Through
4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that Black families are twice as likely as white families to be negatively affected by the foster care system.
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A review examines “The First Homosexuals,” an exhibition curated by Jonathan D. Katz of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues including Pavel Golubev, a visiting scholar taking refuge at Penn.
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According to the RVCL Research Center at the Perelman School of Medicine, there are fewer than 200 known people and 50 families in the world with the genetic disorder RVCL.
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In an Op-Ed, Jed Esty of the School of Arts & Sciences examines how the U.K.’s “aging superpower syndrome” is already beginning to fossilize American political culture.
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that history can inform our contemporary debates, but it can’t resolve them.
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education wrote an op-ed about how Ruth Bader Ginsburg modeled a better way of engaging with political and intellectual opponents. “Her entire career reflected the faith that you could move others to your point of view,” he said.
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Tom Baker of the Law School said more than 1,000 lawsuits pertaining to business-interruption insurance have been filed since the pandemic began.
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Joni Finney of the Graduate School of Education discussed her work consulting with Illinois legislators on policy development. She advised the state to devote more resources to their underfunded Monetary Award Program, which offers grants to low-income students.
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The Perelman School of Medicine’s Dominic Sisti co-authored a paper on the possible hazards of using ketamine to treat depression but has since come to view the treatment as appropriate for some. Still, Sisti believes it would be beneficial for clinics to share more data on outcomes.
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David Bell of the Wharton School is quoted on the new Amazon Go concept store where items are rung up virtually.