In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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Wharton professor Valentina Assenova discusses which innovations spread throughout social media, despite their unproven value.
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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.
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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.
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Three teachers were chosen directly by their engineering students for the awards, based on excellence, dedication, and inspiration.
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