Inside Penn

In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.

Filter Stories

Displaying 2411 - 2420 of 2519

  • Implementing CARE for Latino older adults

    Facing a growing caregiver problem, the CARE act will address the needs of vulnerable older adults in diverse communities for their benefit and their caregivers.

    FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →

  • How social networks contribute to the spread of unproven innovations

    Wharton professor Valentina Assenova discusses which innovations spread throughout social media, despite their unproven value. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Little-discussed change in Trump tax cut plan has implications for U.S. trade

    Law professor Chris Sanchirico's new paper, “The New U.S. Tax Preference for ‘Foreign-Derived Intangible Income,’” spotlights an overlooked provision to the U.S. tax code that lowers the corporate tax rate on income derived from exports and intangible business assets. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Carey Law →

  • Department of Defense grant recipient to lead study of autonomous systems and AI

    A research team led by political science professor Michael C. Horowitz will conduct social science research that is relevant to national security, focusing on human behavior and artificial intelligence. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Arts & Sciences →

  • Penn Engineering 2018 teaching awards

    Three teachers were chosen directly by their engineering students for the awards, based on excellence, dedication, and inspiration.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering →

  • Will renewed sanctions against Iran backfire on the U.S.?

    Wharton experts weigh in on the recent decision by the Trump administration to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement, and the potential risk it poses to the role the U.S. plays in the Middle East

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Depleted enzyme stores in kidney cancer may get a boost in treatment

    Anew study from the Perelman School of Medicine determined that “clear cell” renal cell carcinoma tumors are found to repress enzyme activity. Treatments that restore the depleted enzymes may expand options for kidney cancer patients. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Extraordinary contributions by extraordinary people

    Highlights of the numerous distinctions and accolades members of the Graduate School of Education were awarded with this season.

    FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →

  • Bridging studio and research, students explore Israel-Lebanon border

    Two graduate students explore the physical, political and historical borderlands between two countries in conflict, bringing landscape design concepts outside the studio and embedding them in a physical space that has naturalized war into its terrain.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Design Weekly →

  • Wharton teaching awards 2018

    A list of this year's distinguished recipients of eight teaching awards for Wharton Business School faculty.

    FULL STORY AT Almanac →