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Wharton School
How consumers and retailers can reduce returns
How consumers and retailers can reduce returns
Wharton’s Gad Allon looks at how both retailers and consumers alike can improve the reverse supply chain and increase awareness of the toll that a massive rate of returns takes.
Penn-led nonprofit helps students with career advancement
Penn-led nonprofit helps students with career advancement
A Wharton senior talks to Penn Today about how a nonprofit virtual platform, HowToStudent, is dedicated to helping students advance in their education and career regardless of their economic background.
Making time off a time for side gigs for good
Making time off a time for side gigs for good
Penn Today profiles four faculty and staff members who use their time and talents to help others.
Preparing, and paying for, climate change-induced disasters
Preparing, and paying for, climate change-induced disasters
In the wake of a series of unusual and devastating December tornadoes, Carolyn Kousky of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center tells Penn Today about strategies for resilience and recovery.
Hospitalizations for eating disorder increased during pandemic
Hospitalizations for eating disorder increased during pandemic
Researchers can’t yet pinpoint definitive reasons, though they surmise it was a combination of factors, including stress, an outsized focus on weight gain and personal appearance, and maybe even symptoms of COVID-19 itself.
Post-COVID retail trends: omnichannel, the metaverse, and creativity in marketing
Post-COVID retail trends: omnichannel, the metaverse, and creativity in marketing
Since the pandemic’s onset, retailers’ reactions to government regulations limiting capacity and consumer demands for equity and authenticity have been finessed into smarter, more flexible responses, says marketing professor Barbara E. Kahn.
Penn announces results of Class of 2026 Early Decision Program
Penn announces results of Class of 2026 Early Decision Program
Of the 7,795 applicants to The Early Decision Program, 1218 students from 42 states and 60 countries will be entering the Class of 2026.
How immigrant employees boost performance
How immigrant employees boost performance
Wharton’s Britta Glennon discusses how employing skilled immigrants can give organizations a competitive edge.
Five years in, Lauder’s Africa Program advances global leaders
Five years in, Lauder’s Africa Program advances global leaders
In 2016, the Lauder Institute’s Africa Program was created as a first-of-its-kind management program to ground global business dealings in an African focus.
Parental praise associated with longer toddler toothbrushing, a barometer of persistence
Parental praise associated with longer toddler toothbrushing, a barometer of persistence
Using a first-of-its-kind video-based study, Penn and Yale developmental psychologists found that how parents talk to their 3-year-old during toothbrushing matters to the child’s behavior.
In the News
Scientific American
Grumpy voters want better stories. Not statistics
In a Q&A, PIK Professor Duncan Watts says that U.S. voters ignored Democratic policy in favor of Republican storytelling.
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The New York Times
How Kennedy could make it harder for you and your family to get vaccinated
In a co-written opinion essay, PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel explains how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies in the Trump administration could discourage the use and research of vaccines.
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Business Insider
The hidden risk factor investors may be missing in stocks, bonds, and options
A study by Nikolai Roussanov of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that stocks, bonds, and options strategies could have more correlated risk than is evident on the surface.
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The Wall Street Journal
How AI could help bring down the cost of college
Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School explains how AI could bring down prices for more complex and expensive services like higher education.
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The Independent
How the stock market could be last guardrails to corral Trump’s wildest whims
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that Donald Trump measured his success in his first term by the performance of the stock market.
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