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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

(Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

    4 min. read

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

    Rabies resurgence in Peru highlights global threats of health inequity

    A Penn Medicine analysis shows that surveillance of dog rabies in Arequipa, Peru, is lacking in areas with lower socioeconomic status and could spell problems for infectious disease worldwide.

    Frank Otto

    2 min. read

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Four from Penn receive Kaufman Foundation grants

    Four from Penn receive Kaufman Foundation grants

    Penn researchers will receive two of four grants awarded this year by the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation in support of interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at developing novel approaches to fundamental scientific questions.

    2 min. read

    Machine learning and the social sciences
    Students work on a pop quiz on their laptops.

    Students work on a pop quiz in Daniel Gillion’s class.

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    Machine learning and the social sciences

    Daniel Gillion’s course teaches students without a coding background how to apply models to a wide range of problems across political science, economics, and sociology.

    3 min. read

    New members of American Academy of Sciences and Letters
    Alan Charles Kors (left) and Philip E. Tetlock.

    Alan Charles Kors (left) and Philip E. Tetlock, elected members of the members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.

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    New members of American Academy of Sciences and Letters

    Alan Charles Kors and Philip E. Tetlock have been invested as members of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, a nonprofit that promotes scholarship and honors achievement in the arts and sciences.

    2 min. read

    A serendipitous find leads to lifesaving discoveries
    Fluorescent imaging of glioblastoma under a microscope.

    Image: Kyosuke Shishikura

    A serendipitous find leads to lifesaving discoveries

    A Penn-led team has revealed a how hydralazine, one of the world’s oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for preeclampsia, works at the molecular level. In doing so, they made a surprising discovery—it can also halt the growth of aggressive brain tumors.

    3 min. read

    New book reveals systems that create health gaps

    New book reveals systems that create health gaps

    Antonia M. Villarruel, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Penn Nursing, has co-authored a new book, “Systems That Impact Population Health: Past and Present,” which serves as a critical examination of how foundational U.S. systems, including law, education, housing, and health care, have historically shaped, and continue to dictate health outcomes across diverse communities.

    From Penn Nursing News

    Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines
    Hannah Yamagata, Research Assistant Professor Kushol Gupta and postdoctoral fellow Marshall Padilla, holding 3D-printed models of nanoparticles in a lab.

    (From left) Doctoral student Hannah Yamagata, research assistant professor Kushol Gupta, and postdoctoral fellow Marshall Padilla holding 3D-printed models of nanoparticles.

    (Image: Bella Ciervo)

    Nanoparticle blueprints reveal path to smarter medicines

    New research involving Penn Engineering shows detailed variation in lipid nanoparticle size, shape, and internal structure, and finds that such factors correlate with how well they deliver therapeutic cargo to a particular destination.

    Ian Scheffler

    2 min. read

    ‘Meet the Authors’: A roundup of Wharton faculty in print

    ‘Meet the Authors’: A roundup of Wharton faculty in print

    The “Ripple Effect” podcast from the Wharton School highlights books from four faculty members on ”having it all” in the workplace, hybrid and remote work, “hidden markets,” and creativity and AI.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read