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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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When a white woman from Old City wears a Black Lives Matter T-shirt in Cherry Hill
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education wrote a viral Facebook post about her experience wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt in public.
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Cancer ‘drones’ in blood weaken immune system, Penn scientists show
Wei Guo of the School of Arts and Sciences and George Xu of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed their team’s cancer research. “Tumor cells are smarter than we thought,” said Guo.
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Hyperbaric oxygen: The mysterious therapy that saved a cancer survivor from radiation side effects
Hyperbaric therapy is controversial, according to Matthew Kelly of HUP, largely because “it’s expensive, and some practitioners overuse it, which gives a black eye to the field.” However, for some patients, the oxygen-rich environment can promote healing and fight infection.
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How colleges are sparing birds’ lives and conserving energy
Penn landscape planner Chloe Cerwinka discussed her work advocating for more bird-friendly architecture on campus.
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Dig into the surprising success of Darden Restaurants
The Law School’s Jill Fisch commented on Darden’s sudden sale of Red Lobster to Golden Gate Capital, saying management had effectively spat in the faces of the activist shareholders.
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Bankruptcy filings surge among older Americans
The Wharton School’s Olivia Mitchell commented on reports that bankruptcy rates are increasing among older people. The study’s sample was not representative, making it “impossible to determine whether the trends identified are statistically significant,” said Mitchell.
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An ICU patient, a medical resident, and an enduring bond
Neil Ray, an emergency medicine resident at HUP, wrote about a relationship that challenged him to connect more deeply with his patients.
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Trump loses a battle in his war on truth
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson said, of the status of truth in contemporary politics, that “checks and balances can still forestall or prevent unjustified action in domestic affairs (assuming that those in the Congress and the courts retain their respect for the knowable and known).”
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Patients who accepted infected kidneys cured of hepatitis C
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Reese led a 20-patient study that found that hepatitis C-infected kidneys can be safely transplanted into recipients without transmitting the disease.
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Why people can't resist the viral lure of the Kiki Challenge
Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication explained the phenomenon of dangerous viral challenges: “Slightly dangerous or slightly risky challenges may have the best combination of high-enough riskiness to make it easy to create emotional excitement about participating, but low-enough risk that they can spread with only moderate levels of social reinforcement.”