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Building a diverse pipeline for business faculty
Since 2012, IDDEAS@Wharton has been a pathway for undergraduate students of all backgrounds to enter the world of business research.
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Tales of abuse from a ‘Dream House’
Carmen María Machado, who teaches speculative fiction as a writer in residence in the Creative Writing Program, has received extraordinary attention for her new memoir, “In the Dream House,” using multiple genres to describe an abusive relationship with her former girlfriend.
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Transcript: Side gigs for good
Life As It Was No Evidence of Disease (N.E.D.) (Written by John Boggess and William Winter) Water from wine, hunger from bread in a world filled with answers I see the light go on in your head, never seen something darker So I am here to remind you, there is no cure for human Leave your conscious behind you we’ll shine When too many tears have watered the earth There will bloom forth a glorious paradise A brave world beautiful and innocent, so alive And we’ll be avatars, wondering thru this universe Searching for life as it was
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The critical role of history after Dobbs
According to Penn Carey Law’s Serena Mayeri, the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization relies upon a flawed, results-driven historical methodology to deny fundamental freedoms.
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We the people of Penn celebrate National Constitution Day
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, Penn’s Office of Government and Community Affairs (OGCA) is offering a variety of ways for we the people of Penn to celebrate National Constitution Day, more than two centuries after the Founding Fathers first signed the document on Sept. 17, 1787.
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A 2021 Rhodes Scholar for Penn
May graduate Mackenzie Fierceton from St. Louis been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and is currently completing her master’s degree in clinical social work.
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Bookquick/“Understanding Terror Networks”
For decades, a new type of terrorism has been gathering strength. The Islamist fanatics in the global Salafi jihad (the violent, revivalist social movement of which al Qaeda is a part) target the West, but their operations slaughter people of all races and religions throughout the world. The key to defending against future attacks, says Marc Sageman, challenging the conventional wisdom about terrorism, is to understand the networks that allow these terrorists to proliferate.
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Penn Engineers’ self-healing liquid metal electrode extends life of Li-ion battery alternative
In the researchers’ new anode design, gallium repeatedly melts and solidifies, “healing” the cracks that would otherwise gradually decrease the battery’s ability to hold a charge.
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"These companies have an obligation to tell the public the truth, that these medications are risky."
—Penn cardiologist Garret FitzGerald, on his finding that drugs similar to Vioxx—recalled because of safety concerns—may pose similar risks. (New York Daily News, Oct. 11)
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Mitch Albom
If there’s a way to communicate with audiences, most likely, Mitch Albom has done it. He’s a well-known, award-winning columnist for the Detroit Free Press who began his writing career as a sports journalist. He is the author of 10 books, including “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”—the most successful U.S. hardback first novel ever—“Tuesdays With Morrie,” “For One More Day” and his latest, “Have a Little Faith.” Albom has penned the off-Broadway play version of “Morrie,” as well as two screenplays based on two of his bestselling books.