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Ensuring an ethical path to a ‘warp speed’ vaccine

Penn scholars consider the ethical implications of the development and allocation of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Using PennOpen Pass for the early detection of COVID-19

The daily symptom tracker is a critical step in ongoing efforts to safely resume academic, research, and clinical activities across campus.

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At the intersection of the built environment, environmental health, and social justice

Junior Kingsley Song and sophomore Sage Basri worked with faculty mentor Franca Trubiano this summer to learn more about the wide-reaching impacts of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery.

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Why inclusion starts in the C-suite

Wharton’s Stephanie Creary speaks with global diversity expert Gwen Houston about why senior executives must lead inclusion efforts.

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Cell phone location used to estimate COVID-19 growth rates

Cell phone location data shows that in counties where activity declined at workplaces and increased at home, coronavirus infection rates were lower.

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The Quattrone Center: Less argument, more truth-seeking

The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is pioneering a systemic, data-driven approach to criminal justice reform. Its executive director, John Hollway, started with the idea that the law should function more like science.

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Raymond Pace Alexander: A history of righting the wrongs

The Wharton graduate of the Class of 1920 went on the become one of Philadelphia’s leading civil rights lawyers, and had a lasting impact on the city.

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Penn announces COVID-19 childcare grant

The Penn COVID-19 Childcare Grant helps faculty, staff, and postdoctoral trainees at the University who incur childcare expenses for care during the academic year.

Penn Medicine helps power international COVID-19 data consortium

An international consortium involving Penn researchers pools electronic health record data from around the world to discover clinical insights about COVID-19.

Mauro Guillén’s world is about to change

In a new book, the Wharton professor—and “globalization guy”—breaks down the key factors that will combine to radically transform the world over the next decade.

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