5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Florida, Arizona and Texas report record number of daily COVID-19 cases this week
Research from CHOP's PolicyLab, led by David Rubin, Gregory Tasian, and Jing Huang of the Perelman School of Medicine, has found that the coronavirus seems to be following highways as it spreads.
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The art world is trying to protect artwork amid civil unrest and support community unity
George Wheeler of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the preservation of public monuments amid protests and uprisings.
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The CDC is a national treasure. Why is it being sidelined?
Jennifer Prah Ruger of the School of Social Policy & Practice wrote about the continued relevance of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The creative thinker who should be Biden's vice president
Benjamin Jealous of the Annenberg School for Communication wrote an op-ed about Stacey Abrams, whom he believes should be Joe Biden’s vice presidential candidate. Abrams brings to politics “creative approaches to complex challenges, and given the current pandemic crisis we are facing, we need her creative thinking, now more than ever,” writes Jealous.
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Man dies after being licked by his dog and contracting rare infection
Stephen Cole of the School of Veterinary Medicine said that capnocytophaga canimorsus, a bacterium found in the mouths of some pets, is “completely normal flora of a dog’s mouth and usually doesn’t cause any sort of significant disease. However, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, in the wrong patient ... it can lead to severe infections—but very, very rarely.”
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How talk radio helped Trump win the presidency
Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts and Sciences said President Trump owes his 2016 election to the talk radio industry.
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Netflix to cut back on smoking after ‘Stranger Things’ criticism
Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said that movies may use smoking to signify that a character is edgy or a risk-taker. “An adolescent that finds that appealing might say, ‘I want to be like that person. I'm going to smoke,’” he said.
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John Bolton and the lost art of honest brokering
In an op-ed, John Gans of the Perry World House compares the current national security advisor, John Bolton, to his predecessor and role model Brent Scowcroft, who served under George H.W. Bush. “In short,” Gans wrote, “Bolton is living Scowcroft’s nightmare: Trust is broken in Washington, and the exchange of ideas it supports has broken down amid infighting. But it is all of us who should be scared.”
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Why Tesla needs Elon Musk
In an op-ed, the Wharton School’s Rahul Kapoor wrote that Tesla owes its success to Elon Musk’s leadership, in spite of calls for the CEO to step aside. “Getting rid of Musk is more likely to derail [Tesla’s] competitive edge as a pioneer and a technology leader than to sustain its agenda of disruption.”
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Stockton starts giving some residents $500 a month to fight poverty
The School of Social Policy & Practice’s Amy Castro Baker will be studying a universal basic income (UBI) experiment in Stockton, Calif. “We see UBI as a nice addition to social policy not a replacement,” Castro Baker said. “This project will help push discourse based on science not just based on assumptions we may have about poor people and what they need.”