5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Audio: When Science Meets Politics
David Levitan of the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s SciCheck is featured.
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Evidence Builds for Effectiveness of Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarettes
Daniel Langleben of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted about studying the effect of graphic warning labels on cigarette packaging saying, “We also found that these labels were better remembered and associated with a greater reduction in craving for cigarettes.”
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Audio: Penn Studies How Trendy Baby Names and Social Movements Take Root
Damon Centola of the Annenberg School for Communication and the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses his research on social trends.
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Audio: What’s Behind Parents’ Perspectives on Vaccination?
Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing is interviewed about parent perspectives on vaccines.
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David Thornburgh on Raising Civic Expectations, Tax Reform and ‘Strategic Impatience’
David Thornburgh of the Fels Institute of Government in the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed.
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Audio: Why an Actor From Brooklyn Can’t Talk Like a Philadelphian
Meredith Tamminga of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses her work in understanding variations in language, specifically the way Philadelphians speak.
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Audio: 5 Ways Extreme Cold Affects Your Body
Tejvir Khurana of the Perelman School of Medicine talks about how the head is a “huge heat-loss source.”
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Audio: New Blood Test Could Indicate Long-term Severity of Concussions
Douglas Smith and Robert Siman of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss how a new blood test could indicate severity of concussions.
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Word Choice on Twitter Measures a Community’s Vital Signs
Johannes Eichstaedt of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about researching how emotional language used on Twitter in particular locations predicts heart disease rates in those areas.
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Audio: Adolph Reed on Azealia Banks, Reparations and Pop Culture Idiocracy
Adolph Reed of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed.