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A high school cheerleader’s free speech and the First Amendment
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A high school cheerleader’s free speech and the First Amendment

A Pennsylvania high school cheerleader’s profanity-laced rant is now the foundation of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on free speech. Sigal Ben-Porath shares her arguments in her amicus brief to the court, and her predictions on the court’s decision.  
For Juneteenth, a conversation with Ibram X. Kendi
James on left and Kendi on right during virtual BlueJeans lecture

For Juneteenth, a conversation with Ibram X. Kendi

The award-winning author, professor, and antiracist activist joined Wharton Dean Erika James for a virtual lecture for the Penn community to commemorate the day.

Lauren Hertzler

Hettie Simmons Love: The story of a Wharton pioneer
Hettie Simmons Love sits on a large ornate chair with daughter Karen Love standing to her left and Wharton Dean Erika James at her right in front of the Brick House statue.

Hettie Simmons Love (center) and daughter Karen Love (left) met with Wharton Dean Erika James at the Brick House statue on campus in May 2021. (Image: Sandrien B Photography)

Hettie Simmons Love: The story of a Wharton pioneer

A new book and a visit with Dean Erika James honor Wharton's first African-American MBA graduate.

From Wharton Magazine

The SCOTUS decision that keeps the Affordable Care Act intact
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Image: LaDawna Howard

The SCOTUS decision that keeps the Affordable Care Act intact

Penn Law professor Allison Hoffman, an expert on health care law and policy, explains the ruling on California v. Texas, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.

Sex, taboo, and family conversation
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Simran Chand’s double award-winning senior honors thesis explores familial sexual education among second-generation South Asian American students. (Image: @rhsupplies via Unsplash)

Sex, taboo, and family conversation

Simran Chand's thesis, “Familial Sexual Education for South Asian American Undergraduates and its Implications on Sexual Wellbeing,” used qualitative and quantitative analysis to determine the experiences of parental sexual communications among second-generation South Asian American Penn students.

Kristina García

HUP’s p-tube system keeps services up and running
A series of pneumatic tubes.

HUP’s p-tube system keeps services up and running

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s pneumatic tube system delivers nearly 4,000 specimens, blood and blood products, and other urgently needed supplies and medications to stations throughout the campus each day.

From Penn Medicine News