4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Truck crashes have gone up. The truck driving age could go down
Steve Viscelli of the School of Arts & Sciences said a new trucker apprenticeship program for drivers between 18 and 21 is a gift to the industry, which has struggled to find commercial drivers willing to accept low wages. “There’s nothing new about this apprenticeship program from what the system already looks like,” he said. “They’re just allowing people under 21.”
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White parents, want to raise anti-racist kids? Be mindful of your actions
Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education spoke about how parents can best address race with children. “They’re listening to you, but they’re also watching how you say it,” he said.
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A DNA test revealed this man is 4% black. Now he wants to abolish affirmative action
Wendy Roth of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about DNA testing and its intersection with culture and identity. “Right now I don’t think that [companies selling at-home genealogy kits] are generally doing a good enough job of explaining how these tests should be interpreted and what the limitations are and what some potential negative impacts could be,” she said.
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Trump White House Finally Confronts a Scandal It Can’t Quash With an ‘Alternative Fact’
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center discusses why the alleged domestic abuse story involving former White House staff secretary Rob Porter and his ex-wives persisted in the media.
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What Happened to Norma’s Brain?
Atheendar Venkataramani of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on the different ways individuals react to stress and trauma.
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Voting Lines Are Shorter — but Mostly for Whites
Research led by Stephen Pettigrew of the School of Arts and Sciences that compares the difference in wait times for voting lines in neighborhoods that are majority white and those that have more blacks and Hispanics is cited.
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Will the Bitcoin Bubble Be Validated?
Professor emeritus Jack Guttentag of the Wharton School defines bitcoin and shares his thoughts on the validity of the digital currency's bubble.
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Video: Joe Biden Holds Meghan McCain’s Hand in Emotional Moment on ‘The View’
Former Vice President Joseph Biden of the Penn Biden Center consoles John McCain’s daughter Meghan as she talked about her father’s cancer and the same that took the life of his son Beau and points out Penn Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center’s efforts to cure cancer.
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How to Build a Productive Startup Culture
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for characterizing “disagreeable givers” as people who like to challenge the status quo.
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How a Health Care App Is Changing Access for the LGBTQ Community
Second-year students Phil Williams, Jun Jeon and Naveen Jain of the Perelman School of Medicine are featured for developing SpectrumScores, a health-care app that helps connect LGBTQ people.