Through
4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Senior Owen Voutsinas-Klose and Junior Eva Gonzalez spoke about how student activists are organizing their peers amid the pandemic. “I think we’ve definitely seen a lot of people wanting to get more engaged, and, you know, obviously voting is a part of that,” said Gonzalez.
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Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine said mRNA-based vaccines can be quickly developed and easily administered. “All modified RNA vaccines for COVID are given intramuscularly, just like old-fashioned flu shots,” he said.
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Tess Wilkinson-Ryan of the Law School and School of Arts & Sciences explains why many feel anxious in social interactions that insinuate “that the other person is untrustworthy,” as when navigating social distancing boundaries.
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Brian Berkey of the Wharton School commented on rollbacks of workplace perks, benefits, and allowances introduced early in the pandemic. “It’s just unclear that we could point to anything that’s different that would provide a reason to think that companies had strong moral reasons to be taking these steps in March and April, and that somehow those reasons are now gone,” he said.
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Nuala Meyer of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about a study that explored how a dysfunctional immune response might shape a person’s physical reaction to COVID-19. “There was no perfect correlation between immunotype and severe disease,” she said.
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Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice proposed transforming the soon-to-expire Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program into a basic income program that would support people as they return to work.
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Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about how parents raise their children to think about race.
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Julia Lynch of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about the disproportionate effects of the coronavirus pandemic on marginalized populations. “Reducing the poverty and inequality that generate ill health is going to make people more resilient in the face of these kinds of new illnesses,” she said.
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Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the existing U.S. housing crisis. “I think this moment highlights the precarity of people generally, and how important housing is to all of us,” he said. “And I think it highlights the limited safety nets we have in place.”
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PIK Professor Philip Tetlock was cited for his research on superforecasters.