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Wharton podcast series tackles taxation
A person’s hands filling out a tax form in pen.

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Wharton podcast series tackles taxation

The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” explores the intricate intersections of psychology, economics, and policy of taxation.

From Knowledge at Wharton

3 min. read

Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research
A map of the US showing the impact of federal health research cuts

Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (SCIMaP).

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Data-driven map shows local economic impact of cuts to federal funding for health research

A new interactive map co-developed by researchers at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication shows that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide.

From Annenberg School for Communication

2 min. read

People select feedback to flatter others, except when they dislike them

People select feedback to flatter others, except when they dislike them

New research by Penn’s Social Action Lab research associate Xi Shen and PIK Professor Dolores Albarracín finds that people generally want to make other people feel good about themselves—unless they dislike that person.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

2 min. read

Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Sarah J. Jackson awarded fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study

Jackson, an associate professor at Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication will begin a one-year fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s foremost centers for intellectual inquiry. Jackson studies the ways media, journalism, and technology represent and are used by marginalized publics. Her research focuses on how communication arising from Black, feminist, and activist spaces contributes to U.S. progress.

Exploring the history of making choices, small and large
Sophia Rosenfeld leans against a bookshelf smiling.

Sophia Rosenfeld’s new book traces the history of the idea of choice. She likes to work on ideas that are “ubiquitous,” or so prevalent in society that we rarely talk about or even notice them.

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Exploring the history of making choices, small and large

In a new book, Sophia Rosenfeld of the Department of History chronicles the past and present of an elusive idea—choice—and what it has meant and still means for people and society.

4 min. read

Scientists unlock frogs’ antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs
A tree frog in Thailand.

The researchers theorized that frogs must have developed antibiotics to survive in their challenging environment.

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Scientists unlock frogs’ antibacterial secrets to combat superbugs

The lab of César de la Fuente has created synthetic peptides, a class of antibiotics, derived from the secretions of a frog commonly found in South Asia.

Ian Scheffler

2 min. read

Absent students lead to low teacher morale

Absent students lead to low teacher morale

Findings from the Graduate School for Education underscore the fact that the effects of absenteeism are cumulative, with each missed day contributing to classroom ‘chaos.’

Penn Today Staff

AI Month at Penn
Buildings on Penn's campus and a banner that reads 'Penn Engineering.'

Penn Engineering will host the second annual AI Month from April 1 to May 1.


 

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AI Month at Penn

The School of Engineering and Applied Science is hosting 2025 AI Month at Penn, a monthlong series of events throughout April dedicated to the theme “AI and Human Well-Being.”

4 min. read

How to prevent student loan delinquency

How to prevent student loan delinquency

Wharton’s Katy Milkman and Robert Kuan find that simple, inexpensive “nudges” can help prevent delinquencies among student loan borrowers.