In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Professor Chris Callison-Burch is creating ways to streamline crowd-sourced manual labor commissioned by Amazon to benefit workers.
FULL STORY AT Penn Engineering Blog →
With the passage of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, smaller community banks will enjoy less oversight on consolidation with other banks, but may end up being less responsive to the communities they serve.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
A study co-authored by a Penn medical ethics and health policy professor found that children of mothers with DACA status are more likely to receive critical social services, showing a positive effect overall for favorable immigration policies.
FULL STORY AT Leonard Davis Institute →
Marketing professors discuss the paper “Are Atypical Songs More Popular?”, which reports on a study using natural language processing to analyze the lyrics of hundreds of songs in order to determine whether the lyrics affect a song's popularity.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
Wharton professor Deborah Small examines effective altruism versus maximizing the value of individuals’ charitable dollars, and how choosing charities may be more of an emotional rather than rational selection.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
By asking students their pronouns starting at a young age, educators can make room for students who may be exploring their gender identity, and show everyone that gender identity should not be assumed.
FULL STORY AT Graduate School of Education →
A report out of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy examines the downturn in coal demand, and what economic strategies can help distressed workers and communities.
FULL STORY AT Kleinman Center →
An arguably sham election prompts a political scientist at Penn to discuss the country's current crisis, and whether a regime change is the solution.
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Two Wharton papers consider the less-beaten path of forming a partnership between two companies rather than a merger and acquisition may create a more valuable partnership of “network synergy” rather than separate internal synergies.
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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.
FULL STORY AT Knowledge at Wharton →
