What happens if you are denied entry to the US
Fernando Chang-Muy of Penn Carey Law outlines reasons that can be used to deny entry to the U.S.
Tariff whiplash triggers surge in fear-based shopping across U.S.
Wendy De La Rosa of the Wharton School says that national levels of whiplash relating to tariffs and their effect on domestic industries are making consumers nervous.
Krasner versus…Trump?
Paul H. Robinson of Penn Carey Law and law student Jeffrey Seaman write about an effect of essentially decriminalizing gun possession.
Pa. museum archaeologists discover ancient tomb
Researchers from the Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during a turbulent period about 3,600 years ago, with remarks from Josef Wegner of the School of Arts & Sciences.
Trump is set on tariffing chips. It’s not so simple
Morris Cohen of the Wharton School explains how tariffs on semiconductor chips will affect the price of finished products.
Social psychology is not in crisis
In a co-written letter, PIK Professor Dolores Albarracin comments on a recent essay portraying social psychology as experiencing catastrophic failure.
Lena Blackburne’s legendary baseball rubbing mud has been a game-day staple for nearly a century, helping Major League pitchers achieve a better grip. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have scientifically confirmed its friction-enhancing properties, revealing its significance not just in baseball, but also in the broader field of materials science.
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Baseball’s ‘magic mud’
Christina Roberto is a Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics affiliate and the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Associate Professor of Health Policy in the Perelman School of Medicine.
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Christina Roberto on food labeling and system-level changes for public health
(Clockwise from bottom left) M. Susan Lindee, Marlyse Baptista, Jinbo Chen, George Cotsarelis, and Christopher B. Murray were elected 2024 AAAS Fellows.
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Five from Penn elected 2024 AAAS Fellows
Archaeologists find huge tomb of unknown pharaoh in Egypt
Josef Wegner of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum led a team of American archaeologists working with Egyptian researchers to unearth the tomb of an unknown pharaoh at an Egyptian necropolis in ancient Abydos.