Shelley Welton of Penn Carey Law and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy says that continued reliance on fossil fuels will create a worsening cycle of threats to the electricity grid.

Brian Berkey of the Wharton School examines the ethics and practical effects of hiring a workforce from distant locations.

In a Q&A, Henry Kranzler of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses his group’s recent research into how alcohol use ages and shrinks the brain.

William Whitaker of the Weitzman School of Design comments on the scale, origins, and effects of Society Hill’s Bingham Court development.

PIK Professor and Vice Provost for Penn Global Ezekiel Emanuel says Fauci and the role he is leaving require someone able to translate science for the public and policy makers.

The Character Lab, co-founded by Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences, is cited for its resources on the positive power of gratitude.

Courtney Boen of the School of Arts & Sciences says that debt contributes to higher stress levels and worse health, and that Black and Hispanic Americans carry more of it.

Kent Smetters of the Penn Wharton Budget Model says that student debt relief’s effect on inflation would only be about a tenth of a percent.