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  • The oldest newlyweds in the world live in Philly
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    The oldest newlyweds in the world live in Philly

    Penn alumni Bernie Littman and Marjorie Fiterman recently married in Philadelphia, making them the oldest newlyweds in the world.

    Dec 10, 2024

    Does Coca-Cola’s AI ad herald a new era?
    Marketplace (NPR)

    Does Coca-Cola’s AI ad herald a new era?

    Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School says that if consumers know a creative work or product is AI-generated, their preference for such tends to be lower.

    Dec 10, 2024

    Donald Trump is reiterating his promise to overturn birthright citizenship. Can he do it?
    Politifact

    Donald Trump is reiterating his promise to overturn birthright citizenship. Can he do it?

    Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that the most Donald Trump could do to impact birthright citizenship would be signing an executive order with the expectation that opponents would sue to block its implementation, leaving the decision up to the Supreme Court.

    Dec 10, 2024

    What a new innovation index tells us about Philadelphia
    Technical.ly Philly

    What a new innovation index tells us about Philadelphia

    Penn is lauded for its research and development efforts, including the modified mRNA technique that was commercialized into a COVID vaccine and won its researchers a Nobel Prize last year.

    Dec 10, 2024

    A century-old law’s aftershocks are still felt at the Supreme Court
    The New York Times

    A century-old law’s aftershocks are still felt at the Supreme Court

    PIK Professor Karen M. Tani says that granting the Supreme Court the power to set its own agenda has caused it to gravitate toward cases that have preoccupied the conservative legal movement.

    Dec 9, 2024

    Abortion has always been more than health care
    Time

    Abortion has always been more than health care

    In an opinion essay, Ph.D. student Christen Hammock Jones in the School of Arts & Sciences says that relying solely on expertise and professional judgment primes people to think about abortion rights as a matter of medical judgment instead of equality and autonomy.

    Dec 9, 2024