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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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When summer weather turns deadly: ‘It was like a biblical event,’ says man whose parents died in flooding
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that a window of opportunity is closing to avert catastrophic levels of climate change.
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Writer Jenny Lawson on the unusual cure for her depression: ‘I had happiness drilled into my head’
Yvette I. Sheline of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, which uses a magnetic field to help patients with treatment-resistant depression. Fifty percent of patients see a 50% improvement, and 30% have full remission, she said.
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‘Things have come undone’: At home with the millions of people who owe billions of dollars during COVID
Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the pandemic’s impact on renters in the U.S. “Households are showing extreme signs of economic distress both through rent owed, but also through other forms of debt that they've extended themselves,” he said.
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8 socially-distanced winter date nights so good, you won’t even notice it’s freezing
James Pawelski of the School of Arts & Sciences said that comparing this year’s winter activities to last year’s will likely yield frustration. “What we can do is acknowledge this year is different, but there are new opportunities,” he said.
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All about the groundbreaking uterus transplant that helped this couple become parents
Kathleen O’Neill and Paige Porrett of the Perelman School of Medicine were interviewed about the uterine transplant trial they led, which ultimately resulted in the second-ever birth using a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.
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8 wild and sprawling facts about Mongolia
Christopher Atwood of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about Mongolia’s culture, history, and geography. “Ulaanbaatar is the huge urban center. Relatively speaking—it’s about a million and a half people. In Mongolia, that’s almost half the population. So, it’s an enormous center of all aspects of Mongolian life—political, economic, cultural, social, educational,” he said.
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Pitch Perfect 2: All the Details Behind Penn’s A Cappella Group Cameo
Penn Masala is highlighted for appearing in upcoming movie, Pitch Perfect 2.