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Toward a better understanding of ‘fake news’
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PIK professor Duncan Watts has published a new framework for studying media bias and misinformation, detailing an ambitious and comprehensive research agenda for understanding the origins, nature, and prevalence of misinformation and its impact on democracy

Toward a better understanding of ‘fake news’

PIK Professor Duncan Watts publishes a framework for developing a comprehensive research agenda to study the origins, nature, and consequences of misinformation on democracy.

Why making public colleges tuition free won’t close the enrollment gap
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Why making public colleges tuition free won’t close the enrollment gap

Wharton doctoral student in finance Mehran Ebrahimian argues that the inadequacy of college preparedness among low-income students is a bigger obstacle than financing tuition costs.

From Knowledge at Wharton

COVID-19 and women in the workforce
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Homepage image: During Women’s History Month, researchers across the University examine what we know today about how COVID-19 has affected women in the workforce, from education to STEMM fields.

COVID-19 and women in the workforce

Experts across Penn explain how the pandemic has exacerbated gender inequality and challenged female career advancement in the STEMM fields, education, and business.

Michele W. Berger , Kristina Linnea García , Dee Patel , Louisa Shepard

Keeping workers safe: What do the numbers say?
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Keeping workers safe: What do the numbers say?

Wharton’s Hummy Song discusses research on the impact of business closures on COVID-19 infection rates.

From Knowledge at Wharton

A conversation on the media, truth telling, and social equity
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A conversation on the media, truth telling, and social equity

For the Office of Social Equity & Community’s inaugural event, a group of panelists—including several renowned experts in the media industry—gathered virtually to discuss the past, present, and future of journalism in the U.S.

Lauren Hertzler

What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin?
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    • What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin?

    What’s all the buzz about Bitcoin? Mauro Guillén, a professor of international management at the Wharton School answers the questions surrounding the sudden interest.

    Dee Patel