Through
4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that decisions by individual climate scientists of whether or not to fly won’t change the system of air travel.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the rate of once-in-a-century weather events is likely to increase due to climate change.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains how human-caused warming from fossil fuel burning is impacting rain patterns and persistent weather extremes.
Penn In the News
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the solution to the increase in global temperatures is to quickly transition to cleaner sources of power.
Penn In the News
In a Q&A, Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law breaks down the Supreme Court’s ruling against student loan forgiveness and what it means for borrowers.
Penn In the News
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School explains how climate risk is driving insurer decisions like never before.
Penn In the News
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts says that Black families have been entangled in the child welfare system since the time of slavery, when they were routinely separated.
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PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno commented on some doctors’ decisions to not treat unvaccinated adults with COVID-19, saying, “We have to find ways to take care of people, even if we don’t agree with their actions.”
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PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno spoke about President Biden’s decision not to extend the federal worker vaccine mandate to members of the military. “The military does have a complicated history around requiring, especially people in uniform, to take certain medications or to be vaccinated,” Moreno said.
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PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno and Stephen N. Xenakis of the Law School wrote about health care workers facing burnout and moral injury while working through the pandemic. “The health care workers fighting the ‘war on the virus’ deserve unqualified and public acknowledgment for their selfless service,” they wrote. “It is especially tough for them, and they should not be forgotten.”