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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 Doc to Head National Heart-surgery Group
Joseph Bavaria of the Perelman School of Medicine is highlighted for being elected president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for 2016.
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Applications to Temple Up 15 Percent
Those Temple Owls caught a lot of passes this season, but they also apparently caught something else: the attention of prospective applicants to the university. With the deadline to apply this week, Temple has seen an increase of more than 15 percent in applications for the fall 2016 class compared with this time last year. University officials are attributing at least some of that increase to the success of the football team, which went 10-4 and beat Penn State for the first time in 74 years. "College football is the 'front porch' of university life," Temple President Neil D.
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Alzheimer’s Drug May Nudge Smokers Toward Quitting
Nicotine research from the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Nursing is featured.
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La Salle Students Want ‘Gender Neutral’ Housing
Penn’s gender-neutral housing is cited.
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Study: Long Shifts by Doctors in Training Do Not Harm Patients
David Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School is quoted about studying shift lengths of internal medicine residents.
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Budget Stalemate Puts Damper on Developers’ Plans for Phila.
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School comments on how the delayed passing of the Pennsylvania state budget can negatively impact future development projects.
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What Americans Know and Fear About Zika
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the concerns Americans have about the Zika virus.
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Study Abroad For All At Cedar Crest College
Cedar Crest College beginning in spring 2018 will guarantee every sophomore in good standing the chance to study abroad - at no extra cost beyond regular tuition, the school announced Monday. Full-time sophomores with a minimum 2.5 GPA will get the chance to spend seven to 10 days in another country with their classmates under the program. The trip will take place over spring break, and no class time will be missed, the college said. The college estimates the vast majority of the 180 to 200 students in the class will participate.
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Bleary-eyed Doctors May Be Better for Patients
David Asch of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School co-authors an article about the length of physician shifts and whether or not that impacts their ability to treat patients.
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Study: Penn Has $14.3B Economic Impact
Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli is quoted about Penn’s economic impact report.