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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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She had multiple abortions as a child. Her abuser didn’t expect what came later
Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences says that pregnant children are much more likely to die, be uneducated, or get stuck in a situation that negatively affects their health due to post-Roe abortion restrictions.
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Nervous about election results? You should be. Americans hardly know anything about civics
A study from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that more than half of American adults couldn’t name the three branches of government.
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I’m 17, and the overturning of Roe scares me for what the future holds
Incoming freshman Vedika Jawa of the School of Arts & Sciences writes that she and her peers are angry that their opinions on abortion rights don’t matter to those in power.
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Could a single vaccine fend off all versions of COVID-19? Here’s where the science stands
Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for work he is doing to develop a pancoronavirus vaccine, a vaccine that would offer protection from all types of coronaviruses like COVID-19, SARS, and others.
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David Melnick, a Bay Area poetry pioneer and co-founder of Gay Artists and Writers Kollective, dies at 83
Ron Silliman of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the life of David Melnick. “David Melnick was ... one of the most fearless and well-read avant-garde poets in the U.S.” said Silliman, who is editing collection of the late poet’s work. “Almost as fierce as his poetry was his sense that he should not become famous, and he often had to be coaxed into any public performances.”
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Why this transit guru who's tried 50 systems think BART is the best for commuters
Miles Taylor, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about his passion for public transportation. "Anytime I go anywhere I have to ride transit," he said. "I consider it a failed trip if I haven't ridden any transit in the place I've gone."
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Can $500 a month change a city? Stockton tests universal basic income
Amy Castro Baker of the School of Social Policy & Practice discussed her research on a basic-income experiment in Stockton, Calif.
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School board faces mural dilemma: Free speech or racial justice
Mary Frances Berry of the School of Arts and Sciences weighed in on a debate over a Depression-era mural in a California public school. “I would use subjects like the mural to teach the students about slavery and the abuse of Native Americans and the white supremacist actions of Washington and other founding fathers,” she said.
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‘By the People’ Critiqued: A Textbook Case of Toxic Politics
The Graduate School of Education’s Jonathan Zimmerman penned an op-ed in defense of “By the People,” an AP history textbook used in dozens of California high schools. The book, Zimmerman said, was unfairly lambasted on some conservative news and information platforms.
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2 Truths About Race and Justice
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education wrote that police violence is not the only hazard to black life in America, and suggested we work simultaneously on stopping the civilian violence caused by poverty.