5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Fighting corporate lies
Sarah E. Light of the Wharton School says that regulators are probably under-enforcing compared to the number of environmental claims in companies’ marketing.
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Binge drinking may be curbed with a pill
Henry Kranzler of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the self-medication approach with taking naltrexone before consuming alcohol represents a niche opportunity to treat binge drinking.
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Meet the people working on getting us to hate each other less
Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that heightening a sense of American national identity can reduce polarization and partisanship between opposing political parties.
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Americans flunked this test on online privacy
A survey by Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication and colleagues finds that most Americans don’t understand how online devices and services track users.
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Fact-checking Biden before the State of the Union
The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org finds that at least five Republican lawmakers, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy, have already voiced opposition to a proposal that would dismantle the IRS and replace current forms of federal taxation with a 30 percent sales tax.
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An even deadlier pandemic could soon be here
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine says that mRNA vaccines can be mass-produced faster than normal, in as little as three months.
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With layoffs, retailers aim to be safe rather than sorry (again)
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that once a few companies initiate layoffs, it creates a groupthink mentality where other companies must explain why they’re not doing the same.
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‘We need pleasure to survive’
PIK Professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel says that moderation is a good principle and comments on whether tweaks in bad behavior can help. The work of Adam Grant is suggested for additional reading and an understanding of "languishing."
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The benefits of ‘wise selfishness’
Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that people who are generous with their time while keeping their own interests in mind are often the most successful people at an organization.
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Inside the hospital where Damar Hamlin’s life was saved
Jeremy Cannon and Benjamin Abella of the Perelman School of Medicine comment on the importance of rapid response and the impediments to beneficial research for cardiac arrest patients.