COVID-19 News
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December 15, 2020
Virtual agents of change: How computers are mapping Covid-19’s future
Traffic planners, securities traders and military strategists all use it. Simulating the behavior of millions of idiosyncratic individuals also may be the best way to understand complex phenomena like pandemics.
Source: KNOWABLE MAGAZINE
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December 10, 2020
We Know How to Curb the Pandemic. How Do We Make People Listen?
Cristina Bicchieri of the School of Arts & Sciences spoke about modeling safe behavior to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “To create a new norm,” she said, “you need to build this sense that other people are following the rules.”
Source: The New York Times
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December 10, 2020
Governors are persuasive on COVID and Republicans have surprising impact: Researchers
Governors can limit COVID-19 spread through persuasion and mandates, our research shows. Republicans who broke with prevailing GOP views had most impact.
Source: USA Today
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November 17, 2020
Wharton Business Daily podcast features Cristina Bicchieri
Cristina Bicchieri, Penn Professor of Philosophy and Psychology and Wharton Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, joins Wharton Business Daily host Dan Loney to discuss new social norms resulting from COVID-19.
Source: Wharton on SiriusXM
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November 19, 2020
Uniting against an invisible foe
Source: Penn Today
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November 11, 2020
In the pandemic’s early days, a third of U.S. adults felt depressed, anxious
Source: Penn Today
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October 28, 2020
The role of data in a world reshaped by COVID-19
Source: Penn Today
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October 23, 2020
How have new social norms emerged as COVID-19 has spread?
Source: Penn Today
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October 14, 2020
England, Wales, Scotland among nations with highest death toll from COVID-19 pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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October 13, 2020
Fostering kittens, plus more side gigs for good
Source: Penn Today
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October 7, 2020
When should we mind our business right now? Here’s how to decide.
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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October 2, 2020
U.S. COVID deaths may be underestimated by 36%
Source: Penn Today
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September 26, 2020
Social media and COVID shaming: Fighting a toxic combination
Source: ABC News
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September 22, 2020
‘Times of struggle’
Source: Penn Today
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September 18, 2020
Barbara Savage sees ‘bright spots’ in her research, even in a pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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September 16, 2020
Research Recovery Program supports scholars impacted by the pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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September 11, 2020
Penn Vet expands timely dual degree during COVID
Source: Penn Today
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August 25, 2020
The Biggest Threat to Herd Immunity Against COVID-19 May Be the Religious Freedom Restoration Act(s) and State Religious Exemptions
Source: Verdict Justia
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September 9, 2020
Near birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., a predominantly Black nursing home tries to heal after outbreak
Source: The Washington Post
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September 8, 2020
Pennsylvania voting access suit could have national repercussions
Source: NBC News
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September 8, 2020
Side gigs for good endure amid a pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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August 31, 2020
Finding poll workers was hard before coronavirus. Now, America has a huge challenge.
Source: KYW Newsradio
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August 27, 2020
Beth Simmons writes on ‘Pandemic Responses as Border Politics’
Source: Penn Today
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August 27, 2020
COVID, politics, and voting by mail
Source: Penn Today
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August 27, 2020
Decision-making and anxiety in the time of COVID-19
Source: Penn Today
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August 18, 2020
COVID-19 Infections Rising Among Young People on US University Campuses
Source: Voice of America
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August 19, 2020
In TV and cinema, pandemic lays out a field of unknowns
Source: Penn Today
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August 18, 2020
Iranian, American health experts share coronavirus experiences in rare talk
Source: Penn Today
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August 14, 2020
Presidential campaigning during the coronavirus crisis
Source: Penn Today
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July 24, 2020
Who gets to live? How doctors make impossible decisions as COVID-19 surges
Source: National Geographic
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August 12, 2020
How The Coronavirus Has Upended College Admissions
Source: NPR
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August 12, 2020
Improving the quality of life in cities
Source: Penn Today
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July 13, 2020
PANDEMIC SYLLABUS
Source: Public Books
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August 11, 2020
Experiencing the pandemic from abroad
Source: Penn Today
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August 10, 2020
Maps, pandemics, and reckoning with history
Source: Penn Today
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July 31, 2020
What will sex, dating, and marriage look like on the other side of the pandemic?
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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August 1, 2020
'Reassurance That Future Is Better': What Americans Want From Leaders
Source: NBC 10 Philadelphia
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August 1, 2020
Frustration and misunderstanding: For deaf folks, masking can cause communication barriers
Source: WHYY
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July 28, 2020
Viruses don't discriminate, but health care often does
Source: Marketplace.org
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July 21, 2020
Partisanship in the Pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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August 3, 2020
Pandemic lexicon
Source: Penn Today
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July 16, 2020
Care in crisis
Source: Penn Today
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July 14, 2020
Brazil’s coronavirus crisis
Source: Penn Today
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July 12, 2020
Some Americans refuse to mask up. Rules, fines and free masks will change that, experts say.
Source: USA Today
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July 9, 2020
Cholera vs. flu: Philadelphia’s historical epidemic successes and failures
Source: Penn Today
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July 8, 2020
How Could Human Nature Have Become This Politicized?
Source: The New York Times
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July 6, 2020
Major U.S. cities, gripped with crisis, now face spike in deadly shootings, including of children
Source: The Washington Post
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July 2, 2020
Coding for a cause
Source: Penn Today
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June 30, 2020
Japan crushed COVID-19 by masking while Trump mocks masks
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
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July 1, 2020
More side gigs for good during COVID-19
Source: Penn Today
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June 28, 2020
Experts See No Proof of Child-Abuse Surge Amid Pandemic
Source: The New York Times
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June 29, 2020
Can College Campuses Prevent The Spread Of Covid-19 When They Reopen This Fall?
Source: Forbes
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June 24, 2020
Trump's Phoenix megachurch rally proves how much faith and masks are now political
Source: NBC News “Think”
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June 24, 2020
A unique recession amidst a global pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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June 23, 2020
Exploring the links between jobs and health, reframed by COVID-19
Source: Penn Today
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June 1, 2020
A Pandemic that Stokes Religious Hatred
Source: CASI
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June 8, 2020
How Solidarity is Controlling Contagion in Kerala
Source: CASI
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June 15, 2020
How Can India Soften the Blow from Remittance Dip?
Source: CASI
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June 22, 2020
Indian Agriculture—if COVID-19 Hadn’t Happened
Source: CASI
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June 19, 2020
Trump vs. Biden: How COVID-19 Will Affect Voting for President
Source: Scientific American
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June 19, 2020
What Covid-19 Computer Models Are Telling Colleges About the Fall
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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June 18, 2020
How Does Social Inequality Affect Government’s Ability to Deal with Covid-19?
Source: Julia Lynch writes for ITEMS (Insights from the Social Sciences)
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June 11, 2020
'Superforecasters' Are Making Eerily Accurate Predictions About COVID-19. Our Leaders Could Learn From Their Approach
Source: TIME
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June 10, 2020
Examining health inequities with a global lens
Source: Penn Today
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June 9, 2020
Reality replaces virtual reality
Source: Penn Today
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June 8, 2020
Talking positive psychology and COVID-19 with Larry King
Source: Penn Today
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June 8, 2020
Research returns to campus
Source: Penn Today
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May 25, 2020
Invisible Hands PHL Offering Free Delivery Of Necessities To At-Risk People Who Can’t Leave Home
Source: CBS Philadelphia
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May 27, 2020
There Are 3 Things We Have to Do to Get People Wearing Masks
Source: The New York Times
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May 19, 2020
What does our future look like after the pandemic? Experts provide reassurance based off history
Source: 11Alive.com
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May 13, 2020
Trump Is Staking Out His Own Universe of ‘Alternative Facts’
Source:The New York Times
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May 19, 2020
Facing Adulthood With an Economic Disaster’s Lasting Scars
Source:The New York Times
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May 18, 2020
How the pandemic is changing medicine
Source: The Hill
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May 29, 2020
Bridging the communication divide for Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities
Source: Penn Today
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May 27, 2020
Education Is a Team Sport
Source: Inside Higher Ed
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May 28, 2020
Right-Wing Radio Reaches Tens Of Millions. Its Coronavirus Conspiracies Are Out Of Control.
Source: Huffington Post
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May 27, 2020
Literary characters as masks: A reflection on identity during a pandemic
Source: Penn Today
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May 11, 2020
Covid-19 Has Worsened the Student Mental-Health Crisis. Can Resilience Training Fix It?
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
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May 11, 2020
Women already do most domestic work. The coronavirus makes that gap worse
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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May 15, 2020
Personal documentaries replace performing at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Source: Penn Today
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May 15, 2020
Connecting communities impacted by COVID-19
Source: Penn Today
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May 18, 2020
Negative financial shock increase older adults’ loneliness
Source: Penn Today
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May 16, 2020
Wisconsin judge’s ‘regular folks’ remark shows how pandemic exposes classism
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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May 19, 2020
US births fall, and virus could drive them down more
Source: Associated Press
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May 19, 2020
Are There Zombie Viruses — Like The 1918 Flu — Thawing In The Permafrost?
Source: NPR
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May 19, 2020
Taiwan’s Tsai to Tread Cautiously on Cross-Strait Relations at Inauguration: Experts
Source: Voice of America
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May 20, 2020
What Will Life Be Like at Post-COVID Colleges and Universities?
Source: Inside Higher Ed
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May 22, 2020
Do political beliefs affect social distancing?
Source: Penn Today
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May 22, 2020
Phase One Frenzies; Provocative Predictions; The Bread Boom
Source: Connecticut Public Radio
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May 11, 2020
The Decrease in India’s Air Pollution During COVID-19
Source: CASI
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May 27, 2020
The joys and trials of defending a dissertation virtually
Source: Penn Today
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May 25, 2020
In India’s COVID-19 Response, Minimize Errors of Exclusion
Source: https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/
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May 11, 2020
A conversation with author Angela Duckworth on getting grittier to survive COVID-19
Angela Duckworth, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology
gives some advice on ways drum up the courage and resolve to cope during the pandemic.
Source: 6ABC ACTION NEWS
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May 11, 2020
Regional Roundup
David Barnes, associate professor of history and sociology of science at the University of Pennsylvania joined WHYY’s Regional Roundup to discuss a Philadelphia-area quarantine hospital that was used in different pandemics centuries ago.
Source: WHYY
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May 11, 2020
At home, but still engaged with STEM classes
While instructional laboratories on campus are closed, students, faculty, and instructors are finding creative solutions for science, math, and engineering courses and projects.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 7, 2020
Diagnosing Russia’s COVID-19 response
Despite the Russian government’s assertions that it has the COVID-19 crisis under control, the outbreak is in the beginning stages in the country and three experts says Vladimir Putin’s political fate may rest on how he responds to the crisis.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 5, 2020
Out of Their Elements
Chemistry faculty adapt to working remotely as the coronavirus stifles lab activity.
Source: OMNIA
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May 5, 2020
Coming together to solve the many scientific mysteries of COVID-19
Putting some of their regular research projects on the back burner, researchers around Penn are digging into unknowns about the novel coronavirus from their deep and varied perspectives.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 5, 2020
Engaging with the climate crisis, online
Across a quartet of digital platforms, including one for this week’s Climate Sensing and Data Storytelling convening, the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities is encouraging public engagement and the pairing of environmental art and science on climate issues.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 5, 2020
Wastes of war
What qualifies as a war, and how does the waste created by war transform the social and physical environment? Historian Anne Berg’s class looks at these two seemingly disconnected concepts.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 5, 2020
Pa. Republicans and Democrats disagree on reopening the economy, but there is a lot they do agree on, survey says
Daniel Hopkins, a Professor of Political Science, recently wrote a report to evaluate if people supported policies like shutting down businesses and ordering everyone to stay at home.
Source: THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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May 4, 2020
‘Rooted in fear’
David Barnes, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science, and Ramah McKay, Assistant Professor of History and Sociology of Science, discuss the historical association of disease, shame, and social stigma.
Source: PENN TODAY
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May 4, 2020
Cities and states need aid — but also oversight
Brent Cebul, Assistant Professor of History, recently co-authored an opinion piece saying states need oversight, recalling that federal funding during and after the New Deal ended up hurting cities because of who spent it and how.
Source: THE WASHINGTON POST
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May 2, 2020
Did Closing Schools Actually Help?
Robert Aronowitz, Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences, was quoted in the New York Times in an article regarding school closings during the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES
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May 1, 2020
With support from parents, teens forge a path to handle social distancing
Sara Jaffe, a Professor of Psychology, explains that teens have a deep-seated need to be with their friends, but with the help of their parents they can learn to effectively socially distance during the pandemic.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 29, 2020
COVID-19 hackathon
The Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies hosted its first-ever virtual hackathon earlier this month, tapping both undergraduate and graduate students to tackle real-world, real-time datasets about the coronavirus crisis.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 28, 2020
As society looks for a ‘new normal,’ is antibody testing a way forward?
Jonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics, along with other Penn experts discussed the limitations of commercial antibody tests, how scientists are assessing the true scale of COVID-19 infections, and what studies are being done to see who might now be immune to the novel coronavirus.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 27, 2020
Community in the Time of COVID-19: Pathways for a New Normal in Indian Humanitarianism
Supriya Roychoudhury, a political geographer and analyst at the Margaret Anstee Centre for Global Studies, Newnham College, University of Cambridge, argues that internationalism and domestic attentiveness should be the new Indian humanitarianism.
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April 27, 2020
Pandemics and presidential elections
Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, discussed what could happen if the nation is in a national shutdown come Election Day in November.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 24, 2020
Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus
The United States has faced pressure to ease sanctions to help Iran manage its coronavirus outbreak. Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani, a doctoral candidate in history, discusses how the sanctions have played into Iran’s energy development and complicated its management of the viral outbreak.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 24, 2020
Alex Chen’s lessons from Ebola
Alex Chen, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, studies emerging disease preparedness.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 23, 2020
Commercial Burglaries and Other Crimes Rise in Philly During Coronavirus Crisis
Richard Berk, Professor of Criminology, was recently quoted in a Philly Magazine article about the increased crime rate in Philadelphia following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: PHILLY MAG
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April 23, 2020
The Narikuravars’ Quest for Political Engagement in Perambalur During COVID-19
Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, a 2016 CASI Visiting Scholar, emphasizes that traditionally nomadic communities need the help of local and regional governments to ensure their survival through the pandemic.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/newyork_coronavirus_foodbank_032920getty.jpg)
April 23, 2020
Inequities in COVID-19 are tragic but preventable
Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology, recently co-authored an opinion article in The Hill about the health inequalities that have resulted from the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: THE HILL
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April 22, 2020
‘Disease knows no borders’
From the history of science to medical anthropology, governance, and economics, Penn experts look at the history of global health from different perspectives to see what the future may hold.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 20, 2020
The COVID-19 Crisis and Afghan Refugees in India
Chayanika Saxena, a President’s Graduate Fellow and doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore, explains that while the coronavirus does not discriminate between the people it affects, our response to it seems to.
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April 18, 2020
Long before coronavirus, Philly ran a quarantine center for another deadly contagion
David Barnes, Associate Professor of History and Sociology of Science, was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer discussing the Lazaretto, an old health institution on the Delaware River landing.
Source: THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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April 17, 2020
The optimal immune repertoire for bacteria
Vijay Balasubramanian, Cathy and Marc Lasry Professor of Physics and Astronomy, is a senior author of a research report developing a physical model that describes the optimal amount of ‘memory’ of prior infections that bacteria should have in order to efficiently mount a successful immune response.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 17, 2020
Penn labs get creative to stay productive, connected
In the face of a pandemic that has shuttered most physical laboratories across campus, researchers have maintained work and social ties through writing, virtual journal clubs, online coffee breaks, and more.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 16, 2020
Beyond Coronavirus, India’s Government Policies Need to Cope with a Larger Health and Economic Crisis
Harsha Thirumurthy, Associate Professor of Health Policy, explains that the threat of the coronavirus in India emphasizes that now is the time for a larger and longer-lasting spending plan and health sector response.
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April 16, 2020
Six tips to stay calm, positive, and resilient in trying times
The situation around COVID-19 can be overwhelming, but experts from Penn’s Positive Psychology Center offer advice to get through—or at the very least, get by.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 16, 2020
Is COVID-19 infecting the relationship between the U.S. and China?
Three Penn experts say the relationship between the countries was troubled before the coronavirus pandemic, but the outbreak is exacerbating the preexisting problems.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 15, 2020
Photo Essay | From India to Kentucky, the Penn community shares its quarantine views
The Daily Pennsylvanian published a photo essay connecting the Penn community through different sights, sounds, and perspectives from all over the world.
Source: THE DAILY PENNSYLVANIAN
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April 14, 2020
COVID-19 and lessons for public health
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 13, 2020
COVID-19 and the Importance of Improving Civil Registration in India
Aashish Gupta, a doctoral student in demography and sociology, explains that improving health data systems is the most urgent task in the domain of health for India during the pandemic.
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April 12, 2020
The Coronavirus Class Divide: Space and Privacy
Source: THE NEW YORK TIMES
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April 10, 2020
Every aspect of the coronavirus pandemic exposes America’s devastating inequalities
Source: VOX
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April 9, 2020
Is India’s Public Health System Ready to Face the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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April 9, 2020
Should I Shop for Groceries in Person or Order Them Online During the Coronavirus Crisis?
Source: PERRY WORLD HOUSE
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April 7, 2020
Are We Winning The War Against Coronavirus?
In this virtual discussion co-hosted by Perry World House and the German Marshall Fund of the United States, public health expert and former adviser to the Obama Administration Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel provides a status report on the fight against COVID-19. He also puts forward suggestions for next steps in a discussion with Michael Horowitz, Interim Director of Perry World House, and Karen Donfried, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Source: PERRY WORLD HOUSE
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April 7, 2020
The push for 2020 Census participation, amid a pandemic and data privacy fears
Groups across Penn are working to ensure that college students and hard-to-reach demographics get counted in the once-a-decade tally.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 7, 2020
How can hospitals address scarce resources during COVID-19?
School of Arts and Sciences political scientist and LDI Senior Fellow Julia Lynch has created guidelines for hospitals to allocate resources in times of medical scarcity.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 6, 2020
A quick pivot turns an infectious disease class into timely education
Students in David Roos’ biology course had been studying pandemics. Now they’re learning in real time how public health scientists attempt to understand COVID-19.
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 6, 2020
Civilian Technologists Should Assist the State During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shashank Srinivasan, founder of Technology for Wildlife, talks about the need for civilian technologists to ensure their worker is being used for the good of the nation and not to press people.
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How to free up your mind to do what you can - wherever you are
Source: THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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Rev. William Barber: This pandemic spreads through the fissures of our society
Source: MSNBC
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Could the coronavirus crisis change how we vote, and how politicians campaign?
Source: KYW IN DEPTH
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Human rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Source: PENN TODAY
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April 2, 2020
OMNIA Q&A: COVID-19 Outcomes
Kok-Chor Tan, Professor of Philosophy, says the ways in which individuals are affected by the pandemic are a result of a complex tapestry of economic, social, and cultural factors.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/depression-bread-line-social.jpg)
March 31, 2020
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics
History professor Brent Cebul talks about lessons politicians can take from the Great Depression and the New Deal and how disasters like the current pandemic can change politics.
Source: Penn Today
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March 31, 2020
Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus
Professor of English Josephine Park discusses the history of Asian-American racism in the U.S. and how it connects to today’s use of ‘Chinese virus’ to describe COVID-19.
Source: Penn Today
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/pandemics-history-main.jpg)
March 30, 2020
The legal history of epidemics in America
Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, offers a commentary on American political responses to epidemics past.
Source: Penn Today
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March 30, 2020
No, it's not public health versus the economy
Jonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics, examines the relationship between public health principles and economic growth.
Source: Yahoo Lifestyle
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/d1n0c1ufntxbvh.cloudfront.jpg)
March 27, 2020
As Coronavirus Surges, Crime Declines in Some Cities
John MacDonald, Professor of Criminology, comments on how the pandemic is affecting crime rates.
Source: The Marshall Project
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How Philly’s neighborhoods can help us understand pandemics
Source: WHYY
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/malcolm-sq-web.jpg)
Science/Fiction
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/movies-web.jpg)
A Global Cinema Watch-List
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/Penn-Pandemic-Diary-1_0.png)
March 25, 2020
Penn Pandemic Diary
In the coming weeks, Perry World House will post regular entries in a “Penn Pandemic Diary” that will record what undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from around Penn are seeing and feeling during the historic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Source: PERRY WORLD HOUSE
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Wuhan Lockdown Halted Spread of Coronavirus Across China
Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics, and colleagues have released a working paper showing that the lockdown of the city of Wuhan played a crucial role in reducing cases of COVID-19 in other Chinese cities and halting the spread of the virus.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/boston-globe-web.jpg)
In Ohio, a Republican governor has taken aggressive steps to contain coronavirus before becoming an outbreak hotspot
Julia Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses the national coordinated policy response to the pandemic.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/human-rights-pandemic-social.jpg)
Human rights during the coronavirus pandemic
Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights, spoke to PWH interim director Michael Horowitz about the importance of centering human rights and about holding governments accountable in a time of pandemic.
Source: PENN TODAY
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/Shashank-Srinivasan.jpg)
April 6, 2020
Civilian Technologists Should Assist the State During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Shashank Srinivasan, founder of Technology for Wildlife, talks about the need for civilian technologists to ensure their worker is being used for the good of the nation and not to press people.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/KC-Photo.jpg)
April 2, 2020
OMNIA Q&A: COVID-19 Outcomes
Kok-Chor Tan, Professor of Philosophy, says the ways in which individuals are affected by the pandemic are a result of a complex tapestry of economic, social, and cultural factors.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/depression-bread-line-social.jpg)
March 31, 2020
The Great Depression, the New Deal, and how disasters change politics
History professor Brent Cebul talks about lessons politicians can take from the Great Depression and the New Deal and how disasters like the current pandemic can change politics.
Source: Penn Today
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/iStock-1138758752.jpg)
March 31, 2020
Why Asian-American racism is rampant during the coronavirus
Professor of English Josephine Park discusses the history of Asian-American racism in the U.S. and how it connects to today’s use of ‘Chinese virus’ to describe COVID-19.
Source: Penn Today
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/pandemics-history-main.jpg)
March 30, 2020
The legal history of epidemics in America
Sarah Barringer Gordon, the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History, offers a commentary on American political responses to epidemics past.
Source: Penn Today
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/COVID-gfx-cyan-thumbnail.jpg)
March 30, 2020
No, it's not public health versus the economy
Jonathan Moreno, David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics, examines the relationship between public health principles and economic growth.
Source: Yahoo Lifestyle
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/04/d1n0c1ufntxbvh.cloudfront.jpg)
March 27, 2020
As Coronavirus Surges, Crime Declines in Some Cities
John MacDonald, Professor of Criminology, comments on how the pandemic is affecting crime rates.
Source: The Marshall Project
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/phillyskyline-chop-feb2020crop-768x432-1.jpg)
How Philly’s neighborhoods can help us understand pandemics
Source: WHYY
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/malcolm-sq-web.jpg)
Science/Fiction
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/movies-web.jpg)
A Global Cinema Watch-List
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/covid19-china-fang.jpg)
Wuhan Lockdown Halted Spread of Coronavirus Across China
Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics, and colleagues have released a working paper showing that the lockdown of the city of Wuhan played a crucial role in reducing cases of COVID-19 in other Chinese cities and halting the spread of the virus.
![](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/covid-news/files/2020/03/boston-globe-web.jpg)
In Ohio, a Republican governor has taken aggressive steps to contain coronavirus before becoming an outbreak hotspot
Julia Lynch, Associate Professor of Political Science, discusses the national coordinated policy response to the pandemic.