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Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings
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Why stock valuation hinges more on returns than future earnings

Growth stocks don’t generate the long-term returns that would justify their high multiples, according to the 2023 Jacobs Levy Center’s “Best Paper” co-authored by the Wharton School’s Sean Myers.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton
Cora ingrum and Donna Hampton stand beside portraits in their likeness.

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Engineering changemakers: Honoring Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton

Sharing a legacy of leadership and decades of service in Penn Engineering’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cora Ingrum and Donna Hampton had a transformative impact on academic life at the school.
A suit of armor for cancer-fighting cells
3d render of T cells attacking cancer cells

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapy has delivered promising results, transforming the fight against various forms of cancer, but for many, the therapy comes with severe and potentially lethal side effects. Now, a research team led by Michael Mitchell of the School of Engineering and Applied Science has found a solution that could help CAR T therapies reach their full potential while minimizing severe side effects.

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A suit of armor for cancer-fighting cells

New research from the University of Pennsylvania offers a safer path for CAR T cell immunotherapy.
The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care
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The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care

A study co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Jacqueline Nikpour and J. Margo Brooks Carthon finds nurses in primary care face burnout and poor work environments, especially in low-income clinics.

From Penn LDI

People and Places at Penn: College Houses
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People and Places at Penn: College Houses

College Houses model lifelong learning and provide a home away from home. Three house directors discuss their distinctive roles.

Kristina García

Biophysics summer school in Crete
Photograph of Cretian landscape overlooking a body of water.

This summer, Eleni Katifori and Arnold Mathijssen of the School of Arts & Sciences organized a weeklong summer program in Crete where students from Penn and other institutions could network about topics and ideas in active biophysics research.

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Biophysics summer school in Crete

Eleni Katifori and Arnold Mathijssen spent a week in Crete, introducing students from Penn and other institutes to various topics and ideas in active biophysics research.
Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House
Michael Weisberg at a podium in Penn’s Perry World House.

Michael Weisberg is the Bess W. Heyman President’s Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy in the School of Arts and Sciences.

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Michael Weisberg appointed interim director of Perry World House

Weisberg has served as Senior Faculty Fellow, Global Climate Policy Lead, and director of Post-Graduate Programs at Perry World House since 2020.
On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership
Dan Loney and Liz Magill seated with microphones.

Dan Loney and Penn President Liz Magill sit down for a conversation about leadership for Wharton Business Daily.

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On Wharton Business Daily, President Magill talks leadership

In her debut on the popular Wharton School radio show, President Liz Magill discusses her leadership style, lessons learned from leading during a pandemic, and her optimism for the future.
Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’
Book cover for The American Poet Laureate at left, Amy Paeth at right.

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Amy Paeth on the ‘poetry industrial complex’

In her new book, the lecturer in critical writing in the School of Arts & Sciences uses the history of the U.S. poet laureate as a window into how the arts, government, industry, and private donors interact and shape culture.

Susan Ahlborn