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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School weighed in on some companies’ decisions to speak out against laws that are alleged to suppress voting. "Executives are taking a stand and engaging in politics in a way that will upset some people but will excite others," he said. "We are expecting corporate leaders to be social and moral leaders, and I think they're going to do well as a result."
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PIK Professor Adrian Raine spoke about human fascination with murder, saying evolutionary forces may be a factor. “We've evolved to avoid being killed so that we can reproduce our genes. One thing that can help here is to learn as much as possible about two things—who the killer is, and why the victim was killed,” he said.
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Ashley Wallace of the School of Engineering and Applied Science spoke about Kizzmekia Corbett, a viral immunologist who co-developed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. "The pandemic exposed layers of racial disparities in medical treatment and clinical research, resulting in conversations surrounding the effects of how COVID-19 disproportionately infects and kills people of color," said Wallace. "Dr. Corbett is not only advancing science but she is also using her voice and platform to contribute to these conversations."
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Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the history of filibusters and the pros and cons of eliminating the practice. "Filibusters were rare, however, until the late 19th century, when the Republicans were most often the dominant party, and Democrats especially found they could block laws they didn't like by using filibusters to prevent anything else getting done until their opponents gave up," he said.
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Atheendar Venkataramani of the Perelman School of Medicine said, “police violence—and the structural racism that may lie at its root—can have a myriad of effects on health and well-being over the life course.”
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Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice said the U.S. is witnessing an unemployment rate that hasn’t been seen since the Great Depression. “We need further policy action to help businesses reopen and workers return to work without losing income,” she said. “Allowing workers to keep their extra $600/week unemployment benefits while going back to work would be a helpful first step.”
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Jacques deLisle of the Law School and School of Arts and Sciences said that the coronavirus pandemic has been on opportunity for China to demonstrate the strengths of its authoritarian government. “The U.S. failure of competence allows China to look very competent and to not take the heat it deserves,” he said.
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Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice spoke about the role of paid sick leave in preventing the spread of COVID-19. “Not paying sick leave may allow some businesses to stay afloat, instead of laying off everybody and therefore lowering employment,” she said. “But on the other hand this would spread the epidemic more, further compromising the economy and threatening the same businesses.”
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John MacDonald of the School of Arts and Sciences was cited for his analysis of the reduction in New York City crime rates, which has been attributed to stop and frisk policies. “Saturating high crime neighborhoods with extra police helped reduce crime in New York, but the bulk of investigative stops did not play a meaningful role in the crime reduction,” he wrote.
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The Penn Museum has confirmed research that identifies Minoan-era Crete as the production site of a variety of vibrant dyes, including red, purple, and yellow.