3/27
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Meet Sora: AI-created videos test public trust
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that AI video-creation can manipulate images in ways that make them seem more real than the original artifacts.
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Biden’s double whammy: Impeachment inquiry, son’s legal woes
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center notes that many families have experiences with addiction but questions the likelihood of empathy in a political context.
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Rise of the microschool: Small, student-centered learning spaces take off
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that multi-age, communal school environments with small student populations have consistently reemerged through the decades as Americans have rejected sprawling schools with hundreds or thousands of students.
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One country, two histories: What does it mean to be an American?
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that the United States has come to an inflection point in our disagreements about what America is and what it means.
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Not just seascapes: Winslow Homer’s rendering of Black humanity
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the art of Winslow Homer.
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‘If you want my advice, don’t take my advice.’ When the host isn’t an expert
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education spoke about how information spreads outside conventional news sources. “You have a really open [media] landscape where people like Joe Rogan can hustle,” she said. “The incentive structure is built around rage rather than thoughtful engagement. At the same time, society’s values are changing. Societies are not like atomic clocks. We change and evolve over time.”
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A step toward better justice: Prying open the ‘black box’ of plea deals
Paul Heaton of the Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice said that in plea deals, defendants are often pleading out to lesser charges than those originally filed.
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The case of the cursing cheerleader: Justices give students free speech win
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the importance of guaranteeing free speech for young people. “You ought to be able to practice this, you ought to be able to make mistakes, correct them, try out ideas—even outrageous ones, even profane ones,” she said. “We have to support young people in developing their voice, and we’re not very good at doing that right now.”
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Why pandemic forced baby boomers to rethink retirement plans
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School said retired boomers should reevaluate how much money they can safely withdraw from their savings each year. “It is now widely agreed that the 4% rule is far too risky a withdrawal rate given rising longevity, exploding healthcare costs, and low market returns,” she said. “3% is the new 4%.”
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From Amazon to Google, tech workers seek unions—and a voice
Mary-Hunter McDonnell of the Wharton School spoke about unionization efforts among tech workers. “It’s employees seizing control of organizations that they have dedicated their lives to,” she said. “Another way to try to influence employees’ outcomes is to fight for a voice in the company’s values, especially in this world where companies have such a central role.”