Penn in the News

Research from Paul Nary of the Wharton School finds that shareholders of publicly held firms fare better on average when divestitures are sold to corporate buyers rather than private equity firms.

Ben Struhl of the School of Arts & Sciences says it’s difficult to study whether there is a direct correlation between improving homicide clearance rates and decreased gun violence, though such a link would make sense.

Billy Fleming of the Weitzman School of Design explains why the idea of a “climate refuge” is an escapist fantasy fueled by the real estate industry.

Ioana Marinescu of the School of Social Policy & Practice says that increasing the minimum wage has not been shown to have any net effect on the overall employment rate.

The Penn football team defeated Bucknell on Saturday to mark Ray Priore’s 50th victory as the program’s coach.

Daniel Soffer of the Perelman School of Medicine says that there was no concerning data in Kamala Harris’ released medical report.

At a Philadelphia panel on Project 2025, PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts said that Black women would have even greater numbers of unwanted pregnancies without access to legal contraceptives.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that every Celsius degree of warming increases maximum winds in the strongest storm by about 12%, equating to a 40% increase in wind damage.

Rahul Kapoor of the Wharton School says that digital transformation is about evaluating how a technology modality can be integrated into existing technologies and processes to find new sources of value.

A paper by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School finds that correlation between paycheck and happiness holds extremely true across a vast range of incomes.