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4/26
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
Penn In the News
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School is cited for publishing a paper showing that greened lots increased the values of adjacent homes.
Penn In the News
Jill Fisch of the Law School says, “Current sales practices create powerful incentives for brokers to act in ways that are not in their customers’ best interest.”
Penn In the News
Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School says, “Millenials saw their parents devote their lives to those kinds of total-immersion manager jobs, only to be ejected in the financial crisis.”
Penn In the News
Susan Margulies of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discusses sports-induced brain trauma, particularly its effect on children.
Penn In the News
Shu Yang of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is highlighted for leading researchers in creating a color-changing material that can signal traumatic brain injuries.
Penn In the News
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School shares his thoughts on how the ruling in favor of Tom Brady affects the business aspect of the NFL.
Penn In the News
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School talks about the strength of the U.S. housing market and its role in the nation’s economic recovery.
Penn In the News
Matthew Bidwell of the Wharton School comments on women who are less likely to apply for senior banking positions because of the lack of gender diversity at that level.
Penn In the News
Stanford, Oxford and Georgetown universities have won praise for promising to purge their endowments of direct investments in coal, embracing the fight against climate change. One detail gets lost in the celebration: the colleges have few, if any, such investments to sell in the first place. Almost three dozen colleges have announced fossil-fuel divestment pledges over the last three years, and their actions tend to have less substance than advertised.
Penn In the News
Joseph Turow of the Annenberg School for Communication talks about the loss of privacy in the digital age.