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.
The University of Pennsylvania is noted as one of the schools using Gather, a metaverse technology which recreates real-life buildings and interactions in a virtual meeting space.
Larry Hamermesh and Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law speak about how Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko’s claims might affect Elon Musk’s case against Twitter.
