In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A Wharton professor reveals his analysis of federal funding for a universal income, and grant programs to incentivize infrastructure upgrades, predicting the outcomes of public policy proposals.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that online retailers must collect sales taxes even in states where they have no physical presence. Several experts analyze the decision and what it means for online shopping.
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The sudden appearance of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and other cryptocurrencies has triggered a wave of interest in privately issued monies.
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With the rollback of certain Dodd-Frank finance regulations, Wharton finance professor Chaojun Wang examines how concentrated finance markets create too-big-to-fail banks.
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A new study in the journal Science found that methane emissions from the U.S. natural gas sector are about 60 percent higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's original estimate.
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Ralph W. Muller, the CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), will step down in late June of 2019, after a 17-year tenure that helped establish Penn Medicine as one of the top medical centers in the country.
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Wharton finance professor Robert Inman makes a compelling argument for why government officials need to make infrastructure a priority.
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The Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety is utilizing prolonged exposure therapy for anxiety disorders and trauma that sexual abuse survivors experience, linking PTSD with sexual trauma, not just war trauma.
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As mobile ads become the dominant advertising medium, the General Data Protection Regulation recently went into effect, giving consumers more control over how companies handle their personal data.
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Under head coach Colleen Fink, the women's field hockey team will face a 17-game season against competitive non-conference and Ivy League teams.
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