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Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years
Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years
The 1973 Penn vs. Brown football game at Franklin Field was the first in Ivy League history to feature two African American starting quarterbacks.
2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn
2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn
The Fellows come from the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.
Understanding the brain via a molecular map
Understanding the brain via a molecular map
PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.
Stevens Center unveils app made for teens, by teens
Stevens Center unveils app made for teens, by teens
For over a year, 35 high school students who are interns at the Center developed an app that helps college-bound adolescents calculate the cost of higher education.
An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin
An inauspicious arrival for the ambitious Benjamin Franklin
Penn’s founder arrived in Philadelphia on Oct. 6 300 years ago as a nearly penniless 17-year-old looking for a job as a printer.
Wharton’s Latinx community
Wharton’s Latinx community
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Wharton Latino president Leah Mizrachi and board member Ariana Bedoya Mansilla share their favorite experiences and opportunities with the organization.
‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work
‘Ripple Effect’ explores hybrid work
The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” delves into the nature and practice of hybrid work via faculty research, and presents it as knowledge employees can use.
From the classroom to the international stage
From the classroom to the international stage
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, Penn students perform a play they learned in class.
Is ChatGPT a better entrepreneur than most?
Is ChatGPT a better entrepreneur than most?
In a new experiment, Wharton’s Christian Terwiesch finds out if ChatGPT can outperform MBA students in coming up with new products.
Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings
Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings
Growth stocks don’t generate the long-term returns that would justify their high multiples, according to the 2023 Jacobs Levy Center’s “Best Paper” co-authored by the Wharton School’s Sean Myers.
In the News
BBC
Boycotts aren’t the only way to hold companies accountable
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that calls to boycott companies are complicated by the sister brands and different platforms of large corporations.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Should you be friends with your coworkers?, update from the polls, jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford
Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School explains how to manage the upsides and downsides of workplace friendships.
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Technical.ly Philly
Philly high schoolers develop easy app to help predict the true cost of college
Finiverse, a project run out of the Wharton School’s Stevens Center, helps high school students assess what a college education might mean for their financial situation.
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CNN
Why Corporate America is keeping quiet on abortion
In a Q&A, Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School discusses the changing winds of corporate activism and the dilemma business leaders find themselves in with abortion.
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CNN
Here’s what would happen to the US economy if there are no rate cuts this year
Itay Goldstein of the Wharton School says stock market prices still reflect the expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut rates later this year, even with the recent selloff.
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