Penn in the News

The long-term flattening of the U.S. public investment in medical research is well-recognized. But less is known about a trickier question: Are the available dollars being spent any more efficiently?

Tobias Barrington Wolff of the Law School is quoted on historic civil rights cases relevant today.

Judd Kessler of the Wharton School comments on his study analyzing job program success.

Who do you think received more cash from Yale’s endowment last year: Yale students, or the private equity fund managers hired to invest the university’s money? It’s not even close. Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers as compensation — about $137 million in annual management fees, and another $343 million in performance fees, also known as carried interest — to manage about $8 billion, one-third of Yale’s endowment.

Diana Mutz of the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted on campaign spending.