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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Penn Uses Anti-cancer Weapon Against Autoimmune Disease
Aimee Payne, Michael Milone, Christoph Ellebrecht and Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine are highlighted for using genetic engineering to treat leukemia.
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Why Should Behavioral Health Care Be Any Different?
Graduate student Andrea Segal of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about disparities in behavioral health care.
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Temple Provost Removed
Temple University on Tuesday announced the sudden departure of its provost, Hai-Lung Dai, saying he "has been relieved of his administrative responsibilities effective immediately." The announcement came on the same day that the university acknowledged that it had exceeded its financial aid budget for its merit scholarship program for 2016-17 by $22 million and had already taken steps to balance the budget. Several sources with ties to the university said that president Neil D.
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‘A Fire in My Belly’ – Why Cory Booker Is Stirring VP Talk
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center compares the rhetoric of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker to that of Barack Obama when he was on his presidential campaign.
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What Addiction Science Says About Getting – and Staying – Off Opioids
Charles O’Brien, Daniel Langleben and George Woody of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about addiction science.
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Penn to Launch Joint Degree Program in Law and Medicine
Dean J. Larry Jameson and Gail Morrison of the Perelman School of Medicine, Amanda Aronoff of the Law School and Penn alums are quoted about a new joint-degree program.
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Commentary: Bucks Case Shows Value of Child-abuse Report
Debra Schilling Wolfe of the School of Social Policy & Practice writes about the usefulness of child-abuse reports.
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Is Anesthesia Bad for Children’s Brains?
Ron Litman of the Perelman School of Medicine writes about the effects of anesthesia on children.
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$6.5B Price Tag for 35-year University City Overhaul
Amtrak and its partners in the proposed redevelopment of a massive swath around 30th Street Station in University City say the decades-long plan - including partially capping the adjacent rail yard - will involve $6.5 billion in infrastructure funding and private investment. The financial projection is part of the planning team's final blueprint for the 175-acre site extending northeast from 30th Street Station, to be released Thursday morning.
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Doctors: High-velocity Orlando Rifle Inflicts ‘Devastating’ Wounds
Brian Smith of the Perelman School of Medicine explains that the level of damage caused by a high-velocity rifle round is contingent upon what type of tissue it hits.