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A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that the 2020 election conspiracy theory has too many strands sustaining it to be brought down by the destruction of one thread.
Penn In the News
The Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates that the Education Department’s income-driven student-loan repayment plan would cost about $350 billion within a decade.
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Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences says that democratic processes and judicial decisions can be used to limit the power of the people, restructuring governments and institutions to make them less representative.
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A report from the Wharton School found that the three major elections technology vendors served more than 90 percent of eligible voters in the country as of 2016.
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Adam Grant of the Wharton School is working with Open to Debate, a New York-based nonprofit, to find new data points to measure “how debate opens minds.”
Penn In the News
According to Americus Reed of the Wharton School, companies recognize that a brand partnership could cause them to lose some customers but wager that it’s worth attracting new and potentially more loyal customers.
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Aaron J. Chalfin of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the theft of millions of dimes at a Walmart parking lot in Philadelphia was probably committed by people who knew that the money would be there.
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In an Op-Ed, Adam Grant of the Wharton School says that apologizing for slow email replies is a symptom of unrealistic demands in an “always-on” culture.
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A 2022 survey by the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies at the School of Arts & Sciences found that an overwhelming majority of Americans of all political persuasions believe that there should be abortion exceptions for rape and incest.
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Fariha Khan of the School of Arts & Sciences says that many people no longer have time to prepare meals from scratch for Eid, especially if they’re working outside the home.