The importance and power of undergraduate research
Many students come to Penn with the idea of doing research but don’t know what that actually means. Ann Vernon-Grey of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships helps them find their way.
Can this team-based staffing model reduce teacher turnover?
A collaborative study by Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and colleagues found promising outcomes for teacher retention with an Arizona staffing model that allows several teachers to work together across multiple learning spaces within a school.
A 90s’ obsession among India’s middle class fueled America’s tech boom via the H-1B visa
Britta Glennon of the Wharton School says that India has built its economy around services and software engineering, skill types that the U.S. economy tends not to have.
Temperatures reach dangerous highs as ‘heat domes’ hit U.S. and Europe
Research by Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues found that the amplification of waves in the jet stream had led to a dramatic increase in atmospheric events, driving heatwaves, wildfires, and floods.
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that a persistent climate imprint will have a serious, long-term effect on house prices and other asset values.
Pa.-based doctors, nurses and physical therapists will soon be able to work in dozens of other states with ease
Matthew McHugh of the School of Nursing says that joining a multistate health compact will benefit Pennsylvania nurses by attracting more people to the field and increasing job opportunities, particularly in the virtual medical landscape.
