11/15
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Donald Trump’s election win will create a DEI reckoning that forces companies to either stand up for their policies or ‘step away’
Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School says companies that rolled back their DEI initiatives under pressure likely didn’t understand them fully and weren’t prepared to explain and defend them.
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Fed’s Powell says Trump can’t fire him
Christina Parajon Skinner of the Wharton School says that a presidential removal of the vice chair of the Federal Reserve wouldn’t necessarily be an affront to central bank independence.
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As candidate, Trump vowed to lift SALT tax deduction cap. Will he follow through for NJ?
According to the Wharton School, a proposal to double the SALT tax deduction cap from $10,000 to $20,000 would cost the U.S. government $22 billion during a 10-year period.
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Experts say mortgage rates will stay high as Trump inflation fears negate expected Fed cut
A paper co-authored by Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School finds that worsening job prospects from automation decrease long-term investments in housing and education, which causes residents to increasingly vote for candidates with populist agendas.
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Self shocks turn crystal to glass at ultralow power density: Study
A collaborative study by researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science has shed new light on amorphization, the transition from a crystalline to a glassy state at the nanoscale.
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The quiet leaders: How shy CEOs succeed
Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that introverts tend to be less threatened by others’ ideas, collecting many of them before determining a vision.
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Can honeybees and dogs detect cancer earlier than technology?
Cynthia Otto of the School of Veterinary Medicine and colleagues at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center are training dogs to recognize certain cancer odors.
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Magical thinking is common and often harmless—but it can be problematic, too
Daniel Chazin of the Perelman School of Medicine says that “magical thinking” can be damaging if a person worries about harming their child and they confuse that worry for an indication that they really want it.
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What a reelected Trump can and can’t do to sway the Fed
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that whether a president can remove the Federal Reserve chair is ambiguous because the law doesn’t explicitly provide “for cause” protection for the role.
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Elon Musk wins big by betting on Trump
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that Elon Musk might view himself as capable of “turning around the federal government.”