Education, Business, & Law

Students at the registration table for the Responsible Computing Challenge.

Supporting the next generation of ethical technologists

The Responsible Computing for Just Futures Initiative, an initiative of the Responsible Computing Challenge at Penn Carey Law, has ambitious plans for the mindset with which the next generation of Penn students will engage careers at the intersection of law and technology.

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Sami Goel performing on stage with Penn Masti.

How a Wharton undergrad balances dance and business

Fourth-year Samica Goel knew she wanted to dance in college, but was drawn to the business side of the arts. She studies finance and business analytics at Wharton and is the assistant choreographer and dancer with Penn Masti, a South Asian Bollywood fusion dance team.

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A stock trader is seen monitoring a screen showing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's announcement of a half-percentage point interest rate cut

First Fed rate cuts in four years

Wharton’s Peter Conti-Brown, a financial historian focused on central banking and policy, discusses the Fed’s recent, and likely last, key decision before the presidential election.

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A college student sitting on a bench outside a university building.

‘Ripple Effect’ explores higher education

The latest installments of The Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” delves into the latest issues facing higher education, from paying athletes to AI in the classroom.

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The courtyard at City Hall in Philadelphia.

Court no-shows: A systemic issue

Penn Carey Law professor Sandy Mayson has found that failure-to-appear is a systemic phenomenon that plays a central role in criminal case processing in Philadelphia.

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In the News


Business Insider

The fight over Jerome Powell puts Elon Musk at odds with Wall Street

Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that virtually every economist and most members of Congress value the independence of the Federal Reserve.

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Fast Company

The housing market’s home insurance shock, as told by an interactive map

A paper co-authored by Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School finds that home insurance premiums have risen sharply since 2020, concentrated in disaster-prone ZIP codes and driven by elevated reinsurance costs.

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Education Week

The more students miss class, the worse teachers feel about their jobs

A study co-authored by Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education finds that teacher satisfaction steadily drops as student absenteeism increases.

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Wired

Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is waiting for Trump to keep his word—and set him free

Leeza Garber of the Wharton School says that legal questions can’t be neatly isolated from ethical and political ones.

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The Washington Post

Diversity will suffer with five-day office mandates, research suggests

A 2024 Wharton School study found that changing job openings to remote work at startups increased female applicants by 15% and minority applicants by 33%.

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