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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Letter to the Editor: Financial aid and cost of attendance at Penn
Stephen J. MacCarthy, vice president of University Communications wrote about Penn’s efforts to make higher education affordable: “A strong commitment to student financial aid (as witnessed at Penn) can dramatically increase access while improving the lives of entire generations of students.”
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Biden promised to follow the science. But sometimes, he gets ahead of the experts
Steven Joffe of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on CDC Director Rochelle Walensky’s decision to expand COVID-19 booster shot eligibility, saying she may have been influenced by the Biden administration’s earlier support for the move. “To what extent did she feel like she was bound to follow that line of decision-making?” he said. “I can’t get inside her head and answer that question. The fact that the final decision makers had already staked out their final positions had put the advisory committees in a very difficult position.”
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Medical ethicists criticize doctors refusing to treat the unvaccinated
PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno commented on some doctors’ decisions to not treat unvaccinated adults with COVID-19, saying, “We have to find ways to take care of people, even if we don’t agree with their actions.”
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Facebook is like chairs. No, telephones. No, cars. No …
Zachary Loeb, a doctoral candidate in the School of Arts & Sciences, spoke about Facebook’s attempts to compare the platform to simpler, less threatening technologies. “There used to be this utopian aura where they had been trying to act as though they were the latest in the stream of these transformative [communication] technologies,” he said.
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Two COVID vaccine pioneers win 2021 Lasker Awards in medicine
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine received the Lasker Award for their research on mRNA, which ultimately lead to the creation of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines.
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At the Ryder Cup, would 12 divided by 3 equal victory for the U.S.?
Charline Russo of the College of Liberal & Professional Studies weighed in on a new pod system that divides professional golf teams into subgroups based on compatibility. She compared the arrangement to World War II troops, the most effective of which were assembled from the same town. “It wasn’t just because they grew up together, there was also that accountability factor,” Russo said. “You didn’t want to go home and admit that you screwed up.”
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Why having too much free time can be as bad for you as having too little
Research led by Marissa Sharif of the Wharton School found that, when it comes to leisure time, there’s a point of diminishing return. “A moderate amount of discretionary time leads people to be better off or happier compared to having a large amount of free time,” she said. “And that’s because with a large amount of free time, people feel this lacking sense of productivity and purpose.”
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Afghanistan’s war rug industry distorts the reality of everyday trauma
Jamal J. Elias of the School of Arts & Sciences wrote about the war rug market in Afghanistan, arguing that collectors and journalists tend to mistakenly view the weavings as reflections of the creator’s worldview. Instead, said Elias, it’s the rug brokers and dealers who determine the motifs. “Ultimately, Afghan war rugs are produced for the market,” he wrote.
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Why does asthma get worse at night?
Garret FitzGerald of the Perelman School of Medicine weighed in on a study that linked the circadian system to nighttime asthma symptoms. “This work highlights the value of small, carefully conducted studies,” and could inform future treatments, he said.
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Penn runs and passes its way past Bucknell, 30-6, in opener
Penn opens its season with a convincing win on the road, outgaining the Bison 483 yards to 222, including a 210-115 edge on the ground.