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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Why Amazon Pays Some of Its Workers to Quit
Katherine Milkman of the Wharton School is mentioned for studying the “mental pressure humans feel to resolve cognitive dissonance.”
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Treating Disease by Nudging the Microbes Inside Us
Gary Wu of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted about an important advance in how diseases are treated.
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Scallops Have Eyes, and Each One Builds a Beautiful Living Mirror
Alison Sweeney of the School of Arts and Sciences, who studies animal vision, comments on the structure of scallop eyes.
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The Tax-bill Provision That Would Cost Harvard Millions
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education shares her views on the GOP’s reasoning behind the lack of specificity of the tax-bill provision that will impact higher-education institutions.
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Innocence Is Irrelevant
Stephanos Bibas of the Law School comments on the effects of plea bargains on the criminal justice system.
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The Ethics Issue Blocking Organ Transplant Research
Scott Halpern of the Perelman School of Medicine shares his thoughts on organ transplant research and says, “This is a sufficiently niche area of research that there are compelling arguments for establishing donor-intervention research IRBs that could regulate all donor-intervention trials around the country.”
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Will Other States Join California's International Climate Pact?
Jean Galbraith of the Law School shares her insight on international regulation policy and California’s involvement with the Western Climate Initiative Inc.
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The Watchdog Inside the DA's Office
John Hollway of the Law School is cited for writing a “conviction review unit” best-practices guide.
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A Search for the Flavor of a Beloved Childhood Medicine
Ph.D. student Nadia Berenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the taste of amoxicillin. Cynthia Connolly of the School of Nursing comments on the history of children’s aspirin.
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The Case for Contentious Curricula
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education has co-authored a book about controversial topics in school curricula.