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We are not prepared for the next generation of CGI food
The School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Chenfanfu Jiang; postdoc Ming Gao; Ph.D. students Joshuah Wolper, Yu Fang, and Minchen Li; and undergrad Jiecong Lu have developed two new approaches to animating dynamic fractures, like bread tearing or cars crashing.
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Like a boss: A college course for first-time managers
The Wharton School’s Peter Cappelli is teaching an undergraduate course called “How to Be the Boss,” which aims to prepare students for future leadership positions. “Supervisors are the connection employees have to an organization,” said Cappelli. “They’re really crucial to retaining people.”
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Social media and teens: health concerns may be exaggerated, study suggests
Melissa Hunt of the School of Arts and Sciences said an Oxford study claiming that social media has little impact on teen health relied on self-reported data, which may not be accurate. “Even if adolescents wanted to answer the question completely honestly (which is highly unlikely) they probably have no idea how much time they actually spend on social media, and wouldn't remember accurately if they ever did know,” she said.
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Baby steps toward guaranteed incomes and racial justice
Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice said, of the effects of poverty on mental and physical health, that “science shows us that financial stress shows up in the body over time.”
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As gene testing surges, lawsuits aren’t far behind
Reed Pyeritz of the Perelman School of Medicine co-published a policy statement suggesting that doctors do their best to recontact patients if the interpretation of a genetic test’s results evolves over time.
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Urban League annual report addresses voting rights, suppression
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts and Sciences commented on the Urban League’s report on voting rights, cosigning their recommendation of passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would counteract strict voter-ID laws. She also expressed doubt that the Electoral College would be abolished any time soon.
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Elizabeth Warren reshaped our view of the middle class. But some see an angle
The Law School’s David Skeel said As We Forgive Our Debtors, a 1989 book co-written by Elizabeth Warren, “really was, for many people, the foundation of recent consumer bankruptcy scholarship. People hadn’t really stopped to see what was actually happening out there. Everyone was writing making assumptions about how consumers and creditors behaved.”
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Want to change the world? Get immersed in something that matters
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences was interviewed on the “From the Dorm Room to the Board Room” podcast about her career journey.
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‘Ladysitting’ offers candor and a singular take on a tale familiar to many
Lorene Cary of the School of Arts and Sciences has published a new memoir called Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century. The book explores complex family relationships and the history and effects of American racism.
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Penn Medicine’s Tara Miller Melanoma Cancer Center opens in memory of young woman who lost her battle
A new melanoma research center, named for the late Tara Miller, was dedicated this week at the Abramson Cancer Center. Lynn Schuchter of the Perelman School of Medicine said Miller was “a remarkable woman, incredibly courageous, such a love for life.”