In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie discusses the GM and Chrysler $80 billion bailouts in 2009, and whether the consequences of the free market or the government should have determined the future of a failing company with 3 million of jobs at risk.
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Experts at Wharton point to evidence that the decade-long period of economic recovery is at risk: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lack the reserves to weather another crisis, a round of mortgage defaults may be looming, and regulatory oversight have weakened under the Trump administration.
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A new partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship will allow Fellows to receive a stipend, training and mentoring in a three-year program, supported by the William Penn Foundation and the Weiss Family Foundation, to prepare and support STEM teachers working in high-needs urban and rural schools.
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The University of Pennsylvania sprint football team welcomed back alums from years past to the annual alumni game on Saturday to kick off its 2018 season.
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Despina Kontos, an associate professor of radiology, and Lewis A. Chodosh, chair of Cancer Biology and associate director of the Abramson Cancer Center, have received a five-year, $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop tailored treatment options for breast cancer patients.
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A new study from Penn Nursing, published in the journal Autism, shows that children with autism spectrum disorder have the highest frequency of rapid weight gain during the first six months of life, which may put them at increased risk for childhood obesity.
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While fad approaches to mental health definitely have a way of resurfacing, these tactics, while research continues to be done to evaluate their effectiveness, are still a little lacking when compared to other methods.
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Penn Museum Director Julian Siggers talks about how the institution uses digital tools and strategies to showcase its treasures, bringing in more foot traffic and a new generation of museum-goers.
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The assistant professor of chemistry has been awarded the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators grant. The five-year, $1.6 million grant supports Tomson’s research on electrostatic effects in model compounds of metalloenzyme active sites.
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Wharton's Mauro Guillen discusess the Trump administration's efforts to renegotiate NAFTA, facing resistance from Canada while solidifying an agreement with Mexico.
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