5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Why Americans Are Going Abroad for an M.B.A.
Propelled in part by a strong U.S. dollar, more U.S. students are heading across the pond for a business degree. U.S. students are applying to elite European programs like Insead Business School in France and the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, and are making up a growing proportion of incoming M.B.A. classes at those schools.
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Public Private, Health Benefits Face Strategic Pruning
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School comments on employee health benefits.
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California Pushes Homeowners to Insure Against Earthquakes
Howard Kunreuther of the Wharton School states that mortgage bankers do not require earthquake insurance in the way they do for fire, wind and flood insurance.
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Pope Francis Memorabilia Gets Really Cheesy; Mozzarella, Anyone?
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School comment comments on marketers who hope to capitalize off the papal visit in terms of selling memorabilia.
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Why Introverts Make Great Entrepreneurs
A study by Adam Grant of the Wharton School finds that introverted leaders are an asset.
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School-Loan Reckoning: 7 Million Are in Default
Nearly 7 million Americans have gone at least a year without making a payment on their federal student loans, a high level of default that suggests a widening swath of households are unable or unwilling to pay back their school debt.
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Your Commute Could Help You Lose Weight
John MacDonald of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on studying how commuting can contribute to weight loss.
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It Pays to Give Thanks at the Office
Adam Grant of the Wharton School explains how he divides people into three categories: givers, takers and matchers.
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Court Reverses $1.54 Billion Verdict Against Marvell
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. convinced a federal appeals court to reverse most of a $1.54 billion damage award to Carnegie Mellon University in a closely watched patent case. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday affirmed that Marvell infringed the two patents at issue in the case, which cover technology related to computer disk drives. The court ruled that Marvell must pay the university at least $278.4 million, and ordered a new trial on issues that could increase that award.
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The Fields That Students Flock to During Recessions
Graduating into a recession stunts the careers of the young men and women entering the labor market. But it turns out a lot of students don’t sit back and passively accept this outcome: Many students who see a recession during their early college years switch to majors with better job prospects. According to new research from Benjamin Keys at the University of Chicago, Brian Cadena at the University of Colorado Boulder and Erica Blom at Edgeworth Economics, the shifts can be dramatic.