Paying off a student loan? Your company could match that money in your 401(k) Yahoo! Finance Paying off a student loan? Your company could match that money in your 401(k) Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School explains how younger and older workers will benefit from a new provision where employers can match student loan payments as retirement contributions.
How to give away a $500,000 comic book collection Forbes How to give away a $500,000 comic book collection Alumnus Gary Prebula and his wife, Dawn, have donated a $500,000 comic book collection to Penn Libraries.
Reconstructing heritage after war: what we learned from asking 1,600 Syrians about rebuilding Aleppo The Conversation Reconstructing heritage after war: what we learned from asking 1,600 Syrians about rebuilding Aleppo In a co-authored survey of residents of the Syrian city of Aleppo, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell identifies four key themes for the reconstruction of heritage sites after conflict.
Artificial chromosomes for disease modeling The Scientist Artificial chromosomes for disease modeling A study by Ben Black of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues used a new technique for synthesizing chromosomes to introduce panels of genes into disease models, facilitating drug testing.
Harrison White, groundbreaking (and inscrutable) sociologist, dies at 94 The New York Times Harrison White, groundbreaking (and inscrutable) sociologist, dies at 94 Randall Collins of the School of Arts & Sciences and PIK Professor Duncan J. Watts discuss the career of the late Harrison White, a theoretical physicist-turned-sociologist.
Volleyball was for girls. Now it’s booming with boys The Wall Street Journal Volleyball was for girls. Now it’s booming with boys Karen Weaver of the Graduate School of Education says that colleges began adding men’s volleyball as a tool to attract male students at a time of declining enrollment.
Hot days can raise body temperature and strain the heart Everyday Health Hot days can raise body temperature and strain the heart Sameed Khatana of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on a study of the effects of heat exposure on the heart and body temperature.
How a few days in space can disrupt a person’s biology Nature How a few days in space can disrupt a person’s biology Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine says that the frequency of commercial space flights could allow scientists to collect health data more quickly than before, and potentially from a more diverse population.
Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie Los Angeles Times Column: How a blunder by a respected medical journal is fueling an anti-vaccine lie Jeffrey S. Morris of the Perelman School of Medicine says that even with a 100% effective vaccine, there would have been high levels of morbidity and mortality from COVID-19 in 2021.
The western U.S. is sweltering under a ‘heat dome.’ What does that mean? Smithsonian Magazine The western U.S. is sweltering under a ‘heat dome.’ What does that mean? A study by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences finds that climate change favors the jet stream behavior that produces stagnant high-pressure systems and the extreme heat and drought associated with them.