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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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