Meet the athlete turned advisor who's on a financial education mission
Former NFL player Brandon Copeland took financial education courses while attending Penn.
‘Not quite yet beautiful’: Republicans at odds over spending cuts after meeting Trump
According to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, proposed tax cuts by Congress account amount to $6.8 trillion in federal revenue losses if they expire after 2033.
Awe at moment golden retriever caught ‘playing dad’ to litter of kittens
Carlo Siracusa of the School of Veterinary Medicine comments on family dynamics in a litter of puppies.
A new study just unlocked one surprising key to better sleep
Mina Massaro-Giordano of the Perelman School of Medicine says that exposure to the blue light wavelength can help regulate circadian rhythm.
How Trump’s trade war could quickly spiral out of control
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School says that it’s a toss-up whether the U.S. economy stumbles into a recession this year.
If a big inheritance is your retirement plan, don't get your hopes up
According to a 2021 analysis by researchers at the Wharton School, people are most likely to inherit between the ages of 56 and 65.
China’s high-speed rail linked to boosted EV adoption
A paper from the Penn Institute for Economic Research at the School of Arts & Sciences found that China’s decade-long push for electric vehicle adoption coincided with the country’s expansion of high-speed rail.
At Penn, a whiteboard and ‘hustle’ turned a 2-6 start into a trip to the women’s Ivy tournament
The women’s basketball team earned the fourth and final seed in the upcoming Ivy tournament with leading stats from first-year Katie Collins and new “hustle plays” by coach Mike McLaughlin.
Trump’s chief economist has a blueprint to force countries to pay for tariffs without reigniting inflation, but he says the path to success is narrow
Itay Goldstein of the Wharton School says that the effects of a breakdown in trust between trading partners will become harder to control as the U.S. attempts to overhaul a global trade system developed over decades.
What happens to a ‘college town’ when the college closes? In Vermont, a wealthy liquor magnate has a vision
Anthony Sorrentino of the Office of the Executive Vice President likens the precarity facing rural college towns that have lost their college to the aftermath of a coal mine or factory closing.