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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
How data science can make Hollywood more diverse
How data science can make Hollywood more diverse
Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar launched Jumpcut, a startup to help Hollywood create more inclusive content by relying on data to show industry leaders that audiences are hungry for a wider range of representation.
How middle managers can help make a more equitable workplace
How middle managers can help make a more equitable workplace
A new report from Wharton shows how companies can make a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace with the help of middle managers, who ultimately shape the environment and daily experiences of employees.
Penn Professional Staff Assembly talks with Wharton Dean Erika James
Penn Professional Staff Assembly talks with Wharton Dean Erika James
In a candid conversation, James opened up about her career, the pandemic, and workplace diversity.
Anti-trans legislation: ‘Game pieces in the culture wars’
Anti-trans legislation: ‘Game pieces in the culture wars’
With 117 bills proposed across 33 U.S. states, 2021 is a record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation.
Hettie Simmons Love: The story of a Wharton pioneer
Hettie Simmons Love: The story of a Wharton pioneer
A new book and a visit with Dean Erika James honor Wharton's first African-American MBA graduate.
How businesses have begun to recognize Juneteenth
How businesses have begun to recognize Juneteenth
This Saturday marks Juneteenth, the oldest known holiday honoring the end of slavery in the U.S. Wharton professor Matthew Bidwell looks at how businesses are recognizing the holiday.
Honing cultural humility skills can improve health care as a whole
Honing cultural humility skills can improve health care as a whole
At Penn Medicine, medical personnel are adopting cultural humility as an ongoing process of developing a set of skills to approach any individual from any culture at any time.
Black in Marine Science is building a community
Black in Marine Science is building a community
Postdoc Camille Gaynus of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues formed a nonprofit dedicated to lifting up Black voices in marine science and inspiring a new generation to follow their curiosity about the ocean.
The relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion and the workplace
The relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion and the workplace
A new study out of Wharton—“Improving Workplace Culture Through Evidence-Based Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practices”—examines the relationship between diversity, equity and inclusion practices and a variety of workplace outcomes.
A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration
A fair housing law proposal to promote racial and economic integration
A research brief co-authored by Provost Wendell Pritchett proposes the use of fair housing law to work toward the end of segregation, and emphasize that the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing provision of the Fair Housing Act extends to all federal agencies.
In the News
Philadelphia Tribune
Fueling the next epidemic of HIV in Philadelphia: the boomerang effect of curtailing syringe exchange services for people who inject drugs
Florence Momplaisir of the Leonard Davis Institute and Perelman School of Medicine and Perelman’s Ronald Collman write that the recent Philadelphia city budget removing funding for syringe exchange will harm the city’s population.
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Marketplace (NPR)
The success of women’s college basketball is more than just Caitlin Clark
Kenneth Shropshire of the Wharton School says that women’s college basketball needs to cultivate more superstars and superstar matchups like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese to keep investors bought in and fans engaged.
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CNN
Supreme Court is under pressure to step into the debate over transgender rights
Tobias Barrington Wolff of Penn Carey Law says that appeals against punitive state bans concerning transgender rights make a strong case for Supreme Court intervention.
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The Washington Post
The growing battle over corporate diversity practices, explained
Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School says that corporate efforts to enhance diversity have faced significant pushback since their onset in the wake of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Huffington Post
Every hospital system needs an LGBTQ health director
Kevin Kline has been appointed medical director for LGBTQ health at Penn Medicine.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn Medicine appoints first medical director of LGBTQ health
Kevin Kline speaks about his appointment as Penn Medicine’s first medical director of LGBTQ health and his concerns about politicization of care.
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