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  • Dental student Samaneh Mojarrad receives Student of the Year Award

    The Journal of Clinical Orthodontics (JCO) recently announced the selection of Dr. Samaneh Mojarrad (GD’18), a Penn Dental Medicine orthodontics resident and Master of Science in Oral Biology (MSOB) candidate, as the winner of the 2018 Eugene L. Gottlieb JCO Student of the Year Award. Dr. Mojarrad was chosen over 21 other students from schools around the United States in a two-stage competition judged by members of the JCO editorial board.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Dental Medicine →

  • Why monarchies rule when it comes to standard of living

    A Wharton management professional finds that despite individual big-ticket taxpayer items like a royal wedding, the long-term effects of monarchies are good for economies. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Lowering drug prices: will the cost outweigh the cure?

    Experts at Wharton and Drexel analyze whether lowered prescription drug costs will be damaging to future drug research and manufacturing, and what is more important in the short and long-term for patients. 

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • APPC and iCivics team up on game to teach media literacy

    The Annenberg Public Policy Center has partnered with iCivics, the education nonprofit founded by Sandra Day O’Connor, to create a free online game that teaches students and adults to recognize “fake news.”

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →

  • Making progress on the Pavilion

    The history and progress of Penn's largest building project, the Pavilion hospital, already serving as a site for quality healthcare for its construction crew.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Penn IUR launches new public finance website

    A new resource launched by the Penn Institute for Urban Research aggregates news, data, and analyses by expert researchers on state and local public finance.

    FULL STORY AT Penn IUR →

  • 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 →