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In this course, students immerse themselves in strategy and storytelling to change the world. Over the semester, lecturers in Law Benjamin Jealous and Ariel Schwartz help them to create a plan to achieve their goal.
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The panel featured professor of law William Burke-White, Perry World House Professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Philip Nichols of the Wharton School and the Russia and East European Studies program, and Victoria Kaplan, who is from Ukraine and an associate in Dechert’s global finance group.
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The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice co-facilitated a community-centered Sentinel Event Review of five critical incidents that took place during the second week of protests in Seattle following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police.
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In a recent article, Cary Coglianese, Edward B. Shils Professor of Law and professor of political science, and Penn Law graduate Alicia Lai explore governmental reliance on digital algorithms, concluding that public officials should proceed with care on a case-by-case basis when deciding whether to employ digital algorithms, such as machine learning.
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Wharton management professor Matthew Bidwell and other experts agree that while employment numbers aren’t back to pre-pandemic levels, they bode well for the economy, with a current labor market that is favorable for people with a broad range of skills, not just those with advanced degrees or technical backgrounds.
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Wharton real estate professor Joseph Gyourko says it’s too early to predict exactly how the demand for office space will decline because commercial leases generally last five to seven years. But it’s clear that when those leases finally expire, the market will not be the same.
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A recent research paper co-authored by Wharton accounting professor Christina Zhu, titled “Financial Reporting and Consumer Behavior,” notes that the footfall increase is more pronounced for firms with “extreme negative or positive earnings surprises that are more likely to garner coverage from the financial press.”
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Penn GSE, the School District of Philadelphia, and Temple University are launching a new leadership program designed to prepare School District of Philadelphia employees to become school principals and education leaders. The Pathway to Leadership Principal Preparation Program will begin with the first cohort of students in summer 2022.
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When does government debt get too big to be paid back and warrant tax increases, and under what conditions do stimulus programs work best? So far, monetary and fiscal policies have succeeded in helping economic recovery with higher consumption, investment and output, and governments will be able to service their debt, according to a recent research paper titled “Can Monetary Policy Create Fiscal Capacity?,” co-authored by finance professor Tim Landvoigt at Wharton.
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Wharton’s Hummy Song talks about how hospitals can leverage technology in their operational decision-making.
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