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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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The Lincoln Project imploded, and burned liberals who backed its anti-Trump viral videos
Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences said that the Lincoln Project, plagued by allegations of sexual harassment and mismanaged donations, is unlikely to recover. “In the eyes of donors, this was not supposed to be business as usual, this was supposed to be a cause,” he said. “Those donors are going to be deeply disillusioned, and many more are probably likely to regard [The Lincoln Project] as outright corrupt.”
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Once again, there is no 'anti-conservative' bias on social media
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center said accusations of systemic bias against conservatives by social media platforms are unfounded, in part because there’s no way to prove it. “From a methodological standpoint, it’s virtually impossible to do,” she said. “You'll never capture the full base of the content in order to start your analysis.”
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Experts warn smartphone voting is ‘extremely risky,’ yet here it comes
Matt Blaze of the School of Engineering and Applied Science weighed in on a Washington state district’s plans to implement smartphone voting. “This extremely risky decision runs counter to the findings of the authoritative National Academies ‘Securing the Vote’ study, which represents the consensus of experts,” he said.
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Video: Robots Playing Soccer at This Year’s RoboCup Is Like Watching Toddlers Learn to Kick
Doctoral candidate Steve McGill of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted about RoboCup 2015.
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Why You’ll Soon Be Tracking Your Reproductive Health With an App
Nathaniel DeNicola of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “Trackers help solve a simple problem, which is that a woman’s cycle can be unpredictable and difficult to recount from memory.”
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Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, Feminist Hero, Eliminates Salary Negotiations for New Employees
Adam Grant and Matthew Bidwell of the Wharton school comment on how men tend to negotiate more aggressively than women and how a ban on salary negotiations could affect Reddit’s strategy to poach employees.
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Too Many Ads in Your World? Block Them With This Headset
Undergraduate students who developed a headset called “Brand Killer: Adblock for Real Life” as a part of the PennApps Winter 2015 Hackathon are featured.