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Left, Brandon Brooks kisses a Super Bowl trophy in his Eagles uniform, at right, Brooks in a suit.

From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health

Brandon Brooks retired from the NFL in January 2022. He is now at Wharton, pursuing a “major passion for increasing financial literacy in my community.”

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Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color

Founded by two professors and Wharton alumni, The Tenure Project is on a mission to help more underrepresented junior business faculty receive tenure across the country.

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The language of loneliness and depression, revealed in social media

By analyzing Facebook posts, Penn researchers found that words associated with depression are often tied to emotions, whereas those associated with loneliness are linked to cognition.

The high cost of being a sports fan

Adi Wyner of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative explains the impact of sports on finances.

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Why presidential influence over monetary policy should be checked

Wharton’s Christina Parajon Skinner says that over time, Congress has granted significant power to the president to influence monetary policy, which could erode the Federal Reserve’s autonomy and weaken the fight against inflation.

Penn honors eight distinguished alumni with Awards of Merit and The Creative Spirit Award

In addition to the alumni awards, Laura W. Perna of the Graduate School of Education will accept the Faculty Award of Merit.

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Projects for Progress, two years in

An Oct. 17 event celebrated six teams of Penn students, faculty, and staff working to promote equity and inclusion in Philadelphia by addressing health care, education, and systemic racism as part of the Projects for Progress.

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The future leaders of the business world

Wharton Global Youth Program is the first business school to engage pre-college students worldwide with online, on-campus, and on-site programs.

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Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show

The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying.

Do vaccine lotteries work?

Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares the lessons learned from last year’s Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a Penn-funded project designed to evaluate ways of increasing COVID-19 vaccinations in the city.

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