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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Rapid COVID-19 test developed at Penn could give on-the-spot results quickly
César de la Fuente of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about his work, conducted in collaboration with the School of Engineering and Applied Science, developing a rapid, at-home COVID-19 test. “It all works through these chips that we’ve generated. They’re very small. You can make them out of different materials: paper, cardboard,” he said. “You can put your saliva sample onto the chip, and you can connect it to this little machine, and then you connect it to your phone.”
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What happens to Trump’s efforts to subvert election in Pa. after ‘Safe Harbor’ passes?
Neil Makhija of the Law School said the lawyers who filed lawsuits contesting the election on behalf of the Trump campaign knew the cases would fail. "We have standards. You’re not supposed to file a case in fact or law if you know better," Makhija said. "It incurs a cost to the state and the judicial branch, the judge’s time. Our standards have gotten unfortunately quite low."
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‘Reassurance that future is better’: What Americans want from leaders
Ian Lustick of the School of Arts & Sciences was interviewed about U.S. politics and economics. Americans are looking to political leaders for “reassurance that the future will be better than the present,” he said.
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Kevin Stefanski, the Browns’ new head coach, has a Sixers connection
Kevin Stefanski, who will take over in Cleveland according to multiple reports, is the son of Ed Stefanski, currently a senior adviser to the owner for the Detroit Pistons and the Sixers’ general manager from 2007 to 2011.
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The new Penn Museum: Thousands of years in the making
The Penn Museum’s re-opening celebration takes place this weekend. “What this museum does is tell the story of who we are and where we came from,” said director Julian Siggers. “And we designed our galleries with, very much, that in mind.”
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Philly’s drinking water threatened by climate change
Howard Neukrug of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about the potential effects of climate change on Philadelphia’s water supply. “We’ve seen a lot of one in one-hundred-year events occurring back to back,” says Neukrug.
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Virtual reality helping in fight against opioid deaths
The School of Nursing offers a virtual reality (VR) simulation to train responders how to administer Narcan, an overdose-reversing drug. The simulation demonstrates that VR training can be “low cost, high efficacy, and that it’s just as good as the gold standard of medical training,” said Clare Whitney, a doctoral student in the Hillman Scholars Program in Nursing Innovation.
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So many new drivers were posting their licenses online that the Delaware DMV built safer ‘selfie zones’
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication applauded the Delaware DMV for encouraging new drivers to be mindful of sharing sensitive information in selfies. It’s not that this generation isn’t invested in privacy, said Turow. “They care, but in the moment, they just don’t think about it.”
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How to Keep Your Teen From Distracted Driving
Kate McDonald of the School of Nursing and CHOP discussed distracted driving and her research on teen drivers’ relationship to technology and connectivity. (Video)
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Video: What Is Coptic Christianity?
Heather Sharkey of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the history of Coptic Egyptians.