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  • When giving means losing: Do charitable promotions pay off?

    Wharton's Serguei Netessine discusses his research on the effectiveness of charitable promotions.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Paradoxical thinking: Changing individuals’ beliefs by agreeing with them

    Social scientists and psychologists have long attempted to develop strategies for intergroup conflicts, with limited success. A new paper from Boaz Hameiri offers a solution he calls paradoxical thinking, intended to shock the participants with its absurdity and cause them to reevaluate their beliefs.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg School for Communication →

  • Two from field hockey receive All-Region honors

    The National Field Hockey Coaches Association announced its 2018 All-Region teams, with Paige Meily and Alexa Schneck representing Penn in the Mid-Atlantic region.  

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Aminata Sy named Charles B. Rangel Fellow

    Aminata Sy has been named to the 2019 class of Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellows, which supports winners through two years of graduate school as well as entry into the Foreign Service corps.  

    FULL STORY AT Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships →

  • How a new technology can disrupt the global supply chain

    An interdisciplinary team from MIT, Wharton and Boston College has created a new blockchain-based system that has the potential to disrupt the global supply chain. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • 2018-2019 Y-Prize finalists take one technology in four different directions

    The finalists in Penn’s seventh annual Y-Prize Competition proposed a diverse slates of applications, but share the same roll-to-roll surface wrinkle printing technology, developed through a collaboration among several labs at the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 

    FULL STORY AT Wharton →

  • Abramson Cancer Center joins National Comprehensive Cancer Network

    The ACC joins top academic cancer centers from across the United States in creating the most frequently updated cancer care guidelines worldwide. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Taxpayers hate to lose: How psychology can help increase collection

    In “Addressing Personal-Income-Tax Manipulation with Tools from Psychology,” Alex Rees-Jones, a Wharton professor of operations, information and decisions, advocates for the government to use psychological tools to maximize tax collection by tapping into what he called a taxpayer’s “gain/loss framing.”

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • University of Pennsylvania Health System announces launch of Penn Medicine London

     The initiative provides a path for UK and European Union patients to access Penn’s experts and care through referrals and telemedicine, as well as opportunities for collaboration with UK medical schools.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Wrestling takes third In team race at Keystone Classic

    Penn had placewinners in eight of the 10 weight classes, finishing with 108.0 total points as a team—just 1.5 points removed from second place and eight points clear of fourth place.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →