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Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America
Dorothy Roberts and the cover of her new book “The Mixed Marriage Project”

Dorothy E. Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Africana Studies, Law, and Sociology & Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights.

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Dorothy Roberts’ memoir on interracial families in America

Roberts’ new memoir, “The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family” is an exploration of race, identity, and family in America.

From Penn Carey Law

2 min. read

Can classroom cell phone bans boost grades?

Can classroom cell phone bans boost grades?

New research from Alp Sungu, assistant professor of operations, information, and decisions at Wharton, shows that collecting phones during college classes raises grades and creates calmer classrooms.

The best way to onboard a manager

The best way to onboard a manager

New research from Wharton management professor Henning Piezunka reveals a common mistake that businesses make when hiring a new manager into an established leadership team.

Who gets replaced by AI and why?

Who gets replaced by AI and why?

New research from Wharton marketing professor Pinar Yildirim reveals how AI can impact employee motivation when implemented in the wrong part of a team’s workflow.

When employees feel slighted, they work less

When employees feel slighted, they work less

New research from Wharton management professor Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.

From Knowledge at Wharton

2 min. read

Using law to support innovation

Using law to support innovation

From protecting artists to supporting emerging technologies, second- and third-year students working in Penn Carey Law’s Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic provide free legal work to individuals and nonprofit and for-profit ventures in science, technology, business, and the arts.

From Penn Carey Law

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Can reminders help you save more money?

Can reminders help you save more money?

Wharton’s Katy Milkman has led a megastudy on 2 million U.S. bank customers, showing that regular reminders to save encouraged people to put money aside.

From Knowledge at Wharton

1 min. read

Is there an AI bubble and what happens if it bursts?
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange looking at monitors.

Wall Street rides an AI-fueled rally that has pushed major indices to new highs that’s driven largely by a handful of dominant tech firms. As enthusiasm around artificial intelligence reshapes markets and concentrates risk, questions are mounting about whether the surge reflects durable growth or the familiar shape of a speculative bubble. Wharton finance crises expert Itay Goldstein explains how bubbles form, why they can be so dangerous, and what today’s AI boom shares—and does not—with past market madness like the one described in “The Big Short.”
 

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Is there an AI bubble and what happens if it bursts?

Wharton’s Itay Goldstein discusses financial bubbles, the mechanics of betting against them, and the risks facing the AI boom.

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Using data to drive criminal justice reform

Using data to drive criminal justice reform

Tricia Rojo Bushnell leads an interdisciplinary, data-driven research and policy hub focused on improving the criminal justice system.

Fostering a culture of service

Fostering a culture of service

The Toll Public Interest Center stewards Penn Carey Law’s pro bono legacy and houses many of the School’s foundational public interest programs and scholarships.