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Experts: Trump docs not like Biden docs

Trump's lawyers falsely affirmed they'd returned the documents, in violation of a subpoena. Biden's returned them

Salon

What to know about the new drug trial for Alzheimer's

PHILADELPHIA — A new drug designed to ward off Alzheimer's is being tested at more than 100 sites around the world, including the University of Pennsylvania.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Climate change charges up winter storms

Winter storms are a normal part of this time of year. Yet climate change is making them more severe

Salon

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New flu defense in the works: 1 shot to protect against all 20 influenza viruses

Taking a new approach, based on the mRNA technology that proved effective against COVID-19, University of Pennsylvania researchers are working on the experimental vaccine.

Chicago Sun-Times

#TheyLied Malicious Prosecution / Abuse of Process / Emotional Distress Claim Can Go Forward

From Skinner v. Hadlock, decided Thursday by Judge Michael Baylson (E.D. Pa.): Skinner alleges that Hadlock falsely accused him of raping her in September 2018 while Hadlock was a graduate student in the University of Pennsylvania's Masters of Social Work program. Skinner, who was the program counselor at a housing-for-the-homeless…

Reason

Tell the Supreme Court: We still need affirmative action

Some conservatives would like to retire affirmative action because they claim it’s accomplished everything it set out to do. But it hasn’t. Not even close.

Chicago Sun-Times

Penn students end nearly 6-week encampment on College Green after their football game protest

PHILADELPHIA — A group of student protesters at the University of Pennsylvania ended a nearly six-week encampment on the College Green this weekend after they stormed Franklin Field during halftime of the Penn-Yale football game.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Can learning about ghosts help us cope with pandemic losses? A Penn professor says yes

PHILADELPHIA — Justin McDaniel, a professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, teaches a popular course called "Gods, Ghosts and Monsters," a comparative religion course about death and the afterlife. He's long been fascinated with ghost stories — and why they fascinate us.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Economy and Society, October 18, 2022: South Carolina to divest BlackRock funds over ESG

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

With a marijuana pardon, Biden tries to light up voters he needs

The day after President Joe Biden decided to pardon marijuana smokers, the 79-year-old walked into a bookstore on the University of Pennsylvania campus with his granddaughter. One voice in the crowd outside shouted out: “Yo Joe, legalize that weed.”

Tribune News Service

Philadelphia issues apology for decades-old prison experiments

PHILADELPHIA — The City of Philadelphia issued an apology Thursday for the unethical experiments a University of Pennsylvania faculty member of 50 years performed on Holmesburg Prison inmates between the 1950s and 1970s.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates

The city of Philadelphia issued an apology more than four decades after unethical medical experiments were allowed to be performed on mostly Black inmates at the city's since closed Holmesburg Prison from the 1950s to the 1970s

The Independent UK

The First Female Black Ph.D. In Economics Overcame Impossible Odds

Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander didn't just topple one hurdle. She smashed through several.

Investors Business Daily

The Path to Achieving High Wealth Leads Through These 10 Schools

In some cases just getting in is more important than graduating.

The Street

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Republicans plan legal assault on climate disclosure rules for public companies

The SEC’s proposed new rules, which would require public corporations to disclose climate-related information, have been criticized by industry groups

Evening Standard

Musk’s ex-girlfriend auctions off mementos of relationship

Jennifer Gwynne began dating Musk while he was a science student at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994

Salon

Cable news – not social media – divides

Turns out that online news consumers are exposed to more opposing views, while TV news watchers rarely stray

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: Want to attract more teachers to the profession? Pay them more

Oprah Winfrey said her fourth-grade teacher created a “spark for learning” and is why she had a talk show. Lin Manuel-Miranda said arts education “saved his life” and cited his sixth-grade music teacher. John Legend said his English teacher pushed him to apply for a scholarship to the University of…

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Federal investigation follows retraction of five animal experimentation papers

Oversight review into US research on newborn piglets led by Prof William Armstead, which has been called ‘utterly reprehensible’

The Conversation

Six benefits that the metaverse offers to colleges and universities

Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse bandwagon. They have augmented in-person and remote video learning with features such as gamified interactive virtual worlds, virtual reality and mixed reality.

Inverse

Sunscreen is crucial for public health — it must be safe for the environment, too

A new study finds an urgent need for more information about whether these chemicals threaten aquatic life on a broad scale.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Many people don't know basic facts about monkeypox, making them susceptible to public health messaging but also to conspiracy theories

PHILADELPHIA — Did evil scientists intentionally release monkeypox?

The Guardian - US

Ivy League university set to rebury skulls of Black people kept for centuries

University of Pennsylvania houses remains at Penn Museum, where they form a collection once used to justify white supremacy

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn’s medical school formalizes its partnership with HBCUs in pursuit of greater diversity

PHILADELPHIA — Aspiring doctor Danielle Johnson is spending her summer at the University of Pennsylvania, researching how to get more people of color to participate in clinical trials aimed at improving treatment of heart disease so they are proportionately represented.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn law dean seeks ‘major sanction’ against professor Amy Wax

Controversial University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, whose “racist speech” and inflammatory comments have long generated criticism, once allegedly suggested that it was “rational” to fear Black men in elevators and that Mexican males were more likely than other men to assault women.

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