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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Getting Self-driving Cars on the Road Soon Might Save Lives
Postdoctoral fellow Christopher Morrison of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a RAND Corporation research team’s analysis that cautions against delaying the introduction of driverless cars.
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Hacking the Vote: Threats Keep Changing, but Election IT Sadly Stays the Same
Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on the challenges faced when relying on electronic voting systems.
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GOP Tax Plan Would Increase Federal Deficits Beyond the Limit, New Analysis Shows
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School is cited for directing the Penn-Wharton economic model.
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Nonprofits Give ‘Disconnected’ Youths Another Chance
Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice comments on the Center for High Impact Philanthropy’s annual giving guide.
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4 Months After Strike, Contract Deal Still Eludes Nurses, Tufts
Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing comments on the correlation between mortality rates and the number of nurses available to care for patients.
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A Confederate Curriculum
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes about how the history of the American Civil War has been taught in classrooms.
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A Penn Scientist Says He Knows Why Last Year's Flu Vaccine Was So Bad
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying last year’s flu vaccine and what causes many people to get sick despite being vaccinated. Paul Offit of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is also quoted about the cost for pharmaceutical companies to create a new vaccine.
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On the Natural Selection of Words
Joshua Plotkin of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted about researching language evolution.
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Domestic Violence Is the 'Canary in the Coal Mine' for Mass Shootings
Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice states that there is not enough data to have a pattern linking domestic abuse to mass killers.
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GOP's Plan for Taxing Foreign Income Is Opaque, Possibly Perverse
Chris William Sanchirico of the Law School pens an op-ed about the Republicans’ plan for taxing foreign income.