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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Booker Tells Penn Grads: Life Is About Significance
The 261st Commencement address delivered by U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey is highlighted.
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Trump’s Speaking Style Still Flummoxes Linguists
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on Donald Trump’s speech style.
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Art of the Parse: Politicians Finely Split Rhetorical Hairs
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the rhetoric used by politicians in comparison to Donald Trump.
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Jewish Centers Cope With Bomb Threats; Graves Vandalized
Rabbi Joshua Bolton of Hillel is featured in an AP photo as he assessed damaged headstones at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
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Inaugural Speech Is Trump’s Time to Rise to the Moment
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the significance of inaugural addresses, particularly following a divisive election.
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Video: It’s All Good: Any Exercise Cuts Risk of Death, Study Finds
Daniel Rader of the Perelman School of Medicine says, "People who exercise more regularly report that they feel like they have a better quality of life.”
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At Risk: Many Companies Don’t Have Enough Disaster Insurance
Robert Borghese of the Wharton School comments on company owners purchasing disaster insurance.
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Trump on Twitter: Restrained or an Unvarnished White House?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on president-elect Donald Trump’s Twitter account.
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Campaign's Disdain for Civility Could Leave Lasting Damage
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is quoted on Donald Trump’s use of Twitter.
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Tufts Sorority Members Quit in Support of Transgender Recruit
Half the members of a sorority at Tufts University in Massachusetts have quit in protest to their national organization’s opposition to a transgender recruit. The New England Cable News reports about 46 members of the Delta chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi left the sorority in October after the national headquarters discovered one candidate was transgender.