‘We Need to Take a Look at the Data’: How 2 President Grad Students Upended a Blockbuster Study Chronicle of Higher Education ‘We Need to Take a Look at the Data’: How 2 President Grad Students Upended a Blockbuster Study This week David Broockman received his doctoral degree. He also helped persuade one of the most respected political scientists in the country to ask a prestigious academic journal to retract one of its most buzzed-about studies from last year.
Video: ISIS Sells Relics on Black Market to Fund Attacks CNN Video: ISIS Sells Relics on Black Market to Fund Attacks Katharyn Hanson of the Museum’s Penn Cultural Heritage Center talks about ISIS’ threat to the ancient city of Palmyra and ways to protect its ruins.
New Luxury Rental Projects Add to Rent Squeeze The Wall Street Journal New Luxury Rental Projects Add to Rent Squeeze Susan Wachter of the Wharton School is quoted about the influx of luxury rental housing and how that impacts rental choices for middle-class and young workers.
Hundreds Saved From Boko Haram Now in Military Custody Associated Press Hundreds Saved From Boko Haram Now in Military Custody Penn’s 259th Commencement address by Ambassador Samantha Power is cited.
Letterman Helped Woman Grieve After Her Mother’s Death Philadelphia Inquirer Letterman Helped Woman Grieve After Her Mother’s Death Jamie-Lee Josselyn of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, shares how the “Late Show with David Letterman” helped her cope with the death of her mother at a young age.
It’s Bad Business Not to Donate to Nepal The Washington Post It’s Bad Business Not to Donate to Nepal Michael Useem of the Wharton School and doctoral student Luis Ballesteros write about businesses donating to Nepalese earthquake survivors.
Severe Mental Illness Found to Drop in Young, Defying Perceptions The New York Times Severe Mental Illness Found to Drop in Young, Defying Perceptions Steven Marcus of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Social Policy & Practice is cited for a collaborative study about mental illness in children.
How Jettisoning Pricey Money Managers Might Ease City Pension Headaches NextCity.org How Jettisoning Pricey Money Managers Might Ease City Pension Headaches Donald Keim of the Wharton School is quoted about co-authoring a paper titled, “Passive Investors, Not Passive Owners.”
As They Slice NSF’s Budget, House Republicans Seek to Expose Research Misconduct Chronicle of Higher Education As They Slice NSF’s Budget, House Republicans Seek to Expose Research Misconduct Among many controversial provisions in a bill to set policy for the National Science Foundation, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has proposed that the NSF start publicly naming any scientists it finds guilty of research misconduct. The so-called Competes Act reauthorization, which faces a floor vote on Wednesday, is getting generally panned by university researchers and their advocates.
A Wharton Professor Explains the Secret to Living the Life You Want Business Insider A Wharton Professor Explains the Secret to Living the Life You Want Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School is featured for his research on work/life balance.