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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Student-led organization hosting event aimed at raising mental health awareness at University of Pennsylvania
In a video interview, third-year Maeve Stiles in the College of Arts and Sciences speaks about her journey with mental health and her experience with Cogwell, a student-run mental health organization hosting events on Penn’s campus.
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Mega Millions jackpot reaches $1.2 billion
Dennis Deturck of the School of Arts & Sciences estimates the odds of winning the lottery, contrasting it with increasingly more unlikely occurrences.
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Penn Medicine hosts officials, community leaders to discuss rising gun violence in West Philadelphia
Penn Medicine hosted a discussion between community leaders to address the causes of and potential solutions to gun violence in West Philadelphia.
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Inaugural Penn Relays 5K fills gap left by pandemic delay
In addition to the 5K, Penn Relays also held running events in the spring and summer. While the three-day track and field event is still months away, the organization says they’re trying to make the Penn Relays a year-round event
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Philadelphia pottery artist Roberto Lugo
Robert Lugo, whose installation is on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery, was interviewed about using his artwork to engage the local community and challenge popular notions about class, race, and pottery.
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COVID-19 transmission rates move into substantial range across majority of tri-state region
Frederic Bushman of the Perelman School of Medicine said the majority of COVID samples processed by his lab are of the delta variant. “We’ve been a little behind other places in the U.S, but now it’s here,” he said.
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Earth Week: New research links lung cancer to air pollution in Philadelphia
Air in the Philadelphia region is ranked as the 12th most polluted in the country by the American Lung Association. Toxins in the air, mainly from traffic and industry, are known to cause lung cancer. Trevor Penning, a pharmacology professor in the Perelman School of Medicine, developed hazard indices for 421 zip codes using satellite imagery for particulate matter and volatile organic compounds.
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Drug being tested at University of Pennsylvania to treat COVID-19 shows promise
Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about cyclosporin, an inexpensive drug that may help prevent severe inflammation in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. “Hopefully, [FDA approval of the drug] would decrease the burden of patients in our hospitals,” June said.
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‘No white guilt’ signs causing big uproar in Montgomery County community
Anne Berg of the School of Arts & Sciences weighed in on “No white guilt” signs spotted in Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County. The phrase may be a response to the Black Lives Matter movement. “It is time they step aside and recognize that this movement isn’t about white men. It’s not about white women either. It’s about the advancement of Black lives,” she said.
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Philadelphia police increases presence in parts of city again following storming of US Capitol
Claire Finkelstein of the Law School said President Trump may have committed a crime by encouraging his supporters to breach the U.S. Capitol building. “The question is whether or not the president was intentionally trying to interfere with the peaceful transition of power and trying to launch an attack using his supporters as weapons against the U.S. government,” Finkelstein said. “If we were to find out additional facts that suggested some intentionality on the part of the president, then I believe he could be guilty of sedition.”