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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Lauren Powell of the School of Veterinary Medicine co-led a new study that explored the links between dog training and the personalities of dog owners. The most important factor affecting success, she said, was how bad the dog’s behavior was to begin with, but owner traits seem to play a role, too.
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Marc Meredith of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about voting by mail, saying that “when policymakers are evaluating whether to adopt a vote by mail system, they need not focus on its consequences for their own re-election.”
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Edward Stadtmauer and Carl June of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about a clinical trial that found it safe to inject CRISPR gene-edited immune cells into people with advanced cancer.
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Caryn Lerman of the Perelman School of Medicine is mentioned for researching brain-training apps and comments on how they generally do not have “observable impact on cognitive ability in the real world.”
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Etienne Benson of the School of Arts and Sciences comments on the link between bird droppings and problems with power lines.
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David Irwin of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “There remains no definitive evidence that clinical manifestations of Alzheimer’s can be transmitted between humans.”