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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Douglas Jerolmack of the School of Arts & Sciences says that debris basins can be costly, becoming overwhelmed by new landslides or mudslides that have been worsened by climate change.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that conspiracy theories about influential global leaders aren’t new but that scrutiny of the Davos forum and its chairman, Klaus Schwab, intensified during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Nancy Pelosi’s decision to pull back from leadership will raise questions about whether Democrats like Biden should step aside to give others the opportunity to lead.
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Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the internet’s ability to create and spread evidence from scratch necessitates better evaluation of information.
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Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that the marketplace of ideas may sort itself out if advertisers and users leave the new Twitter.
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Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that individual citizens should minimize their carbon footprints but that true change can only be enacted at the systemic level with pressure on policymakers.
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Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School says that Elon Musk has shifted his Twitter position from unfettered free speech to content moderation in order to keep advertisers and subscribers.
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Justice Elena Kagan spoke with President Liz Magill on the importance of adhering to prior precedent, as well as the subject of women and diversity on the Supreme Court.
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Dean John Jackson of the Annenberg School for Communication says that the Alex Jones verdict sends an important message in support of facts over ideological disinformation.
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Michael E. Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences worries that acts of vandalism by activists will alienate natural and necessary allies in the battle against climate change.