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Can artificial intelligence help answer HR’s toughest questions?
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Can artificial intelligence help answer HR’s toughest questions?

Wharton's Peter Cappelli and Prasanna Tambe discuss the challenges companies face when they outsource their Human Resources departments to AI, allowing algorithms to remedy imperfect human decision-making for hiring, firing, scheduling, and promoting.

Penn Today Staff

What’s new for open enrollment 2019-20
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What’s new for open enrollment 2019-20

April 22 through May 3 marks the benefits open enrollment period for the 2019-20 plan year, which will begin July 1. With this period, of course, comes important considerations that every eligible Penn employee will want to pay attention to. 
How companies are redefining gender at work
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How companies are redefining gender at work

As more Americans identify as transgender, workplaces lack precedent for policies and accommodations, but are coming around to setting new norms.

Penn Today Staff

What’s new, and what’s not, in the reported birth of the CRISPR babies
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What’s new, and what’s not, in the reported birth of the CRISPR babies

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Kiran Musunuru said that the birth of gene-edited babies does not constitute a scientific advancement because “there was nothing preventing previous researchers who edited human embryos from doing the same, except their own ethics and morals.”

Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded
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Be in the know about your health, and be rewarded

From Human Resources’ 2018-19 “Be in the Know” campaign to details about diabetes, cancer, and other screenings recommended by a Penn Med expert, a breakdown of ways to make healthy living achievable.
Solution Center targets Penn community’s common HR questions
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Solution Center targets Penn community’s common HR questions

As part of a significant change in how the Division of Human Resources operates, the Human Capital Management Transformation Initiative will soon introduce a new third-party workday management platform, titled Workday@Penn.