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Stentix wins the 2025 Y-Prize

The winning team of Penn Engineering’s annual award for entrepreneurial technology have created a noninvasive mechanism to adjust medical stent positioning using magnetic reconfiguration.

From the William and Phyllis Mack Institute for Innovation Management

How will the workplace change in 2025?

The Wharton School’s Peter Cappelli expects incremental changes in the workplace this year, a continuation of bigger trends that began during the pandemic.

From Knowledge at Wharton

What’s the future of cities?

Before COVID-19, major U.S. urban centers were enjoying a resurgence. Now decreased occupancy has downtown economies and municipal budgets feeling the pinch. Wharton faculty research suggests that how cities navigate the next few years could be crucial.

Janine White for Wharton Magazine



In the News


USA Today

Walmart self-checkout: How retailer’s DIY lanes don’t check out with some shoppers

Santiago Gallino of the Wharton School says that too few staffed registers in a retail operation can frustrate customers who prefer traditional checkout, while an over-reliance on self-checkout can introduce inefficiencies and revenue loss.

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NPR

What is happening to the availability of mortgage insurance in disaster areas?

Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses the availability of mortgage insurance in regions where disasters like fires and floods make insurance costly or scarce.

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CNBC

Trump’s plan to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits would help high-income households, report finds

According to a new analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits may reduce U.S. government revenues by $1.5 trillion over 10 years and increase the federal debt by 7% by 2054.

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Salon.com

Gen Z is ‘de-influencing’ on social media

According to a collaborative report by the Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center, 75% of Gen Z consumers say that sustainability is more important to them than brand name when making purchase decisions.

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Financial Times

Wharton tops 2025 FT MBA ranking despite strong European competition

The Wharton School was rated No. 1 in the FT Global 2025 rankings for its MBA program and for academic research.

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