4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Dorothy Roberts tried to warn us
A profile on PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts explores her past work detailing the criminalization of pregnancy, 25 years before the demise of Roe v. Wade.
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Why closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’ would be a huge deal
Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that about half of the intimate-partner homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by an unmarried partner.
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Kids Listen Better When You Appeal to Their Sense of Morality
Adam Grant of the Wharton School is cited for his book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World.
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What a ‘Transcendent Experience’ Really Means
David Yaden of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for researching self-transcendence and explains what that experience truly means.
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Even Work-life Balance Experts Are Awful at Balancing Work and Life
Katherine Milkman of the Wharton School is quoted about how work-life balance experts struggle with juggling everything as well.
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Want to Make Better Decisions? Try ‘Temptation Bundling’
Katherine Milkman of the Wharton School is featured for her research on a self-control strategy, “temptation bundling.”
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Apparently Olympic Horses Have Their Own Psychologists
Sue McDonnell of the School of Veterinary Medicine explains how horse psychology can affect behavior.
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How to Handle One Night of Insomnia: Do Nothing
Michael Perlis of the Perelman School of Medicine offers advice on what to do after a night of insomnia.
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People Are Resorting to Death Threats Over How to Discuss Breast-feeding
Jessica Martucci and Anne Barnhill of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about co-authoring a paper titled “Unintended Consequences of Invoking the ‘Natural’ in Breastfeeding Promotion.”
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Trump Is a Near-perfect Example of Needy Narcissism
Research on narcissism from the Annenberg School for Communication is cited.