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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Philadelphia Researchers Are Leaders in Major Effort to Cure HIV
James Riley of the Perelman School of Medicine is highlighted for helping lead a team that will work to advance efforts to develop a cure for HIV.
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Preparing Your Child Care Center to Handle Breast Milk
Diane Spatz of the School of Nursing is interviewed about the need for improvement in educating child care providers on how to handle breastmilk.
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Study: There’s More Help for Autism, But Not Enough
Research led by David Mandell of the Perelman School of Medicine about children who are diagnosed and treated for autism spectrum disorder due to state mandates that require health insurers to provide services is highlighted.
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Inquirer Editorial: Numbers May Lie When Setting Bail
Richard Berk of the School of Arts & Sciences is highlighted for leading the effort to develop an algorithm for pretrial decisions.
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After Decades Behind Bars, Juvenile Lifers Are Released – But to What?
Monica Harmon and Kathleen Brown of the School of Nursing are mentioned for assisting juvenile inmates.
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Sumerian Scholars Coming to Penn for Rare Event
Grant Frame and William Hafford of the Penn Museum are quoted about the museum hosting the 62nd Recontre Assyriologique Internationale.
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One in Four College Freshmen Won’t Return This Fall. Here’s How Schools Are Trying to Bring Them Back.
After his freshman year of college in South Carolina, Ronald Torres cried the whole way back to Camden. "I was like, man, I can't believe this is happening to me," the 20-year-old said. After two semesters spent worrying about his ill grandmother, distracting him from studies, Torres had also lost some of his financial aid, leaving him unable to return to South Carolina State University after finishing freshman year in 2015.
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Put Paterno Statue Back Up, Former PSU Players Urge
More than 200 former Pennsylvania State University football players sent a letter to the board of trustees and President Eric Barron on Tuesday asking that the large bronze statue of their beloved coach, Joe Paterno, be returned to campus. “We have been told during the last four-plus years that the board and administration are waiting for the appropriate time to repair the damage they created,” said Brian Masella, former tight end and punter for the Nittany Lions and a 1975 alumnus. “Now is the appropriate time.
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Kept in the Dark, by Decree or by Choice
Barbie Zelizer of the Annenberg School for Communication writes an op-ed about American journalism’s uneven reporting for international news, particularly of distant violence.
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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.