5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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In Pennsylvania, ‘deaths of despair’ are 50% higher than the national average
Maria Oquendo of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on increased suicide rates in Pennsylvania.
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Democracy and truth
Sophia Rosenfeld of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about her book, Democracy and Truth, and the democratic “argument about what is true” in an episode of “Radio Times.”
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Like ‘Back to the Future’: Penn Museum floats its ancient sphinx to a new home
Jennifer Wegner and Julian Siggers of the Penn Museum commented on the sphinx’s relocation. “You’ll have one of the most significant archaeological objects in America greeting you as you come in the doors of the new Penn Museum,” said Siggers.
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How to keep teen drivers’ eyes on the road, and their fingers off the keyboard
Kate McDonald of the School of Nursing discussed efforts to reduce teen car crashes, including in-school training. “What we’ve seen to be successful in getting people to use seat belts, or reducing cigarette use, we want to be able to shift that over to reducing distracted driving and changing the social norms around what’s acceptable and what’s not,” she said.
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Former professor says University of Delaware tenure process stifles diversity
PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts said former University of Delaware professor Arica Coleman’s book, “That the Blood Stay Pure,” which documents the history of black and indigenous relations in Virginia, “provides a crucial missing chapter of America’s racial history.”
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These pediatricians ‘prescribe’ kids books, to boost your baby’s brain
James Guevara of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the Reach Out and Read program, which provides families with books to promote literacy and parent-child bonding. He also discussed his research, which suggests that reminding parents via text message to interact with their children can lead to a “richer home reading environment.”
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Sen. Casey pushes to end ‘boyfriend loophole’ in domestic abuse bill over NRA objections
Susan B. Sorenson of the School of Social Policy & Practice and U.S. Sen. Robert Casey and joined a panel of advocates at Penn on Friday to discuss the Violence Against Women Act and the need to close the “boyfriend loophole,” which fails to protect non-married victims of domestic violence.
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Eastern Pennsylvania's population growth bypasses western Pa.
Domenic Vitiello of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design weighed in on Pennsylvania’s shifts in population. “Pennsylvania remains very much a Rust Belt state,” he said. “But it’s heartening that we’re not declining as precipitously as we were in the 1970s or 1980s.”
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Chinatown landmark spared the wrecking ball, for now
The Weitzman School of Design’s Fon Wang spoke about the importance of Philadelphia’s Chinese Cultural and Community Center. “It has a strong social history, and it’s important to keep this building,” said Wang. “I think the reaction from the potential demo shows that Chinatown is a strong community.”
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Philly woman with rare bone disease donates skeleton to Mütter Museum
The Perelman School of Medicine’s Frederick Kaplan spoke about his former patient Carol Orzel, who died in 2018 after 58 years of living with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive. Orzel’s final wish was granted: to be skeletonized and put on display, alongside her jewelry collection, at the Mütter Museum.