11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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How the Google antitrust ruling may influence tech competition
PIK Professor Herbert Hovenkamp says that the government’s monopoly case against Google was a convincing narrative.
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Time will tell if Kamala Harris made the right choice by picking Tim Walz
In an opinion essay, Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences outlines the thought process behind past picks for vice-presidential running mates.
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If you’re not getting a good night’s rest, it might be time for sleep ‘physical therapy’
According to a 2018 study from the Perelman School of Medicine, a quarter of Americans develop acute insomnia every year.
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Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel says Fed needs to make an emergency rate cut
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the Federal Reserve should make an emergency 75 basis-point cut in the federal funds rate after Friday’s disappointing jobs report.
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Want students to succeed? Give them safe homes
A 2021 Penn study showed that home repairs in low-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods led to a decrease in crime.
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This should be our response to Donald Trump’s comments that ‘you won’t have to vote anymore’
In an opinion article, Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education argues that voting should be mandatory.
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Adani unveils $212 billion succession plan as scrutiny persists
Raphael Amit of the Wharton School says that the Adani conglomerate needs clearly laid-out processes for conflict resolution and well-defined roles among its leadership.
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Why the Fed is being blamed for the historic stock-market plunge
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that the recent stock market decline is due to the Federal Reserve rather than the coming presidential election or geopolitical tensions.
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Would President Nixon survive a Watergate crisis today?
Brian Rosenwald of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses whether Richard Nixon would survive Watergate in today’s polarized politics and hot-button media environment.
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She feared schizophrenia would leave her son dead or in jail. Then, he nearly killed a man
Yvette Sheline of the Perelman School of Medicine says that genetics play a role in schizophrenia, although there’s no agreed-upon single cause.