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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Kristine Rabberman of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the history of witchcraft trials in Pennsylvania. Studying these events “gives us a way of both understanding the range of human responses and also maybe give some ideas about how we can handle those instances of division and fear within our own societies,” she said.
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Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about local elections in the post-Trump era. “The energy and the concern that was generated in some quarters by the Trump administration catalyzed a wave of activism that, in part, then accelerated trends that were already afoot,” he said.
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Dagmawi Woubshet of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about the impact of “The New Negro,” an anthology edited by Alain LeRoy Locke at the onset of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Jason Tong and Anietie Andy of the Perelman School of Medicine studied Yelp reviews of hospitals to better understand racial disparities in health care. “Racism within health care can be pervasive and can occur in a variety of both clinical and nonclinical spaces,” said Tong. “Hopefully [we] can create a composite metric of racism that can be used for targeted quality improvement initiatives for hospitals.”
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Lily Brown of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about how people can cope with catastrophic events like storms and floods. “I think an important first step is to give yourself space to feel what you need to feel. Because often, in the aftermath of a tragedy, we put our heads down and sort of, you know, grit our teeth, and do whatever we can to survive. And that’s appropriate in the immediate aftermath of a stressor or a trauma like this,” she said.
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Jeanmarie Perrone of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed about the pandemic’s impact on the opioid crisis.
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E. John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine says that data on breakthrough coronavirus infections should be put in context.
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Wendy Roth of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the potential implications of genetic ancestry test results shaping how some people report their race for the census.
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Sigrid Veasey of the Perelman School of Medicine is interviewed on why COVID impacted the sleep of so many people and what can be done to improve the quality of sleep.
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Harald Schmidt of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about businesses that require proof of vaccination from customers. “There is a risk that vaccine passports turn into antagonism, when really what we need is a partnership approach,” he said.