drone to explore a Latin American mine using only its own onboard sensors. The startup, which originated in Penn’s GRASP lab, was cofounded by Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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How to Keep Your Dogs and Cats Cool When It’s Hot
The School of Veterinary Medicine’s Ken Drobatz offered advice for keeping dogs safe in the summer heat. Cats, said Drobatz, are less prone to over-exercising and will instinctively “decrease their activity and find a cool area to just lay there.”
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Amazon Could Radically Change How You Get Prescriptions
The Wharton School’s Lawton R. Burns offered commentary on PillPack’s recent acquisition by Amazon. “It gives me pause thinking about what's going to drastically change here,” said Burns.
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The Best and Worst U.S. States for Children
Johanna Greeson of the School of Social Policy & Practice commented on a child-wellness study, noting an omission of statistics on abuse and neglect. Greeson did, however, applaud the new insights into state-by-state differences.
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Penn Makes Third Big Biotech Bet, Helping to Raise $53M for Carisma
Cancer-fighting biotech company Carisma Therapeutics Inc. is the latest addition to Penn’s recently-announced investment plan. Roy Rosin, CIO at Penn Medicine, said, “Penn’s commitment is pretty exciting for this region.”
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Trump and Truth: Why the Media Are Losing the Battle
Discussing President Trump’s sudden shift in position on family separations, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg School for Communication said, “this becomes a test case of whether a Trump audience is capable of seeing a reality in the face of repeated exposure to an unreality … The answer may be no–in which case, we are in a fundamentally different world.”
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Penn Invests $50 million in Biotech in a Bold Bid to Build Philly’s Innovation Cluster
Kevin B. Mahoney of the Perelman School of Medicine and UPHS confirmed Penn’s plans to invest in biotech companies, with long-range goals “to create jobs, synergy and an innovation cluster around Penn technology and spin outs.”
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Techly Explains: Why Do I Feel More Awake as Soon as I Get into Bed?
Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine explained the psychology behind “learned arousal,” saying that if one spends “night after night tossing and turning not being able to fall asleep, then your body associates that with your bed instead.”
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Video: New Home Sales Growth Concentrated in More Affordable South
The Wharton School’s Susan Wachter spoke about changes in the real estate market. “All the growth in housing new sales is in the South, where housing is affordable,” said Wachter.