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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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For Transgender Troops, a Tweet Is Not Policy — Yet
Tobias Wolff of the Law School comments on how the president’s tweets about policy do not equate to the formal legislative process.
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Penn Med Students Create App to Address LGBTQ Health Disparities
Perelman School of Medicine students Phil Williams, Jun Jeon and Naveen Jain are highlighted for developing SpectrumScores, an app that hopes to address and end LGBTQ health-care disparities.
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‘Weak Public Institutions Best Way to Ensure Social Injustice’
Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about India’s public universities.
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Nobody Really Knows What the Fed Does, but They Think It’s Bad Anyway
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School comments on the public perception of the Federal Reserve and how there is a “combination of confusion and strong opinions.”
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Shopping for Health Insurance? Buyer Beware, Especially if You Have Cancer
Laura Yasaitis, Daniel Polsky and Justin Bekelman of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics write about Americans purchasing health insurance who are also cancer patients.
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Audio: Listen to Grapple: Life After Sears in a Small Pennsylvania Community
Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about changing the demographics in small communications.
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How to Build Resilience in Midlife
Adam Grant of the Wharton School says, “There is a naturally learnable set of behaviors that contribute to resilience.”
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For Breast-cancer Patients, a Study that Makes Summer More Comfortable
Brian Baumann of the Perelman School of Medicine is highlighted for leading a study that revealed that using antiperspirant does not affect the amount of radiation exposure for breast-cancer patients.
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Randi Weingarten's Low Blow
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes an op-ed about American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten disparaging school vouchers because early advocates used them to resist court-ordered racial desegregation.
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The Invisible Segregation of Diverse Neighborhoods
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences shares her thoughts on the benefits of diversity in the classrooms of the American public school system.