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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
According to a 2012 study conducted by the Perelman School of Medicine, 65% of dieters return to their pre-diet weight within three years and only 5% of people who lose weight on a restrictive diet, such as liquid or no-carb, manage to keep the weight off.
Penn In the News
Maarouf Hoteit of the Perelman School of Medicine says there has been a nationwide increase in alcohol use since the pandemic, leading to increased hospitalization of patients with liver injury due to alcohol.
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Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that the consumer boycotts of Target and Bud Light are more potent in the current hyper-partisan environment.
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Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School says that Threads’ parent company Meta has billions of users around the world and an ability to understand its customers through data collection.
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David Ross of Career Services says that finance internships generally start recruiting early, with financial services being the sector that changes the most from year to year.
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Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law says that the obstruction charges in the indictment against Donald Trump and his aide carry as much weight as the charges related to keeping the top-secret documents, with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
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Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School explains the nature of the debt ceiling and how the United States Treasury issues debt through securities.
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Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that the anti-woke agenda and the idea of trans rights has broadly become a wedge issue, gaining and attracting a great deal of attention.
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Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that each side of the political aisle can blame the other, but that the U.S. national debt is mathematically just a mismatch.
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Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that the vast majority of product boycotts fail, since they require people to have a sustained and coordinated response.