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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How John Bolton broke the National Security Council
John Gans of Perry World House wrote an opinion piece about John Bolton’s tenure as national security advisor, which ended this week. “Mr. Bolton’s most lasting legacy will be dismantling the structure that has kept American foreign policy from collapsing into chaos, and finally unshackling an irregular commander-in-chief,” Gans wrote.
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With states and the feds investigating Google and Facebook, the legal pressure is ramping up
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp commented on states’ involvement in antitrust lawsuits against tech giants. “It’s ... not because the federal government isn’t doing enough,” he said. The states “want to get in the action, too.”
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We need the travel pillow. But we hate the travel pillow
Harvey Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine expressed skepticism about the usefulness of the travel pillow. While he said there isn’t much research in support of the pillows, they are “not necessarily bad. They’re not going to cause any harm.”
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Do conservative students face bias in the college classroom? Penn State prof and lifelong Republican says very little, if any
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education commented on Penn State professor Matthew Woessner’s career as a conservative in academia. “It’s hard to be a Republican in liberal academia and I think he’s done it very well,” said Zimmerman. “He’s been true to his discipline and his beliefs. I don’t share his political beliefs, but I admire him.”
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Is ‘neurolaw’ coming soon to a courtroom near you?
Stephen Morse of the Law School weighed in on the use of neuroscience in courtrooms. He believes that in a legal setting, neuroscience cannot adequately explain criminal activity: “if there is a disjunct between what the neuroscience shows and what the behavior shows, you’ve got to believe the behavior.”
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What happens to tech workers when their skills become obsolete?
Prasanna Tambe of the Wharton School is contributing to research on how workers adapt when their specific skills are no longer in high demand.
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In a nation paralyzed by ‘active shooter’ situations, local colleges have to balance informing students and curbing fear
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety spoke about the procedure for handling potential active shooter situations. “We have to investigate it, because we have to get it right,” she said. “We can’t say ‘never mind, that didn’t happen’ or ‘actually, it’s a different location.’”
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Penn hoops star Princess Aghayere is using her passion for teamwork to save girls’ lives in Liberia
The senior leader of Penn’s 2019 regular season Ivy Champions left Philadelphia after graduation, and traveled 4,600-mile to Liberia. With Penn friends Summer Kollie and Oladunni Alomaja, Aghayere started Rebound Liberia, a youth program whose goal is to use basketball to empower girls in the small West African country.
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Bioethics and changing health care
President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno discussed the role of bioethics in contemporary medicine and their new book, “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die.”
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Alzheimer’s pioneer Virginia Lee wins $3 million Breakthrough Prize for work at Penn
Virginia Man-Yee Lee of the Perelman School of Medicine won a Breakthrough Prize for her research on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.