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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
John Wherry of the Perelman School of Medicine said the COVID-19 booster shot is safe for those with hybrid immunity, which occurs when someone who has already had the virus gets vaccinated. However, he said, hybrid immunity is already powerful on its own.
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Christina Parajon Skinner of the Wharton School discussed how central banks like the Bank of England have shifted toward green investments. The U.S. Federal Reserve, she said, could have a significant impact on climate change: “People say, Well, we’ve got gridlock in Congress, and we have an effective institution that maybe could do something to bring us toward greener equilibriums. And that's really a fundamental question that is about climate change, but it's also about, you know, American democracy.”
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Shari Jager-Hyman of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on the societal issues influencing suicide rates in Black and Hispanic communities.
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Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education was interviewed about the limits of free speech. “Vietnam was our first war where you had constitutional protections to and criticize the war. In every single prior war Americans were fined, jailed and punished for criticizing America’s involvement in the war,” he said.
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Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine said college students are in an age group that has not prioritized COVID-19 vaccination and may be persuaded by incentive programs. "Incentives really work best when they're aimed at people who are not against being vaccinated, but they have for whatever reason not prioritized vaccination up until now," she said.
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Gad Allon of the Wharton School said ride-share customers will need to accept higher costs if they want their drivers to be paid better. “We just got used to investors subsidizing our cheap rides from point A to point B. That's not sustainable,” he said.
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Amalia Dache of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the history of racial disparities and injustices in Cuba. “When we're thinking about global solidarity with Black people, especially right now, we need all hands on deck,” she said.
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Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School said money alone may not be the most effective workplace motivator because people want rewards, such as extra paid time off, that feel meaningful. “People just want to spend time with their families. People aren't dying to spend time at work,” she said. “We want to live out our values.”
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Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication weighed in on how machine learning and automation are shaping the job market and consumer privacy.
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Lisa Murphy of the School of Veterinary Medicine spoke about the Wildlife Futures Program’s research on the illness killing songbirds in the Mid-Atlantic region. "I think what's especially challenging about this is that it's not localized ... to one specific geographic area [and] it's not localized to one particular bird species,” she said.