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  • Three Quakers open 2018 on NFL rosters

    Brandon Copeland, Greg Van Roten, and Justin Watson give Penn its most players on a NFL roster to start a season since the Ivy League formed in 1959.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Four policy changes that can rescue U.S. infrastructure

    Wharton's Howard Kunreuther, Jeffrey Czajkowski and Gina Tonn discuss a new issue brief from the Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative, highlighting how policy changes, like adding private insurance to fill federal funding gaps, can improve infrastructure and reduce reliance on federal aid.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Engaging implementation science, behavioral economics and mental health challenges with great alacrity

    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 →

  • Is the U.S. headed for another mortgage crisis?

    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 →

  • Learning and the teen brain: driving, SATs, and addiction

    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 →

  • Penn Dental Medicine adds training in use of intranasal naloxone to opioids education

    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 →

  • Barger, Bartel, Blades & Swenson named captains for men's soccer

    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 →

  • Football announces 2018 team captains

    Tommy Dennis, Nick Miller, and Sam Philippi are experienced All-Ivy players named as captains by the team for the 2018 season.

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  • How firms can convince employees to quit smoking

    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 →

  • Public service loan forgiveness program hangs in the balance

    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 →