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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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8 wild and sprawling facts about Mongolia
Christopher Atwood of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about Mongolia’s culture, history, and geography. “Ulaanbaatar is the huge urban center. Relatively speaking—it’s about a million and a half people. In Mongolia, that’s almost half the population. So, it’s an enormous center of all aspects of Mongolian life—political, economic, cultural, social, educational,” he said.
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Botin risks confronting Latin America-style populism at home
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School said it makes sense for Spain’s Banco Santander to be proactive in navigating anti-market populist measures. “They can’t afford to be on the wrong side of things given the other challenges they’re facing,” he said.
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Influencers are getting paid to promote pregnancy tests on Instagram, and people are applauding it as a way for new moms to make money
Jessa Lingel of the Annenberg School for Communication weighed in on criticisms of influencers announcing their pregnancies with sponsored Instagram posts. “We still have a puritan way of thinking that pregnancy announcements are sacred,” she said. “Everything can be commercialized, but not this.”
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Vaping bans: How one health crisis prompted a crackdown on another
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about the vaping crisis, which is fueled in part by gray-market cartridge sales. “We’re in a regulatory no-man’s land,” he said.
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Appreciating the need for—and the beauty of—the urban forest
Sonja Dümpelmann of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design was interviewed about the history of street trees and urban forestry. “This isn’t scientifically proven,” she said. “But I think if people care about trees, they also tend to care about people.”
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Facebook the plaintiff: Why the company is suddenly suing so many bad actors
Cary Coglianese of the Law School commented on recent lawsuits filed by Facebook to stop fraud on the platform. “Companies sometimes go beyond compliance with the law to stave off future regulation,” he said.
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Why a decline in U.S. birth rates could actually help our economy
Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts and Sciences explained falling birth rates, saying, “There is a broader transformation in young adulthood where there is an increasing prominence in education, career building, human capital, and so forth so that children tend to be desired later in life.”
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‘Set your price for a slave,’ a fifth-grade work sheet read. It landed the teacher on leave
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas of the Graduate School of Education spoke about best practices for, and common missteps in, discussing slavery in the classroom. “We’re really wrestling with how to teach about the trauma of the past,” she said.
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The surgical complication that can damage your brain
Lee Fleisher of the Perelman School of Medicine said the amount of anesthesia used can play a role in the development of post-surgical delirium in some patients.
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UPenn library acquires the papers of Ashley Bryan, a pioneering African American poet and artist known for children’s books
Lynne Farrington of the Libraries spoke about the acquisition of the Ashley Brian papers, which trace the author and illustrator’s 60-year publishing history. “He sees art as his salvation, as a way to deal with what’s happening in this country,” said Farrington.