“I am confident that our University’s future is bright as we prioritize our core values of excellence, freedom of inquiry and expression, and respect,” says Penn President J. Larry Jameson. “I am deeply committed to this extraordinary institution, and it is an honor to serve as Penn’s President.”
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Penn Board of Trustees votes to appoint J. Larry Jameson President and extend his term through June 2027
Jameson has served as Interim President since December 2023. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and Dean of the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine.
The Swedish fourth-year guard discusses adjusting to the American game, playing pro ball as a teenager, attending the Eagles parade, scoring 1,000 points, and what the future holds.
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.
Banks share private information to snag debt trades, study says
A collaborative study by Christina Zhu of the Wharton School suggests that global banks are giving top clients private information to win corporate-bond trading business.
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.
Z. John Zhang of the Wharton School says that tiered pricing levels in streaming services allow people who want to pay less to still get decent access to content, subsidized by those willing to pay for premiumization.
Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lance Freeman, of the Weitzman School of Design and the School of Arts & Sciences, studies how people interact with the built environment.
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Changing neighborhoods, changing times
Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Lance Freeman of the Weitzman School of Design and School of Arts & Sciences studies how people interact with the built environment.
