5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How to help your anxious partner—And yourself
Sandy Capaldi and Cory Newman of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the challenges of supporting a partner with anxiety. “A lot of people with anxiety disorders understandably view anxiety as the enemy,” Newman said. “Actually, it’s not. The real enemy is avoidance. Anxiety causes [people] to avoid things—like applying to schools, flying to a cousin’s wedding—[that can lead to] an enriched life. And that causes depression.”
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‘Can we change social norms?’
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts and Sciences joins a philosophical discussion about the possibility of changing social norms.
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‘Ladysitting’ offers candor and a singular take on a tale familiar to many
Lorene Cary of the School of Arts and Sciences has published a new memoir called Ladysitting: My Year with Nana at the End of Her Century. The book explores complex family relationships and the history and effects of American racism.
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Kalamazoo Promise reaches a milestone, and faces a challenge
Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education weighed in on programs like The Kalamazoo Promise, which guarantees college scholarships to public high school students. “We should be asking questions about whether the benefit is going to people who would have gone to college anyhow, even without the award,” she said. “We should also be asking questions about the extent to which the students who are getting the award have enough of the supports to actually complete whatever educational program they start.”
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First U.S. patients treated with CRISPR as human gene-editing trials get underway
A clinical trial led by Edward Stadtmauer of the Perelman School of Medicine will be using CRISPR to treat cancer patients.
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What can a personality test tell us about who we are?
Adam Grant of the Wharton School spoke about his concerns with the Myers-Briggs test, when used by companies to make staffing decisions. “It’s a great way to weed out diversity,” Grant said.
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Howard Stevenson: How can we mindfully navigate everyday racism?
Howard Stevenson of the Graduate School of Education gave a TED talk about racial literacy in today’s social climate. “Key to this literacy is a forgotten truth … that our cultural differences represent the power to heal the centuries of racial discrimination, dehumanization, and illness,” said Stevenson.
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How has the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ affected Illinois? The state hasn’t bothered to check
Charles O’Brien of the Perelman School of Medicine discussed gambling addiction, saying that “many clinicians have long believed that problem gamblers closely resemble alcoholics and drug addicts, not only from the external consequences of problem finances and destruction of relationships but increasingly on the inside as well.”
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A drug that eases miscarriages is difficult for women to get
Courtney Schreiber of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the importance of access to mifepristone. “It offers [miscarrying women] a sense of control over their own bodies and their own process when they feel that they've already lost an element of control,” Schreiber says.
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Why aren’t more users of opioids or meth screened for hepatitis C?
Stacey Trooskin of the Perelman School of Medicine and Philadelphia FIGHT spoke about prioritizing hepatitis C testing in higher-risk patients. “That’s something pretty basic that we’ve done in our community health centers to make sure we’re testing people and providing a cure.”