Penn in the News

Susan Wachter of the Wharton School forecasts a rise in housing prices between 2 and 3%, down from her previous estimate of 4.5%.

Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education says that funding cuts will likely put pressure on schools’ remaining resources, leaving them with less money for financial aid and threatening academic freedom.

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine says that wearing socks to warm up one’s feet can cause core body temperature to drop, signaling the brain to prepare for sleep.

A group of Penn scientists developed a pour-over coffee method that uses a goose neck kettle to ensure a steady, unbroken stream of liquid.

Benjamin L. Schmitt of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy in the Weitzman School of Design says it is important “to deter future attempts by Russia and China to disrupt Western critical subsea infrastructure, acts which aim to undermine democratic resilience.”

Gad Allon of the Wharton School says that some major electronics industries with lobbying power may be able to argue for exceptions to tariffs, although small makers of niche products don’t have much leverage.

Indira Gurubhagavatula of the Perelman School of Medicine says that chronic partial sleep deprivation prevents people from accurately perceiving their own level of impairment.

According to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, exempting all Social Security income from taxation could make Social Security run out of money sooner than expected.

Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School says that current uncertainty and volatility could create a good alibi for a company that wants to institute dynamic pricing.

“Any film is potentially a cult classic,” says Timothy Corrigan of the School of Arts & Sciences. “It depends to what extent it fires up or activates an audience to appropriate parts of it or all of it in terms of their own perception.”