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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Seth Kreimer of the Law School spoke about challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election. “I have taught constitutional law for almost four decades, and I do not believe I have ever before seen American officials reject the outcome of an election with such brazenness,” he said.
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Penn has pledged $100 million over 10 years to the School District of Philadelphia. The gift aims “to significantly improve the learning environment for Philadelphia’s schoolchildren in a way that will have a long-lasting impact on the health, safety, and wellbeing of our entire city,” said President Amy Gutmann.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center compared claims about the future of democracy made by Democratic and Republican campaigners. “Those who are making the argument about Trump are offering evidence from his rhetoric and actions,” she said, whereas arguments against Joseph Biden are “not justified by what he’s said or done.”
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Americus Reed II of the Wharton School spoke about the recent Uncle Ben’s rice rebrand and efforts to redefine who “Ben” is. “You don’t want to step in it twice,” Reed said. “I think what you might see is a very watered-down, safe creativity. Let’s not step on anyone’s toes. You’ll see that for a while.”
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center spoke about how presidential candidates communicate with voters. “We’re trying to figure out whether these people have a capacity to govern,” she said. “Can they absorb evidence and provide a coherent answer? The question is: Who are we going to get as president?”
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said verbal slips are not enough to conclude that a presidential candidate is unqualified for the job. “If you can’t focus, that’s a problem. If you can’t provide a coherent answer, that’s a problem. (But) sometimes what you’re seeing, it may be annoying, but it doesn’t speak to a person’s capacity to govern,” she said.
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Cary Coglianese of the Law School said the Trump administration has both limited the implementation of new regulations and repealed many existing ones. “There’s a lot more smoke-and-mirrors to the deregulatory picture than the administration paints,” he said. “It’s certainly not at all the driver of economic growth during the pre-COVID period of the administration, and it’s certainly not enough to take us out of the economic troubles we find ourselves in.”
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Gary Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine said the fact that George Floyd was able to speak as he was being restrained by police officers didn’t mean he was able to breathe. “To speak, you only have to move air through the upper airways and the vocal cords, a very small amount,” said Wherry.
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Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts & Sciences commented on the possibility of a further decline in birth rates due to the coronavirus. The question isn’t whether or not there will be decline, but rather if the decline will be lasting, he said.
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Joni Finney and Robert Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education spoke about how colleges and universities are trying to plan for the fall semester.