In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Wharton's Itay Goldstein discusses his working paper, which links the business cycle to credit markets, and the use of junk bonds to predict the business cycle earlier than other indicators.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the Obama-era regulation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power industry, does away with broad carbon emissions reduction targets for the electricity industry. The proposed regulation would require only that existing coal plants become more energy efficient. The result is likely to be modest reductions in carbon emissions, at best, from the electricity sector, while the lives of some coal plants could be extended.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
As it ended the first year of its four-year National Institute of Mental Health-funded study of how behavioral economics principles might be applied to mental health services, the Penn ALACRITY project convened a two-day retreat to review its progress and focus on its ongoing challenges.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Wharton management professor Natalya Vinokurovah has written two recent papers on the historical development of mortgage-backed securities, finding parallels to the present day.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
The training instructs students on administering the current FDA-approved nasal form of naloxone to counteract the life-threatening effects in an opioid overdose.
FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →
The frontal lobe—the part of the brain that forms judgement, impulse control, empathy, and decision making—isn’t developed until the mid- to late-20’s. This helps explain why teens are moody, explosive, and more susceptible to addiction to everything from drugs, alcohol, and nicotine, to cell phones.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
This season will serve as Barger's second stint as captain for the Quakers, while Bartel, Blades and Swenson will all assume the duties for the first time.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Tommy Dennis, Nick Miller, and Sam Philippi are experienced All-Ivy players named as captains by the team for the 2018 season.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
Wharton's Kevin Volpp and Scott Halpern from the Perelman School of Medicine discuss the use of incentives in getting employees to stop smoking, to curb the soaring costs of providing health insurance for employees.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Many physicians pursue the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program that eliminates federal student loans after 10 years of service in the public sector. But the fate of the program hangs in the balance, as government officials signal a desire to end it, leaving physicians in a lingering uncertainty.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
