Researcher at Penn Looks at Healthy Changes Through a Political Lens Researcher at Penn Looks at Healthy Changes Through a Political Lens Politicians’ race-conscious speeches have broad, and sometimes unexpected, consequences, according to a new book from Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn Study: People More Likely to Defer Making Decisions the Longer They Wait Penn Study: People More Likely to Defer Making Decisions the Longer They Wait Would you rather eat an apple or a banana? Read Moby Dick or A Tale of Two Cities? Is a cup or a mug holding that coffee? How quickly the decision gets made matters. That’s because the longer someone takes to draw a conclusion, the more likely that person will disengage from the process altogether and simply never decide.
Two University of Pennsylvania Students Win Critical Language Scholarships Two University of Pennsylvania Students Win Critical Language Scholarships Two students from the University of Pennsylvania, Daniel Blackey and William Dossett, have been awarded Critical Language Scholarships. They are among approximately 560 U.S. undergraduate and graduate student CLS scholarship recipients this year.
Penn Wharton China Center Partners With Philadelphia Orchestra on 2016 Asia Tour Penn Wharton China Center Partners With Philadelphia Orchestra on 2016 Asia Tour The University of Pennsylvania's Penn Wharton China Center is partnering with The Philadelphia Orchestra on its 2016 Tour of Asia & China Residency May 19 – June 5.
Penn Researchers: Colleges and Universities Are Crucial to Their Communities Penn Researchers: Colleges and Universities Are Crucial to Their Communities The University of Pennsylvania’s commitment to civic engagement is a model example that’s now being shared with higher education leaders around the world.
Penn Study Finds Well Being Necessary Part of Public Policy Agenda Penn Study Finds Well Being Necessary Part of Public Policy Agenda “Well being can and should drive public policy, from the most local to the most international levels.”
Penn Rising Senior Works to Prevent Substance Abuse Through Leadership Training Penn Rising Senior Works to Prevent Substance Abuse Through Leadership Training When University of Pennsylvania rising senior Theodore Caputi says he wants to become a health economist, his mentor and former Penn professor Thomas McLellan has no doubt Caputi will succeed.
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice to Host Public Forum to End Homelessness May 19 Penn School of Social Policy & Practice to Host Public Forum to End Homelessness May 19 WHO: John L.
Two From Penn Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellows Two From Penn Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellows Natalie Au and Rachel Townzen of the University of Pennsylvania have received International Student Reporting Fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in partnership with Penn’s Middle East Center and South Asia Center.
Penn Global Seminar Readings and Study Abroad Transport Students to Paris Penn Global Seminar Readings and Study Abroad Transport Students to Paris (In the second of a two part series on the University of Pennsylvania’s inaugural Penn Global Seminars, two professors share how they crossed schools and disciplines to co-teach a course with an embedded short study-abroad trip to Paris.)