5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Supreme Court Denies Appeal on Student-Loan Erasure
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal that sought to make it easier to erase student loans in bankruptcy, sidestepping an issue that has become a focal point for consumer advocates and lawmakers as millions of borrowers fall behind on their payments.
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Season’s Greetings Mean Corporate Stress
Deborah Small of the Wharton School talks about how consumers view brands as “friends and expect companies to share their values.”
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Random Attacks Not Tied to Terrorism Challenge Law Enforcement
Witold Rybczynski of the School of Design talks about the purpose of bollards and protecting pedestrians from vehicles driving on the sidewalk.
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My Sorry Social Security Return
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School shares his commentary on the Social Security system.
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Kiva Sets New Rules for U.S. Borrowers to Get Crowdfunded Loans
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School comments on entrepreneurs who have a sense of obligation to the people who support them financially through crowdfunding.
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Bankruptcy Academics Oppose Possible Bond Law Changes
David Skeel of the Law School is included in a group of bankruptcy scholars who have come out against possible changes to a Depression-era law.
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Now Prices Can Change From Minute to Minute
Peter Fader of the Wharton School comments on dynamic pricing.
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The Folly of Targeting Big Pharma
Michael Mandel of the Wharton School authored an op-ed arguing that the biggest driver of rising health-care spending is the cost of labor, not drugs.
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Researchers Observe Effects of Art on the Brain
Anjan Chatterjee of the Perelman School of Medicine is quoted on how brain damage affects working artists.
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Stanford’s Business School Tells M.B.A.s to Wait on Startups
Stanford University encourages its students to think big and hatch ideas for new companies. But those who plan to start their own ventures are hearing a new message from the school: Wait. Worried that student founders have become so absorbed in their fledgling companies that they are missing out on course work and campus life, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business is asking M.B.A.