This year’s Women in STEM Symposium featured (left to right) Allyson Mackey of the School of Arts & Sciences, Melissa Kelly of Penn Center for Innovation, Ping Wang of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Vanessa Chan of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Modeling careers in STEM
At Penn’s annual Women in STEM Symposium, Vanessa Chan, Allyson Mackey, Ping Wang, and Melissa Kelly shared lessons from their experiences.
After months of anticipation and careful review of more than 72,000 applications, today we had the privilege of extending an official Quaker welcome to our newest Regular Decision admits!
Trump’s latest auto tariffs explained: What car buyers should know this year
A 25% tax on imported cars “adds to the uncertainty facing all automakers as the industry’s supply chain is inherently global,” says John Paul MacDuffie of the Wharton School.
Scott Moore of the School of Art & Sciences says that intensifying climate change places stress on food systems, worsens existing tensions within countries, and exacerbates the scale of extremist or terrorist threats.
More higher-skilled immigrants means stronger economic growth, study finds
A report by Kent Smetters of the Wharton School finds faster economic growth, less federal debt, and higher wages for all income groups if more visas are allocated to college-educated immigrants and those working in STEM-related fields.
Americans worried about housing market under Donald Trump: poll
Susan Wachter of the Wharton School says that housing markets have historically led the way out of recessions, as interest rates typically fall in response to expansionary monetary policy and house prices fall as a result of a decline in aggregate demand.
Penn archaeologists help uncover 3,600-year-old tomb of Egyptian pharaoh
Josef Wegner of the School of Arts & Sciences and Penn Museum says that a recently discovered pharaoh’s tomb represents a new window to understanding the origins of the Abydos Dynasty.
Weitzman student and alum designate Penn’s oldest property to Philadelphia Historic Register
The building that houses Penn’s Greenfield Intercultural Center has been listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, thanks to a nomination authored by Ke-An Chiang, a graduate student at Penn’s Weitzman School. Built circa 1845, the Reed-Hubley Residence, a 3-story villa at 3708-12 Chestnut Street, is believed to be the oldest building owned by Penn, outside of Hospital properties, which served several families as a suburban villa before being acquired by the University in 1982.
