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The best ways to introduce new technology in the workplace
Lynn Wu of the Wharton School offered recommendations for implementing new workplace technologies. Companies should be on the lookout for unexpected consequences, she said, and address them as early as possible.
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Three fourths of dogs are angst-ridden—and owners may be partly to blame
James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine said an uptick in dog anxiety stems in part from owners failing to properly socialize their pets. “It’s a sort of helicopter-parenting concept applied to dogs,” he said. “Animals are not getting enough exposure to normal social interactions, play behavior and roughhousing with other dogs. That’s asking for trouble.”
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Women’s unpaid labor is worth $10,900,000,000,000
In honor of International Women’s Day, Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts and Sciences co-wrote a piece about women’s unpaid labor, which is not factored into GDP calculations: “Women provide a huge unacknowledged subsidy to the smooth functioning of our economies, which would grind to a halt if women stopped doing this work.”
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Legal experts say immigration directives issued under Cuccinelli are vulnerable
Sarah Paoletti of the Law School spoke about the ramifications of a federal court’s ruling that Ken Cuccinelli’s appointment as acting director at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services wasn’t legal. “I think it does call into question all of his policies. I think the challenge is [to find out] which policies are under his name, and which policies are more broadly issued—or maybe prompted by him, proposed by him—but ultimately issued by the Department of Homeland Security,” she said.
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Let’s talk Super Tuesday
Diana Mutz of the School of Arts and Sciences and Annenberg School for Communication discussed Super Tuesday and the ramifications for the 2020 presidential election.
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Doctors try 1st CRISPR editing in the body for blindness
Jean Bennett and Kiran Musunuru of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on the benefits of gene-editing technology.
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What is Havening? Experts weigh in on Justin Bieber's stress-relieving technique
Melissa Hunt of the School of Arts and Sciences recommended evidence-based interventions for anxiety. “If someone is suffering enough that their ability to function or get joy out of life is impaired in some way, then cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is by far the best supported form of psychotherapy for anxiety of various types,” she said.
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Our all-City 6 men’s basketball team starts in a familiar place
In choosing an all-City 6 men’s hoops team, production matters more than school affiliation. Penn’s AJ Brodeur is an obvious first-teamer.
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Meet the federal government’s coronavirus expert
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel vouched for Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases and an expert on the novel coronavirus. “He’s Mr. Authoritative. You want an authoritative statement or idea, you go to Tony. He says what he knows, and he doesn’t say what he doesn’t know,” he said.
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As coronavirus spreads in the US, employers gear up for massive work-from-home experiment
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School discussed how workplaces are preparing for the spread of the novel coronavirus. “We’re trying to figure out how to keep the business going when people can’t get to the office,” he said. “My sense is the first thing that will happen, and the most likely thing is that it's not that all your employees will be too sick to work, it's that they won't be in the office.”