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Education, Business, & Law
Wharton School Announces Partnership With Sovereign Bank, Santander Universities
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the establishment of a Partnership for Globalization with Sovereign Bank, part of Banco Santander.
World Is Full of Darkness, Reflected in the Physiology of the Human Retina, Penn Researchers Say
PHILADELPHIA –- Physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Pennsylvania have linked the cell structure of the retina to the light and dark contrasts of the natural world, demonstrating the likelihood that the neural pathways humans use for seeing are adapted to best capture the world around us.
Report from Penn’s Fels Institute of Government Shows Positive Results of Urban Investment
PHILADELPHIA –- A new report from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government shows how public investment guided by strategic planning can produce highly successful results, even within an urban area formerly plagued by high levels of vacancy and abandonment.
Penn President Amy Gutmann Meets With Vice President Biden on Stimulus Funding for Research
WASHINGTON -- University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann attended a meeting at the White House today as an invited guest of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Dr. J. Larry Jameson to Lead Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA -- J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the next executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2011.
Penn GSE Professor to Speak at White House-Sponsored Conference During National HBCU Week
PHILADELPHIA — Marybeth Gasman, an associate professor in the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, will speak at the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities conference in Washington, D.C., during National HBCU Week, which runs S
Winners of Wharton Business Plan Competition Ring NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
PHILADELPHIA – The winners of the Wharton Business Plan Competition rang the NASDAQ Stock Market closing bell in Times Square in New York City today.
University of Pennsylvania Makes Top 20 in Sierra Club List of ‘America’s 100 Greenest Schools’
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania came in at No. 19 –- up from No. 45 last year -- in the Sierra Club Magazine’s ranking of colleges it believes are doing the most for the planet.
Annenberg Study Reinforces Value of Public Television-Based Intervention in Promoting Early Literacy
An award-winning children’s PBS KIDS program, Between the Lions, when combined with teachers who are equipped with curriculum materials and who have received training, has consistently demonstrated its effectiveness in developing better reading skills for preschool children.
Nine Penn Students and Five Alumni Awarded Fulbright International Exchange Educational Scholarships
Nine University of Pennsylvania students and five Penn alumni have been awarded scholarships to participate in Fulbright international educational exchange program. More than 1,500 U.S. citizens will travel abroad for one year of foreign study in one of 155 foreign countries, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
In the News
CNBC
Nvidia not overvalued despite low forward P/E and market cap, says DataTrek’s Nick Colas
Sean Myers of the Wharton School discusses Nvidia’s recent high valuation and how much weight to give P/E ratios.
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Forbes
How organizational personas can boost generative AI adoption
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that senior leaders who have experimented with GPT services are struggling to bring their colleagues along for the ride.
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Marketplace (NPR)
Are we in the midst of a climate housing bubble?
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that most homeowners should be able to sell and move somewhere cheaper rather than defaulting on their loans.
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Business Insider
A key phase in Biden’s new student-loan forgiveness plan has wrapped up, bringing borrowers one step closer to relief. But pushback is brewing
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is facing a skeptical Supreme Court.
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Forbes
Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences and professors at the Wharton School are participating in the National Education Equity Lab to prepare low-income and traditionally underserved students to enroll and succeed in college.
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