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APPC distinguished research fellow Danielle Bassett awarded Erdős-Rényi Prize
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.
A slate of 14 dual meets and three tournaments await the University of Pennsylvania wrestling team on the road to the EIWA Championships and the NCAA Championships as the 2018-19 schedule was announced.
Calm, cool, courageous: nursing and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
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.
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.
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.
Three Penn Medicine gene therapy innovators receive international award for pioneering work to treat childhood blindness
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.
How junk bond funds can be an early economic indicator
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.
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.
Wharton management professor Natalya Vinokurovah has written two recent papers on the historical development of mortgage-backed securities, finding parallels to the present day.