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Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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‘Part of the job’: UPenn med school teaches future physicians how to advocate for their patients in public health arena
Mario DeMarco of the Perelman School of Medicine is teaching the accelerated Frontiers in Public Health course, featuring experts like Elinore Kaufman, to bridge the education gap between public health and medical care for soon-to-be-physicians.
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Fighting blight by fixing up homes could bring down Philly gun violence, new study shows
A study by Eugenia South of the Perelman School of Medicine and John MacDonald of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues finds that restoring the areas around abandoned houses can lead to a drop in neighborhood gun crime.
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Penn’s new living organ donor center aims to close gaps in transplant access
A profile examines the new Center for Living Donation at Penn Medicine, with remarks from the Perelman School of Medicine’s Amanda Leonberg-Yoo.
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The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn
Vice Provost Constantia Constantinou of Penn Libraries describes how Penn is equipped and staffed to give the Philadelphia Orchestra's archive the attention it deserves.
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With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table
In an Op-Ed, doctoral candidate Jay Arzu of the Weitzman School of Design explains why plans for the Roosevelt Boulevard subway in Northeast Philadelphia are back on the table.
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Penn Museum unveils a new look at the ancient Mediterranean world
Virginia Herrmann, Joanna Smith, and Director Christopher Woods of the Penn Museum discuss the history behind the artifacts of the new Eastern Mediterranean Gallery.
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‘This thing isn’t over’: Avian flu outbreak reaches 4.4 million birds in Pennsylvania ahead of Thanksgiving sales
Lisa Murphy of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that national certification requirements for technicians have made it challenging to keep up with Pennsylvania’s increasing demand for specialized avian flu testing.
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Facing climate change: action and optimism
Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences appears on “Radio Times” to share his climate optimism while reiterating the need for urgent action.
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Trailer: The statue
Paul Farber of the Weitzman School of Design discusses why Philadelphia’s Rocky statue holds such resonance and what that says about which stories people choose to memorialize.
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Regional roundup
On a segment of “Radio Times,” Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education discusses how hate speech intersects with First Amendment rights on college campuses.