A municipal debt boom is driving public projects and tax breaks for investors The New York Times A municipal debt boom is driving public projects and tax breaks for investors Susan Wachter of the Wharton School comments on a municipal debt boom.
Radical changes could be coming to ‘psychiatry’s bible’ CNN Radical changes could be coming to ‘psychiatry’s bible’ Maria Oquendo of the Perelman School of Medicine looks at possible changes to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
This autonomous aquatic robot is smaller than a grain of salt Wired This autonomous aquatic robot is smaller than a grain of salt Mark Miskin of the School of Engineering and Applied Science comments on his and others' miniaturization of an autonomous robot 1/10,000th the size of a conventional robot.
Is Wegmans collecting shoppers’ biometric data at its Philly-area stores? The company won’t say Philadelphia Inquirer Is Wegmans collecting shoppers’ biometric data at its Philly-area stores? The company won’t say Gus Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law comments on facial-recognition surveillance of customers in stores.
Penn’s medical school received an $8 million gift to redesign the way it trains doctors Philadelphia Inquirer Penn’s medical school received an $8 million gift to redesign the way it trains doctors Funded by Perelman School of Medicine graduate Rod Wong, the project aims to create a precision learning program by integrating technology, AI, and data at a time of rapid change in medicine.
Welcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: the shift from roles to skills making your resume—and your job title—meaningless Fortune Welcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: the shift from roles to skills making your resume—and your job title—meaningless Eric Bradlow of the Wharton School says the labor market is operating in a state of structural imbalance.
Penn calls request for Jewish employees’ names unconstitutional in court filing Inside Higher Ed Penn calls request for Jewish employees’ names unconstitutional in court filing In its formal response Tuesday to EEOC's demand to disclose the names of Jewish employees without their consent, Penn argues that the request is unconstitutional and disregards the “frightening and well-documented history” of governmental cataloging of people with Jewish ancestry.
Like it or not, AI Is part of health care now Slate.com Like it or not, AI Is part of health care now Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the changing AI medical landscape.
The great crime decline is happening all across the country The Atlantic The great crime decline is happening all across the country A Penn study credits a Group Violence Reduction Strategy with reducing homicides and nonfatal shootings in Baltimore.
Why the hospital-at-home waiver matters U.S. News Why the hospital-at-home waiver matters Lee Fleisher of the Perelman School of Medicine speaks in favor of a waiver that allows hospitals to provide acute-level care in patients’ homes by temporarily waiving certain Medicare rules.