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  • Delaying Social Security: How lump sum payments can help

    Wharton's Olivia Mitchell discusses her research on how to convince people to delay claiming Social Security benefits.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Kimberly Trout named a fellow in the American College of Nurse-Midwives

    Trout is an assistant professor of women’s health in the Department of Family and Community Health, and the track lead of the Nurse-Midwifery Graduate Program.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Nursing News →

  • Penn Medicine experts call for transparency on joint-venture dialysis clinics

    Experts in nephrology and health policy call for more transparency about joint-venture ownership of dialysis clinics to better understand what impact these arrangements may have on patient referrals and clinical outcomes. 

    FULL STORY AT Penn Medicine News →

  • Forbes' career game earns PS6 weekly honors

    For the second time this season, senior goalkeeper Scott Forbes has been named Philadelphia Soccer Six Defensive Player of the Week, following a career performance in Penn's Ivy opener at Cornell.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Athletics →

  • Surviving the storms

    During Hurricane Florence last month, Penn Vet’s Sue McDonnell, founding head of the Equine Behavior Program at New Bolton Center, and Carlo Siracusa, clinical assistant professor of behavior medicine at Ryan Hospital, discuss how animals respond to weather emergencies and what owners, caretakers, and concerned citizens can do to keep them safe.

    FULL STORY AT Penn Vet →

  • Why Elon Musk’s SEC settlement is critical for electric vehicles

    Wharton's John Paul MacDuffie and David Zaring discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission's settlement with Musk, which allows him to remain CEO of Tesla.

    FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →

  • Art history in 3-D

    Robyn Barrow, doctoral candidate in history of art who specializes in Medieval and Byzantine art, worked with the Price Lab to create a 3-D model of a post-Byzantine boxwood cross stand.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • The Sachs Program 2018/2019 grant opportunities

    Numerous grants will be awarded to fund student work, teachers, artists, curators and community engagers. 

    FULL STORY AT Sachs Program for Arts Innovation →

  • Music, ethnicity, and the legacy of war in Sri Lanka

    An intense interest in drumming led Jim Sykes, Assistant Professor of Music, to study how music connects Sri Lankan populations typically defined by ethnic difference.

    FULL STORY AT OMNIA →

  • APPC postdoc Matt Motta honored with Elsevier Atlas award

    Postdoctoral fellow Matt Motta was honored with the Elsevier Atlas award for his article “Knowing less but presuming more: Dunning-Kruger effects and the endorsement of anti-vaccine policy attitudes,” published in August 2018 in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

    FULL STORY AT Annenberg Public Policy Center →