Penn in the News

Mark Pauly of the Wharton School has concerns about Walmart’s health care business model, stating that he doesn’t see much money in primary care.

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that companies should convince employees to share how they’re using AI to increase their personal productivity rather than banning the tech and forcing them to hide it.

Research by Stefano Puntoni of the Wharton School and colleagues suggests that consumers prefer products and services that rely on human labor in many cases, as opposed to robots or AI.

Penn will begin construction next year on the Student Performing Arts Center, which will include a 300-seat theater with a fly tower and orchestra pit, a 125-seat theater for rehearsals and practices, five rehearsal studios, back-of-the-house support spaces, and a loading dock.

Eric Schelter of the School of Arts & Sciences cautions that the economics of rare earth production are challenging and have worked against U.S. industry in the past.

The Center for Guaranteed Income Research at the School of Social Policy & Practice is collaborating on a guaranteed income pilot program in Los Angeles County.

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why the Republican Party’s official stance became the rejection of environmental science during the George W. Bush years.

Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design says that crashes in Philadelphia stop-and-go traffic often result in fender-benders rather than deaths.

In an Op-Ed, Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law questions whether the true heroes of the American story were the Revolutionary patriots or the Civil War-era Americans who fought for individual liberty.

Neysun Mahboubi of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the resumption of people-to-people exchange is important in Sino-U.S. relations.