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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Guy Grossman of the School of Arts & Sciences, Wharton doctoral student Jonah Rexer, and Harsha Thirumurthy of the Perelman School of Medicine wrote an op-ed about how governors can take action to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
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Nuala Meyer of the Perelman School of Medicine said she was surprised by the FDA’s approval of remdesivir for patients hospitalized with COVID-19. "We always expect the FDA to base decisions on data and we do get concerned when we see decision-making that we can't find the data to support," she said.
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education wrote about the role of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which the current administration has declined to denounce, in the 2020 presidential election.
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M. Grace Calhoun, Athletics director and NCAA Division I council chair, said the NCCA is working to create flexibility for student athletes whose seasons were negatively affected by the pandemic. “Every day things are changing in college sport, and we want to be as responsive as possible,” she said.
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Athletics Director M. Grace Calhoun said an approved plan to resume team practices “balances the proper precautions due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the need for an acclimatization period to safely return to play.”
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Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education said a comprehensive history education can help people “navigate racism today” and better understand intergenerational trauma.
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Vanessa Z. Chan of the School of Engineering and Applied Science wrote an op-ed about how students can still have a productive summer by taking online classes, picking up new hobbies, and creatively solving social problems.
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Shelley Rankin of the School of Veterinary Medicine said there may have been discrepancies in how labs have tested pets for COVID-19. “Samples can be positive initially but can be degraded with specimen handling,” she said, and false positives “can also occur if the original specimen had a very low number of organisms.”
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Barbie Zelizer of the Annenberg School for Communication said media outlets struggled to cover political demonstrations fairly. "The media love spectacles," she said. "And violence is spectacle."
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David Abrams of the Law School explained the term “trial penalty,” in which “defendants receive longer sentences at trial than they would have through a plea bargain.”