Penn in the News

Paul Heaton of Penn Carey Law says that high legal caseloads are partially to blame for the continued over-incarceration of Black residents.

According to Will Diamond of the Wharton School, the biggest culprit in Silicon Valley Bank’s failure is that the Fed’s most severe stress test scenario in 2022 didn’t consider the possibility of rising interest rates.

Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that people’s initial ideas in brainstorming are generally more conventional, while creativity stems from variety.

In an Op-Ed, Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that President Biden’s veto of Republican limitations on ESG investing represents fiduciary responsibility, not “woke” or ideological politics.

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues have developed a vaccine that could provide a baseline level of protection against all 20 known flu strains.

Daniel Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on a paper co-written by the School’s William Marble which asserts that Donald Trump’s largest gains in 2016 support compared to 2012 came from whites with moderate racial resentment.

Nelson Flores of the Graduate School of Education explores the challenges faced by bilingual Latinx students in the United States.

David Skeel of Penn Carey Law says that the Silicon Valley Bank collapse is going to force a rethinking of the regulatory framework, especially the treatment of uninsured deposits.

Wharton School first-year Noah Schnapp from Scarsdale, New York, has launched TenderFix, a new delivery-only line of fried chicken with plant-based options.

Carolyn Lazard’s “Long Take,” a new immersive art installation at the Institute of Contemporary Art, explores themes of accessibility and chronic illness using an unseen dance performance.