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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
A study by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design found that Pennsylvania would benefit overall from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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A report from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design found that joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative would cause only a minor increase in retail electricity prices or possibly a small decline.
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Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing notes that mandated nurse staffing ratios have caused nurses to return to hospitals in California and other states.
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A co-authored Penn study found that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.
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Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the undecided public is likely to have watched Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate debate to determine whether they’re comfortable with John Fetterman’s command of the issues.
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Scott Weber of the School of Veterinary Medicine and Penn’s Wildlife Futures Program said wildlife veterinarians are concerned about the numerous reports of sick or dead songbirds in the Mid-Atlantic region. “It does seem to be spreading through the U.S. pretty quickly, and spreading to a fairly wide geographical area,” he said.
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A four-legged robot from the School of Engineering and Applied Science was among robots performing underwater search and rescue in a competition. “They're doing everything completely autonomously, so every step they take is kind of a minor victory for us,” said C. J. Taylor. “We always feel that we could do better. We learn so much from each of these events and that gives us new ideas about things that we want to try.”
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Katherina Rosqueta of the School of Social Policy & Practice’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy talks about the impact of offering matching money to organizations.