Penn in the News

Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School says that many people, including scientists, are curious about money’s relationship to happiness.

Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School says that retailers frequently reduce employee head count because of immediate payroll savings, but they don’t necessarily know what damage that does to the top line.

Tom Daniels of the Weitzman School of Design says that Lancaster County has the most preserved farmland of all U.S. counties.

James Serpell of the School of Veterinary Medicine discusses the ethics of caring for a pet and pet relationships.

Penn has acquired a collection including scrolls and scroll fragments, manuscript leaves and manuscript fragments, complete and partial books, birth records from a Yemenite family and tefillin.

The Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, and the Media will convene with PBS, WHYY, community leaders, science communicators, journalists, and leading scientists at an upcoming Philadelphia panel to discuss the value of storytelling to educate about climate change.

Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine.

Penn partnered with Philadelphia Parks and Recreation in 2013 to make the Benjamin Franklin Parkway more vibrant, accessible, and welcoming to pedestrians and tourists.

Holly Elser of the Perelman School of Medicine says that preventive measures are key to limiting the risk of concussions.

Andrew Arenge of the School of Arts & Sciences says that higher social media impressions can be a key factor for bringing in waves of cash for political campaigns.