4/22
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Business schools are now encouraging students to use AI as they race to prepare them for a new job market
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is teaching his students to use and understand the capabilities of generative AI.
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Teacher shortages in America are holding Gen Z students like me back
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education says that qualified teachers make a difference for students by both knowing the subject and knowing how to teach the subject.
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The hidden expense that’s sucking $74 billion out of the economy
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School says that insurance companies are raising premiums because they’ve already suffered substantial losses in their homeowners business or are trying to protect against that happening in the future.
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AI is going to force millions of workers to train for new jobs. The U.S. has historically been terrible at this
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that older female workers took a lifelong hit to wages when telephone operators became automated in the late 19th century.
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Universal basic income is working—even in red states
Researchers at Penn concluded that a basic income program in Stockton, California, could have profound positive impacts on local public health.
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The marketing failure that’s going to kill us all
Jonah Berger of the Wharton School says that translating the climate crisis into an effective marketing campaign means focusing not on the abstract importance of the issue but on the concrete needs of the audience.
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U.S. debt will become unsustainable and trigger default in about 20 years, if it stays on current path
According to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, the U.S. has roughly 20 years to change course on the size of its debt before a default will become unavoidable.
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Bad news, star employees: You’re not the ones who’ll benefit the most from AI
A study co-authored by Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School found that consultants who ranked below average benefitted the most from using AI technology.
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Arm and Instacart’s splashy IPOs won’t be enough to revive a market in a slump reminiscent of the dot-com bust
David Erickson of the Wharton School says that the current IPO landscape reminds him of the landscape following the dot-com bust.
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Five things experts do before bed to get the best sleep possible
Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine says that amount and quality are the two key components of good sleep.