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Education, Business, & Law
Higher education system faces the inequities COVID-19 exposes
Higher education system faces the inequities COVID-19 exposes
With pandemic budget cuts looming, Penn GSE’s Laura Perna says policymakers should prioritize low-income college students.
Penn Law’s key role in Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund for small businesses
Penn Law’s key role in Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund for small businesses
Penn Law and Wharton MBA students put their new skills to practice to help draft the Pennsylvania 30 Day Fund, which allocates forgivable loans to small businesses impacted by the pandemic’s economic downturn.
High-impact giving during a global crisis
High-impact giving during a global crisis
Penn Today talks with Kat Rosqueta and Kelly Andrews of the Center for High Impact Philanthropy to discuss how to give when the need is great
Internet connectivity during the novel coronavirus pandemic
Internet connectivity during the novel coronavirus pandemic
A Q&A with Penn Law’s Christopher Yoo on the importance of internet connectivity at this moment, with millions of people around the world working and schooling from home.
Working from home: Navigating the pandemic’s new normal
Working from home: Navigating the pandemic’s new normal
Wharton management professor discusses her research on how people navigate the boundaries between work and home, at a time when she is living her research in real life.
Help where it’s needed: How grassroots organizations are making a difference
Help where it’s needed: How grassroots organizations are making a difference
Two Wharton MBA students launched a local branch of Off Their Plate, which provides free meals to frontline medical workers during the pandemic.
What are the economic and health effects when states reopen?
What are the economic and health effects when states reopen?
New Penn Wharton Budget Model predicts 212,000 additional deaths related to the coronavirus but the recouping of around 18 million jobs by July 15 if all states fully reopen.
PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need
PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need
Aarogya, a social-enterprise nonprofit created by three President’s Engagement Prize winners and graduating seniors, will bring affordable medicines to low-income people living in India.
A class on civility teaches how to have tough conversations
A class on civility teaches how to have tough conversations
Wharton School junior Connor Gibson knew the benefits of a tight-knit community and also knew there wasn’t much diversity there to challenge his way of thinking. He says a SNF Paideia course, Can We Talk?, was transformational
From apocalypse to supernova: How the pandemic is changing U.S. retail
From apocalypse to supernova: How the pandemic is changing U.S. retail
Experts at Wharton weigh in on the effect a global pandemic has had on the retail sector, and predict an overhaul in retail, with a new kind of industry emerging after this decline.
In the News
WAMU Radio (Washington, D.C.)
Social media usage is at an all-time high. That could mean a nightmare for democracy
Pinar Yildirim of the Wharton School spoke about the uptick in social media usage amidst the pandemic and about its impact on politics. “If you asked me two months ago, I would have had very different predictions about social media’s role on the election,” she said. “But now it’s become the primary source of information and social communication.”
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Inside Higher Ed
Education is a team sport
Peter Decherney of the School of Arts & Sciences and a Rice University colleague wrote about the role of university staff in supporting online education.
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The Washington Post
Retiring to a sunny foreign vacation spot was the American dream. Now the coronavirus is forcing some expats to come back
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School said expat retirees tend to stay abroad until their health begins decline, at which point access to U.S. medical care and family becomes a high priority. “This epidemic may hasten that return flow for people on the edge of that, who are starting to struggle with taking care of themselves,” she said.
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The Hill
Incentives for COVID recovery: A single-edged sword?
Chris William Sanchirico of the Law School wrote about Sen. Mitch McConnell’s efforts to pass legislation shielding employers from liability as businesses reopen and employees return to work.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Why many Philly students aren’t logging on for school, and what that could mean for September
Caroline Watts of the Graduate School of Education commented on the six weeks it took for the Philadelphia school district to distribute laptops to its students after Gov. Wolf ordered schools to close. “The greater the lag in the time off, the harder it is to engage students,” said Watts.
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