Penn in the News

Lisa Murphy and Kenneth Drobatz of the School of Veterinary Medicine answer questions about how to keep pets safe during the holidays.

Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School is cited for co-authoring a study on lotteries.

Josh Eliashberg of the Wharton School talks about optimal theater scheduling.

Jonah Berger of the Wharton School comments on clickbait.

Leaders at the University of Wisconsin at Madison have come to terms with a paradigm they find a little unpalatable: the institution needs to up its non-need-based aid if it’s going to be competitive with its peers, they say. Madison offers one of the lowest levels of non-need-based aid, often referred to as merit aid, among fellow Big Ten universities. Institutions such as Ohio State University and the Universities of Iowa and Michigan offer more than twice as many nonneedy freshmen merit aid as Madison does.

Postdoctoral fellow Abigail Sewell of the School of Arts & Sciences is featured for leading a study that found that minority groups like African-Americans and Latinos are less likely than whites to believe their physicians care about them.

Mayor-elect Jim Kenney met with Temple University officials Thursday and told them they must address the worries of neighbors before he can endorse the school's plan to build a football stadium on campus. "Temple asked for this meeting to explain the benefits of building their stadium," Kenney's spokeswoman, Lauren Hitt, said in a statement Thursday night. "The mayor-elect enjoyed meeting with the university's representatives, and he appreciated them working with the city on this issue.

In a deal that would join two fast-evolving institutions, Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University on Thursday announced a preliminary agreement to merge. The deal, expected to close by the end of June, could boost Philadelphia University's profile in the competitive Northeastern U.S. market for undergraduates, giving some a straighter shot at Jefferson's medical school. Jefferson, which has announced plans to merge with two hospital systems since 2014, would see its enrollment nearly double and its academic programs expand.

Laura Perna of the Graduate School of Education says, “The gap between the haves and the have-nots is just getting bigger.”

Mitchell Orenstein of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the controversial comments of government officials in Poland.