Finding Which Doctors Are in Obamacare Networks Is Difficult Philadelphia Inquirer Finding Which Doctors Are in Obamacare Networks Is Difficult Daniel Polsky of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School and Janet Weiner of Medicine are highlighted for studying how many doctors were in the health-insurance networks available to customers receiving health-care via the Affordable Care Act.
What Uber Can Learn From Airbnb’s Global Expansion The New York Times What Uber Can Learn From Airbnb’s Global Expansion Gerald Faulhaber of the Wharton School says, “Any government can shut you down, so you have to be willing to play the regulatory game.”
TCNJ Creating New STEM Complex Philadelphia Inquirer TCNJ Creating New STEM Complex The College of New Jersey is about to give a big boost to its science and tech facilities. New buildings for the Ewing school’s science programs — anchored by an 89,000-square-foot STEM center — will increase TCNJ’s science-related space by nearly 60 percent when construction is complete in August 2017. Altogether, the project will cost more than $75 million, the school said, with $40 million coming from the “Building Our Future Bond” approved by voters in 2012 for capital projects at colleges in the state.
Making Title IX Work Inside Higher Ed Making Title IX Work The intersection of campus police investigations and college disciplinary investigations into sexual assault is still a confusing mix at many institutions, but Susan Riseling, the chief of police and associate vice chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has a few ideas about how make the relationship work.
The American Worker Culture Clash in the Workplace Forbes The American Worker Culture Clash in the Workplace Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School describes international differences in worker satisfaction.
Penn Nabs NIH Grant to Study How Twitter Affects Heart Health Philadelphia Business Journal Penn Nabs NIH Grant to Study How Twitter Affects Heart Health David Asch and Raina Merchant of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about researching the connection between Twitter and heart health.
Dirty Money Philadelphia Inquirer Dirty Money Louis Rulli of the Law School comments on a case against the Philadelphia district attorney and Pennsylvania’s civil forfeiture law.
Rule on Financial Products Draws Criticism, Praise Inside Higher Ed Rule on Financial Products Draws Criticism, Praise Virtually every college, company, advocacy group and other party that commented on proposed new federal rules on campus financial products by last week's deadline asserted that it had students' best interests at heart.
The Chinese Mother’s American Dream Chronicle of Higher Education The Chinese Mother’s American Dream Abby Wu and her parents sat side by side on the living-room couch in their apartment. The sun had not yet risen on this chilly December morning, and they would greet one of the most consequential moments in Abby’s young life in their pajamas. Today they would find out if she had been admitted to the college of her dreams, Wellesley, in far-off Massachusetts. It was the culmination of so much: hours of studying for the SAT, draft after discarded draft of personal essays.
Egg Producers Buckle Down as Avian Flu Creeps Toward Pa. Philadelphia Inquirer Egg Producers Buckle Down as Avian Flu Creeps Toward Pa. Sherrill Davison of the School of Veterinary Medicine is quoted on the impact bird flu can have on the U.S. poultry business.