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Economist Dirk Krueger on taxing the rich
protesters are seen from behind on a city street, one holding a hot pink sign with handlettering reading "end corporate welfare! tax the rich!

Polls show that most voters across the political spectrum support higher taxes on the very wealthy. After years of talk, will these changes now be enacted? (Image: Yuri Keegstra/Flickr)

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    • Economist Dirk Krueger on taxing the rich

    Economist Dirk Krueger shares his thoughts on current proposals to tax the very wealthy and on what needs to be considered in the discussion.

    Kristen de Groot

    Four facts about the COVID-19 boosters
    Stock image of two vials of COVID-19 vaccines. One is upright, the other laying on its side. They both say "COVID-19 vaccine, LOT: D66A443, EXP: 03.22, INJECTION ONLY"

    Four facts about the COVID-19 boosters

    The FDA and CDC endorsed boosters of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines just a month after the agencies did the same for a Pfizer/BioNTech booster. Here’s what’s known today about these shots.

    Michele W. Berger

    Two Penn alumni named inaugural Samvid Scholars
    two people standing outside

    Haley Morin (left) and Debbie Rabinovich, both 2019 Penn graduates, have been chosen for the inaugural class of 20 Samvid Scholars, selected for their academic and leadership achievements and demonstrated drive to make positive changes in society. 

    Two Penn alumni named inaugural Samvid Scholars

    Two 2019 graduates, Haley Morin and Debbie Rabinovich have been chosen for the inaugural class of 20 Samvid Scholars for their academic and leadership achievements and demonstrated drive to make positive changes in society. 

    Aaron Olson

    Models of Excellence program accepting nominations
    The LOVE statue on Penn campus

    Image: Human Resources

    Models of Excellence program accepting nominations

    Models of Excellence program accepting nominations. In addition to the traditional award categories, a special award category—Supporting Penn Through COVID-19 and Return to Campus Work—has been added.

    Dee Patel

    Mandates likely work to increase vaccine uptake
    Five rows of COVID-19 vaccine vials. The vials are angled diagonally, from bottom left to top right.

    Mandates likely work to increase vaccine uptake

    Rather than causing a backlash, vaccination requirements will succeed at getting more people inoculated, according to research from PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín and colleagues at Penn.

    Michele W. Berger , Michele W. Berger

    Colin Powell’s legacy
    Colin Powell, wearing full military garb and standing at a brown wooden podium with a microphone, gestures to his right, sweeping his arm that direction

    Colin Powell, seen here making a speech during his time as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died this week at the age of 84. (Image: Robert D. Ward)

  • Q&A

    • Colin Powell’s legacy

    Historian Mary Frances Berry and Perry World House Visiting Fellow Alice Hunt Friend share thoughts on Powell’s impact on and off the battlefield.

    Kristen de Groot

    Penn Libraries receives major gift of rare photographic plates by Edward S. Curtis
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    “Nootka Woman Wearing Cedar-Bark Blanket”(1915). Edward S. Curtis Photography Collection, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts; University of Pennsylvania Libraries. (Photo: Chris Lippa, Penn Libraries)

    Penn Libraries receives major gift of rare photographic plates by Edward S. Curtis

    The University of Pennsylvania Libraries has received a rare collection of 151 interpositive glass plates by photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952) from collector William H. Miller III. Appraised at $4.2 million, the gift to the Penn Libraries complements holdings across the University, making Penn a major center for research and work on Curtis, one of the most prolific American photographers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 
    Are teams better than individuals at getting work done?
    Four coworkers in an office around tables, wearing face masks.

    Are teams better than individuals at getting work done?

    New research by Wharton’s Duncan Watts finds that simple tasks are best accomplished by individuals, while difficult ones are more efficiently completed by a group.

    From Knowledge at Wharton