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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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What's New in Campus Dining? Kids Cooking Their Own Meals in the Dining Hall
Penn Dining is mentioned for making all the chicken halal in one dining hall to accommodate the growing Muslim student population.
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Zika Vaccine Works in Early Human Trial
Pablo Tebas of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about studying an experimental vaccine for the Zika virus.
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Suit: A Federal Jail in Philly Is Stopping Kids From Seeing Their Dads
Marie Gottschalk of the School of Arts and Sciences talks about the damaging effects of restricting children from visiting their parents in prison.
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Is it OK to Hold On to Your Childhood Comfort Object?
Vivian Seltzer of the School of Social Policy & Practice views young adults’ holding on to transitional objects as a generational pattern.
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What Humans Can Learn from Sleep-deprived Fruit Flies
Amita Sehgal of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on studying sleep and circadian rhythms and on what information can be gained from researching fruit flies.
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Researchers Rally to Save Monkeys on Hurricane-ravaged Island
PIK Professor Michael Platt of the Wharton School, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences talks about researchers coming together to help preserve monkeys living on the Puerto Rican island Cayo Santiago.
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How Immigration Foiled Hillary
A 2010 paper, “Politicized Places: Explaining Where and When Immigrants Provoke Local Opposition,” by Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts and Sciences is cited.
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Dead Bodies, Nationality and the ‘Newsworthy’ Image
An excerpt from a new book, Death Makes the News: How the Media Censor and Display the Dead, by Jessica Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Annenberg School for Communication, is highlighted.
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Black Lives and Police Tactics Matter
Camille Charles of the School of Arts and Sciences co-authors an article about the social movement Black Lives Matter and police tactics.
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How Faculty Diversity Can Impact the College Years
A study from the Center for Minority Serving Institutions is referenced on the percentage of minorities in college faculty positions.