In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Corinne Low, a Wharton professor of business economics and public policy, says the show’s dramatic turn at finding a host to replace the late Alex Trebek has all the hallmarks of unconscious bias. That’s what happens when recruiters and hiring managers, motivated by deeply embedded social stereotypes, pick job candidates who closely resemble themselves.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Wharton doctoral candidate Linnea Gandhi discusses the impact the Philly Vax Sweepstakes—a large-scale, high-payoff vaccine regret lottery program—had on Philadelphia’s COVID-19 vaccination rates with Penn’s Center for Health Incentives & Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), which launched the program alongside Wharton’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative, the City of Philadelphia, and the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.
FULL STORY AT Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics →
Grace Hanson’s program, Caring for the Caregiver, offers mental, emotional, and spiritual support through efforts like sending care packages and meals, and engaging in prayer to caregivers at the New Testament Church of God in Southwest Philadelphia.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
Miller, a postdoctoral fellow, lecturer and the director of Justice and Belonging Initiatives at the Stuart Weitzman School of Design, joined the nine-member Philadelphia Art Commission, filling a vacancy for art and architecture faculty.
FULL STORY AT Weitzman School of Design →
Three startup companies will be the first to receive investment from the Fund for Health, a joint partnership between Penn Medicine and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative that seeks to invest in early-stage businesses striving to strengthen the social determinants of health of economically disadvantaged Philadelphians. The Fund for Health plans to invest a total of $5 million over the next three years.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
A research brief released last week by the Penn Wharton Budget Model addresses the benefits of preschool education and childcare programs by identifying the specific macroeconomic costs and benefits of those programs for the U.S. economy between now and 2051.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The 2021 cohort of the Penn LDI Summer Undergraduate Minority Research (SUMR) program was the largest in the program’s 22-year history, including 31 scholars from 20 universities.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
With a historic balance of women in the MBA Class of 2023, Wharton examines its path to this milestone and efforts to build on progress made in the classroom and the workforce.
FULL STORY AT Wharton Stories →
In honor of Constitution Day, September 17, Annenberg Classroom has released a documentary on the Second Amendment’s “right to bear arms.” The film, “Second Amendment: D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago,” is the latest in a series of award-winning films about the U.S. Constitution.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
The assistant professor in electrical and systems engineering will use the grant to conduct research on both online social networks and COVID-19 contact tracing networks.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Today →
