5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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Your boss is leaving for another job. Should you follow?
Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School shares the five questions that someone should consider before following their boss to a new position at a different company.
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Birther claims are back, and still wrong. Nikki Haley is eligible to be president
Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law says that Nikki Haley’s status as a citizen by birth makes her absolutely eligible to be president.
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College enrollment could take a big hit in 2025. Here’s why
Peter Eckel of the Graduate School of Education says that demographics is destiny when it comes to the future decline in the traditional college-age population.
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Trump warns of ‘Pandora’s box’ of perpetual presidential prosecutions if charges against him stand
Claire Finkelstein of Penn Carey Law says that someone running for the presidency would normally reassure voters that they’re following the law, not that they’re immune to the criminal process.
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Trump, Lincoln ballot comparison meme ‘doesn't hold water,’ experts say
Rogers Smith of the School of Arts & Sciences says that 10 of the 11 states that would go on to form the Confederacy did not have ballots with Abraham Lincoln’s name on them in the 1860 election. Kermit Roosevelt of Penn Carey Law explains why likening Lincoln’s situation to Donald Trump’s is a bad comparison.
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Judges in England and Wales are given cautious approval to use AI in writing legal opinions
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that individual courts and judges at the federal and local levels in the U.S. have set their own rules about artificial intelligence.
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To resist temptation, think short term
Research led by Marissa Sharif of the Wharton School found that small, regular rewards were more effective for cultivating long-term commitment to healthy behavior than large, occasional rewards.
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ChatGPT helps, and worries, business consultants, study finds
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that if you haven’t had an existential crisis about artificial intelligence then you haven’t used it very much yet.
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50 years ago, Democrats and Republicans agreed to protect endangered species
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law comments on the Endangered Species Act and how its record of accomplishment remains contested.
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Why a Fishtown nonprofit is trying to seize a family’s home
A recent report from Penn Carey Law warned that Act 135, which enables nonprofits to take control of abandoned, blighted properties and sell them, was being disproportionately used in areas that were already at high risk of displacement due to rising real estate prices.