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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Gordion: A lost city of legends in central Turkey
Brian Rose of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum has led excavations at the ancient Turkish city of Gordion since 2007.
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Biden says ‘vermin’ rhetoric by Trump echoes Nazis
Anna Berg of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Donald Trump calling his political enemies “vermin” is intended to rile up his supporters.
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Why so many health care workers are walking off the job
Ingrid Nembhard of the Wharton School says that the current wave of health care strikes is the largest she’s seen in her lifetime, with major issues facing health care workers even before the pandemic.
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Is AI about to transform the legal profession?
A collaborative study from Penn estimates that the legal sector is the industry most likely to be impacted by AI.
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FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried believed in ‘effective altruism’. What is it?
Brian Berkey of the Wharton School says that “effective altruism” is a philosophy that aims to do as much good as possible by making informed decisions about which charitable causes to support.
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The Iliad: How modern readers get this epic wrong
In a Q&A, Emily Wilson of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses what the Iliad can tell us about modern society, from masculinity to environmentalism.
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Frederick Douglass: Belfast statue of Black anti-slavery activist unveiled
Rising second-year Florence Onyiuke in the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences from Orlando, Florida, describes the unveiling of a statue of anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Taurine may extend life and health, scientists find
Joseph Baur of the Perelman School of Medicine and med student Joseph McGaunn caution that a singular focus on increasing dietary taurine risks driving poor nutritional choices.
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AI optimism: How embracing artificial intelligence is getting workers ahead
Daniel Rock of the Wharton School says that reducing people’s workloads is a key advantage of AI entering the workplace.
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Workplace AI: How artificial intelligence will transform the workday
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that workers who get increasingly fluent with AI can find themselves ahead of the curve and at a distinct advantage in the workplace.