In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
To commemorate the centennial of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, the the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing is organizing a campaign, Calm Cool, and Courageous, to highlight the work and experiences of nurses during the pandemic.
FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →
Head coach Mike Murphy has announced his recruiting class for the upcoming season, with thirteen young men are on campus joining the men's lacrosse program as freshmen.
FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →
The prize, awarded by the Network Science Society, honors the work of a scientist under the age of 40 for achievements in the field of network science.
FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →
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 →
Jean Bennett, Samuel G. Jacobson, and Albert M. Maguire received the 2018 António Champalimaud Vision Award for their revolutionary work leading to the first successful gene therapy to cure an inherited cause of childhood blindness.
FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →
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 →
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 →
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 →
