Looking back: When the Spanish flu upended universities, students paid the price
“From Upheaval to Action: What Works in Changing Higher Ed” by Scott Van Pelt of the Graduate School of Education looks at how universities were impacted by the Spanish flu in the early 20th century.
New test could detect pancreatic cancer earlier
Penn Medicine researchers have developed a blood test that could improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer, a disease frequently diagnosed at advanced stages.
Penn Engineering launches new master’s program in software systems and cybersecurity
Addressing cancer patients’ complete health with the Whole Person Care Collaborative
Perspectives and insight on Venezuela
This common natural sleep aid could be making things worse
A study led by Mathias Basner of the Perelman School of Medicine looked at the implications of listening to pink noise to help fall asleep.
Did AI take your job? Or was your employer ‘AI-washing’?
Pater Cappelli of the Wharton School says, “Companies are saying that ‘we’re anticipating that we’re going to introduce A.I. that will take over these jobs.’ But it hasn’t happened yet. So that’s one reason to be skeptical.”
Here’s how brands leverage your motivation to market their products around the new year
Patti Williams of the Wharton School says that, when we feel more hopeful about our goals, we’re more likely to invest in the tools to help us achieve them.
WHYY Semiquincentennial Projects
America at 250: A Community Conversation engages diverse Philadelphia communities at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
Why a Wharton study says stock returns aren’t random
“Investors like to believe markets are noisy but fair. Prices move. Information gets absorbed. Excess returns fade. Over time, randomness wins. A new Wharton study by Jessica Wachter that focuses on stock returns quietly dismantles that comfort.”