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Media Highlights from July - October 2024

奶糖直播鈥檚 distinctive academic programs, world-class faculty, leading research and scholarship, and high-achieving students place the University in the national media spotlight. Below is a sampling of media highlights from July-October 2024.

ABC News
The prices for nonalcoholic beverages in Philadelphia have climbed more than six times faster than the national average over the past year. Erasmus Kersting, a professor of economics at 奶糖直播 University, said the sharp increase in prices for some food items may be owed to a lack of competition among grocery stores in Philadelphia. In the absence of fierce competition, grocery stores retain the latitude to raise prices without fear of a rival offering a better deal on comparable products, Kersting explained.


The Washington Post
A tornado spawned from Hurricane Milton struck Florida's St. Lucie County precisely among some of those most vulnerable to natural disasters 鈥� elderly people and those who live in manufactured housing. Manufactured homes make up about 6 to 7 percent of the housing stock nationally, but they account for more than half of tornado deaths, according to Stephen Strader, associate professor of geography and the environment at 奶糖直播 University.

Space.com
The stellar remnant, a white dwarf called T Coronae Borealis that's feasting on material from a nearby red giant star, has revealed a tell-tale dip in brightness that "is right on top" of the one that preceded its previous outburst in 1946. Astronomers don't yet know for sure what's causing the dip, but they say it's just a matter of time before the nova satiates its hunger and explodes into a spectacular nova. "We know it's going to go off 鈥� it's very obvious," Edward Sion, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at 奶糖直播 University in Pennsylvania, told Space.com.

The New York Times
No matter what happens to Tupperware after filing for bankruptcy protection, the name will never go away. Successful companies have strategies to protect their trademarks and fend off the creep of genericization says Charles R. Taylor, a professor of marketing and business law at 奶糖直播 University鈥檚 School of Business. Many, for example, avoid using the brand name as a noun, choosing instead to use it as an adjective in their marketing materials: Kleenex facial tissues, Q-tips cotton swabs, Velcro brand fasteners.

The Washington Post
After nearly a year of being sued for sexual assault and other crimes, renowned music producer and impresario Sean 鈥淒iddy鈥� Combs was arrested Monday by federal agents on multiple charges, including racketeering and sex trafficking. 鈥淭he way that he operated this business is textbook,鈥� said Shea Rhodes, director of 奶糖直播 University鈥檚 Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation.

CNBC
The diminishing availability of water resources across the globe should be considered one of the most pressing environmental security challenges of the century. Francis Galgano, an associate professor at the department of geography and the environment at 奶糖直播 University in Pennsylvania, said poor governance in acutely vulnerable areas 鈥� especially in transboundary river basins 鈥� and the deepening climate crisis were two major concerns.

The New Yorker
鈥淭he nearly seven decades of scholarship that have followed Thomas H. Johnson鈥檚 pronouncement of Emily Dickinson鈥檚 reclusiveness... helps us to see... the countervailing tendency behind Dickinson鈥檚 epistolary practice: again and again, she set her thoughts to paper and then sent those sheets of paper out into the world, where they found the hands of someone else鈥�... Kamran Javadizadeh is an associate professor of English at 奶糖直播 University.

The New York Times
Pope Francis left Monday on an 11-day trip to the Asia-Pacific region, the longest and among the most complicated of his tenure. The trip will include more than 43 hours of air travel and meetings with local faithful, clergy and politicians in cities with tropical climates or high levels of pollution on the other side of the world from Rome. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a physical test,鈥� said Massimo Faggioli, a professor of theology at 奶糖直播 University, 鈥渁nd a sign that this pontificate is far from being over.鈥�

The Wall Street Journal
Using AI to predict weather has evolved over the past five years from an academic notion to operational tests. Graduate students in Stephen Strader鈥檚 lab at 奶糖直播 University trained an AI program to identify the size and shape of storms鈥攁n important indicator of their strength and whether they might produce tornadoes or hail, for example.

CNN
A carry trade is when you borrow money in a place where interest rates are low and use it to invest elsewhere in assets that generate some kind of return. It鈥檚 been a popular strategy in the U.S. in recent years, especially borrowing Japanese yen. 鈥淚t鈥檚 pretty good arbitrage, but it鈥檚 not really arbitrage because it鈥檚 not risk-free,鈥� said John Sedunov, a finance professor at the 奶糖直播 School of Business. 鈥淵ou need to have the exchange rate work in your favor.鈥�

Sports Illustrated
"Jordan Love and Tua Tagovailoa received strong player contracts. And the Cowboys' Dak Prescott will receive an even stronger one. Timing and marketplace are more important to leverage than 'how good' players are. Remember that"... Andrew Brandt is executive director of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at 奶糖直播 University.

Associated Press
With the Paris Olympics around the corner, a question hangs over the Games: Will the Seine River be clean enough for athletes to swim in? 鈥淚t really is a complicated and very costly problem," said Metin Duran, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at 奶糖直播 University who has researched stormwater management.