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The economic tradeoff: Career or family?
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The economic tradeoff: Career or family?

Research by Wharton’s Corinne Low examines the economic compromises women face in balancing career and family timing, and the need for more gender-equitable policies.

From Knowledge at Wharton

How do customers feel about algorithms?
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How do customers feel about algorithms?

Many managers worry that algorithms alienate customers. New research from Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni looks at how the attitudes of customers are influenced by algorithmic versus human decision-making.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women
Clockwise from top left: Ran Barzilay, Elina Visoki, Jonathan Zandberg, Rebecca Waller

Clockwise from top left: Ran Barzilay of Penn Medicine/CHOP, Elina Visoki of Penn Medicine/CHOP, Jonathan Zandberg of Wharton, and Rebecca Waller of the School of Arts & Sciences. (Images: Courtesy of Barzilay (top row); courtesy of Zandberg; Eric Sucar)

Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women

Research from the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia determined that this association exists for women of reproductive age, findings that hold potential clinical, policy, and ethical implications.

Michele W. Berger

The art and science of video game development
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(Homepage image) Students in the Digital Media Design program are interested in computer programming, mathematics, computer graphics, animation, virtual reality and interactive technologies.

The art and science of video game development

In the group UPGRADE, students take an interdisciplinary approach to game creation.

Izzy Lopez

Our 15 favorite stories from 2022
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Our 15 favorite stories from 2022

From interdisciplinary research and life-changing discoveries to a new University president and everything in between, this year at Penn has been one for the books.

Penn Today Staff

Soviet Union’s centenary
One person holds a framed image of Vladimir Lenin and another holds one of Josef Stalin as others wave red flags behind them in Moscow's Revolution Square.

Communist party supporters hold portraits of Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin as they gather during the national celebration of the “Defender of the Fatherland Day” near the Kremlin in Moscow's Revolution Square on Feb. 23, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Soviet Union’s centenary

Experts from across Penn share their thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union.

Kristen de Groot

The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition
Valery Yakubovich

Valery Yakubovich, executive director of the Mack Institute. (Image: James Blocker)

  • Q&A

    • The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition

    Y-Prize is a competition that sees Penn students working together across schools and disciplines, and directly applying what they’ve learned in classes and real life.

    Dee Patel

    What the Twitter upheaval means to Penn health services researchers
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    What the Twitter upheaval means to Penn health services researchers

    LDI senior fellows weigh in on Twitter’s current upheaval, and whether they think the situation at the social media company will impact how they disseminate research in the future.

    Hoag Levins

    Penn senior and four alumni have received Schwarzman Scholarships
    Top row, left to right: Chin Chin Choi, Aaron Guo, and Jiaqi Liu. Bottom row, left to right: Moksh Jawa and Edward Zhi En Tan.

    Top row, left to right: Chin Chin Choi, Aaron Guo, and Jiaqi Liu. Bottom row, left to right: Moksh Jawa and Edward Zhi En Tan.

    Penn senior and four alumni have received Schwarzman Scholarships

    The Scholarships fund a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.