4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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UN reports worrying rates of warming as COP28 tries to tackle climate crisis
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences warns that the steady warming rate of the planet’s surface and oceans is fueling increasingly dangerous extreme weather events and coastal flooding.
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Your financial accounts are safe, experts say. Here’s what protects them
Lisa Servon of the Weitzman School of Design says that people are experiencing a new level of financial precarity, with very little savings or security in terms of jobs and benefits as well as higher costs for housing, higher education, and child care.
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Global markets tumble as Credit Suisse acknowledges signs of instability
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School discusses the turmoil at European bank Credit Suisse and what it means for the banking sector.
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More seniors are becoming homeless, and experts say the trend is likely to worsen
Dennis Culhane of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that the elderly are arguably the fastest rising group of homeless people.
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Avian flu strain raises concerns after outbreaks among mammals
Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the highly contagious avian flu ravaging the globe and how outbreaks in some mammals are a cause for concern.
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Museum works to repatriate artifacts looted from West Africa
The redesigned Africa Galleries at the Penn Museum seeks to return artifacts and transform narratives of colonization, with remarks from Tukufu Zuberi of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Museum and Christopher Woods, director of the Museum.
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Mother and son who are both poet laureates work to inspire others
A profile examines the poetic accolades of College of Arts and Sciences fourth-year Wes Matthews and his mother Airea D. Matthews, including their involvement with Kelly Writers House.
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Will the Amazon rainforest’s chances improve with Brazil’s new leader?
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the importance of the Amazon rain forest and its potential preservation under Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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In renewed bid to buy Twitter, Musk has to keep banks and investors on board
Kevin Kaiser of the Wharton School says that Elon Musk’s equity commitments are on shaky ground if any of his Twitter bid backers have changed their minds.
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Should your doctor be vaccinated? Frontline workers face calls for mandatory inoculation
PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel spoke about vaccine mandates for health care workers. “Patients come first. It's our obligation to promote their health and well-being,” he said.