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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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NBC News exit poll on Super Tuesday: Our methodology
Stephanie Perry and Elizabeth Schreier of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and Joelle Gross of the School of Arts & Sciences share their methodology for the NBC News Super Tuesday exit polls.
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Consumers are tired of price increases. Big brands are paying attention
John Zhang of the Wharton School says that many companies are currently more inclined to swallow some of the cost increases they’re shouldering, rather than passing them on to consumers completely.
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Boy born deaf can hear for the first time thanks to a gene therapy procedure
An experimental gene therapy treatment at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has enabled a deaf 11-year-old boy to be able to hear, with remarks from John A. Germiller of CHOP and the Perelman School of Medicine.
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What’s causing severe respiratory illnesses in dogs?
Deborah Silverstein of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that more dogs may be getting severely ill because they have been infected with multiple pathogens at the same time.
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The history of Cyber Monday and what to expect in 2023
Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School explains how Cyber Monday, like Black Friday, was a response to consumer behavior.
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Fentanyl plus stimulants drives ‘fourth wave’ of overdose epidemic in the U.S.
Anna Childress of the Perelman School of Medicine says that fentanyl was ripe for combination with other drugs when it first appeared, given the long trend of combining opioids and stimulants.
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Here’s why Hurricane Lee is alarming even if it doesn’t make landfall
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that rapid storm intensification is alarming because it means government officials and communities have less time to prepare and face more uncertainty in evacuation planning.
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Should Ozempic come with a warning about a risk of suicidal thoughts?
Tom Wadden of the Perelman School of Medicine is not concerned that semaglutide could cause suicidal ideation or depression.
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Facebook opened its doors to researchers. What they found paints a complicated picture of social media and echo chambers
A study led by Sandra González-Bailón of the Annenberg School for Communication found that Facebook resulted in significant ideological segregation regarding political news exposure of the 2020 election, specifically among conservative users who encountered misinformation.
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Seventy years later, Koreans are still working to formally end the Korean War
Rising third-year Hannah Lee in the College of Arts and Sciences will attend a gathering in Washington, D.C. to call for a formal end to the Korean War.