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Education, Business, & Law
Teaching beyond September 11
Teaching beyond September 11
Penn GSE’s Ameena Ghaffar-Kucher says the lessons of 9/11 offer a chance for students to examine how the event has shaped much of the last two decades, in America and around the world.
What will give electric cars a boost in the U.S.?
What will give electric cars a boost in the U.S.?
Wharton’s John Paul MacDuffie discusses President Biden’s executive order to dramatically increase electric car sales by 2030.
Texas abortion ban
Texas abortion ban
Penn Law’s Serena Mayeri on what the law means and what’s next for Texas and the nation.
Understanding the pandemic classroom
Understanding the pandemic classroom
Penn professors join the “Understand This ...” podcast to talk about the fall 2021 return to the classroom, reflecting on what students and educators have experienced during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, while examining lessons from remote learning.
HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress
HIPAA at 25 remains a work in progress
Anita Allen argues that while HIPAA has delivered meaningful benefits to consumers, it still needs updating to address new and emerging privacy challenges.
Long-term COVID and the ADA
Long-term COVID and the ADA
Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
What the U.S. economy will look like after the pandemic
It has been a long pandemic, from which the country is still emerging, but the U.S. economy is working its way back.
More than a third of Congressional members held significant health care assets
More than a third of Congressional members held significant health care assets
Due to their role in shaping health care policy, lawmakers should divest from assets while in office, Penn Medicine researchers recommend.
Is deflection a good business tactic?
Is deflection a good business tactic?
Wharton’s Maurice Schweitzer is the co-author of the first study to examine the costs and benefits of answering a question with a question.
COVID-19, protests, and crime
COVID-19, protests, and crime
During a summer internship with the Law School’s David Abrams, rising sophomores Caroline Li and David Feng looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic and last summer’s racial justice protests affected America’s crime rate.
In the News
The Washington Post
Why having too much free time can be as bad for you as having too little
Research led by Marissa Sharif of the Wharton School found that, when it comes to leisure time, there’s a point of diminishing return. “A moderate amount of discretionary time leads people to be better off or happier compared to having a large amount of free time,” she said. “And that’s because with a large amount of free time, people feel this lacking sense of productivity and purpose.”
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NBC News
‘A heavy price’: Two decades of war, wariness and the post-9/11 security state
Claire Finkelstein of the Law School spoke about the legal aftermath of 9/11. “The expansive view we've taken of war powers, which we view as necessary in the aftermath of 9/11, has crept into the non-war powers,” she said. “The same trends have been passed from one administration to another, and it almost doesn't matter which one you look at. It's all the same.”
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The New York Times
Fed officials’ trading draws outcry and fuels calls for accountability
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School spoke about the Federal Reserve’s decades-old ethics standards. “What we have now is an ethics system built on a very narrow conception of what a central bank is and should be,” he said.
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NBC News
Covid long-haulers face new challenges as they head to college. Universities are listening
Jasmine Harris of the Law School said college students with lingering effects from COVID-19 may need disability accommodations. “If we do not address reasonable modifications and disability in higher ed, we risk students dropping out of programs, voluntarily or involuntarily, which means we lose the talent and skills of a growing population of young long-haulers,” she said.
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The Wall Street Journal
Boeing board to face 737 MAX lawsuit
Elizabeth Pollman of the Law School weighed in on a shareholder lawsuit brought against Boeing’s board after two plane crashes. Pollman said other corporate boardrooms will take note of the lawsuit’s outcome: “They read these opinions for guidance.”
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