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Robert Roberson will be executed because it’s legal to execute innocent people in the U.S.

A report from Penn Carey Law’s Quattrone Center found that only six of Pennsylvania’s 66 counties have the necessary staffing to meet their caseload demands for public defenders.

Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners

According to research co-authored by Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School, home prices from 2001 to 2020 fell most where people were most worried about climate change.

Philly high schoolers created an app to help classmates understand student loans and plan how to pay for college

David Musto of the Wharton School and colleagues have guided West Philadelphia high schoolers to develop an online tool that weighs the financial risks of a college education against the potential rewards.

Person scratching an itch on their right arm.

Scratching beneath the surface of itchy skin

Researchers from Penn Vet provide insights into how a species of worms found a way around the mammalian urge to scratch an itch.

Five steps firms should take to see ROI from AI, according to Accenture

Research from Paul Nary of the Wharton School finds that shareholders of publicly held firms fare better on average when divestitures are sold to corporate buyers rather than private equity firms.

Illustration of different types of political campaign activity.

How the U.S. presidential campaigns are targeting digital ads by zip code

Andrew Arenge of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies has created dashboards showing geotargeted issues and spending amounts looking at the Harris and Trump campaigns.

Hurricane Milton tests the revamped plumbing of the insurance market

A study co-authored by professors at the Wharton School estimates that the recent “reinsurance shock” added $375 to premiums for homeowners’ policies in the top 10% of ZIP codes by disaster risk.

More money tends to make you happier—even if you’re already rich, Ivy League researcher finds

A paper by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School finds that correlation between paycheck and happiness holds extremely true across a vast range of incomes.

What kind of president would Kamala Harris be?

Modeling by the Wharton School predicts that Donald Trump’s campaign proposals would increase the deficit five times as much as Kamala Harris’s would.

An integral T cell pathway helps regulate female gene expression

Penn Vet researchers have revealed a connection between NF-κB signaling pathways and X chromosome inactivation, which has implications for understanding sex-based immune responses during infection.

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