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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is interviewed. She weighs in on political rhetoric and those instances when presidents speak for themselves rather than the country.
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David Hoffman of the Law School weighed in on the use of race norms to diagnose dementia in athletes, a process that is currently being challenged in court. In the case of a player whose medical records show clear evidence of “progressive cognitive decline,” Hoffman said the claim still does not qualify for compensation, even when re-scored under a race-blind formula.
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Dean Ted Ruger of the Law School spoke about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s track record. “She’s as likely to rule for a corporation in a race discrimination claim as she is for the plaintiff,” he said. “Like any judge who follows the law and listens to the evidence in the case, she may disappoint some who always want a predictably liberal outcome.”
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Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences and CHILD USA colleague Kathryn Robb submitted testimony to Michigan legislators in support of reforms to the state’s statute of limitations. “Michigan’s short (statute of limitations has) kept a broad class of victims from coming to court, while protecting the institutions that sheltered abusers and covered up the abuse,” they said.
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H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, a consulting scholar to the Penn Museum, has been elected chair of the New-York Historical Society’s Board of Trustees.
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Ali Karimi of the Annenberg School for Communication comments on the distrust of the Taliban in possession of U.S. data and intelligence.
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PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín spoke about how conspiracy theories persist, even when countered with facts. “The belief contains a device that protects it,” she said. “Nothing can invalidate the conspiracy theory. Trying to refute the theory proves the theory and signals you as a conspirator.”
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center weighed in on the Associated Press’s employee social media guidelines after a journalist was fired from the organization. “I want to live in a world where people who are employed know what the rules are and what the boundaries are, and they are extraordinarily clear,” Jamieson said.
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John Hollway of the Law School weighed in on the strategy of Derek Chauvin’s defense attorney, who questioned the neutrality of an expert witness brought forward by the prosecution. Implying that an expert witness is biased could be effective or “it could look like you’re desperate,” Hollway said. “This is why being a trial lawyer is difficult.”
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about President Biden’s upcoming press conference. “The press conference serves an important purpose: It presents the press an extended opportunity to hold a leader accountable for decisions,” she said.