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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Philly is cracking down and delisting unlicensed short-term rentals from companies like Airbnb
A Wharton School study found that short-term rentals are often concentrated in areas where rental housing predominates and that each 1% increase in Airbnb listings in a ZIP code creates a small increase in rents and house prices as the number of long-term rentals decreases.
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A community investment approach to gun violence would save money and lives
In an Op-Ed, four Perelman School of Medicine graduates urge the city of Philadelphia to shift gun violence prevention investments from police and prisons to parks, education, and public health.
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Philadelphia family starts a canine cancer research fund at Penn Vet
Joy and Michael Harris have started the Miso Harris Research Fund for canine cancer at the School of Veterinary Medicine in honor of their cocker spaniel, Miso.
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Penn is offering a new way for college grads to become a nurse
A new master’s in professional nursing is highlighted.
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Penn Medicine CEO supports staffing minimums for nurses, breaking with his peers
Penn Medicine CEO Kevin Mahoney supports a bill to impose nurse-staffing minimums on Pennsylvania hospitals, while nurse leaders of nearly every other health system in the Philadelphia area have signed a letter in opposition.
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More cities are offering no-strings-attached cash to residents. Here’s what Philly can learn
One of Philadelphia’s first guaranteed income programs launched in July 2022. The program gave an average of about $890 a month to each of 300 families on public housing wait lists and was distributed through the Philadelphia Housing Development Corp. in partnership with Penn and the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
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In Philly and nationwide, interest is rising in psychedelics to treat depression. The FDA released new research guidelines
Holly Fernandez Lynch of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the unique challenges of designing effective studies with psychedelic drugs, including participants knowing if they've been given a placebo or not.
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At Anthropologie’s pop-up furniture sale in Philly, good deals and long lines build community
The Wharton School’s Barbara Kahn comments on FOMO-inducing experiences and how limited-run product drops create experiences that tie consumers’ identities to the brands.
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Cool for the summer
Joseph Wharton, founder of the Wharton School is referenced for having influenced Philadelphia’s sources of drinking water. Wharton proposed building a series of canals and lakes from the Pine Barrens, channeling the water west, into a pipe that would cross beneath the Delaware, into Philadelphia.
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Colleges should shoulder the burden of SCOTUS admissions ruling, not students, say Philly college advisers
A new free course at Penn, Applying to College 101, will guide students through the college admissions process in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling, with remarks from Dean of Admissions Whitney Soule.