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Education, Business, & Law
Scholarships place ‘world of opportunity’ within reach
Scholarships place ‘world of opportunity’ within reach
Penn’s Named Scholarship Celebration returned to Rockwell Gymnasium on Nov. 16—the first time it’s been held in person since 2019.
Addressing the challenges facing the American legal profession
Addressing the challenges facing the American legal profession
The Future of the Profession Initiative is The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s new interdisciplinary, problem-solving lab.
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Up close with an icon
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Up close with an icon
With the release of an updated edition of his classic book “Stocks for the Long Run,” the emeritus finance professor reflects on his career, the stock market, and the school he’s called home for more than four decades.
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
The $16.25 million will create a new center for educational leadership and continue the McGraw Prize.
Higher education’s role in democracy
Higher education’s role in democracy
Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.
Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers
Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers
In a new book, Peter Fader, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, shows business leaders the path toward understanding the health of their overall customer base.
Affirmative action in higher ed
Affirmative action in higher ed
Cara McClellan of the Law School’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic explains what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case over Harvard’s affirmative action policy.
From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health
From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health
Brandon Brooks retired from the NFL in January 2022. He is now at Wharton, pursuing a “major passion for increasing financial literacy in my community.”
Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color
Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color
Founded by two professors and Wharton alumni, The Tenure Project is on a mission to help more underrepresented junior business faculty receive tenure across the country.
In the News
NPR
Supreme Court hears clash between LGBTQ and business owners’ rights
Tobias Wolff of Penn Carey Law says that the First Amendment treats businesses that enter the commercial marketplace and put their talents in the service of customers very differently from street corner speakers proclaiming their own messages.
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Marketplace (NPR)
Can the Fed keep inflation under control without sacrificing jobs?
Kaleb Nygaard of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the Fed needs to prioritize its inflation fight but that a percentage point rise in unemployment might put more than one and a half million workers out of a job.
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MarketWatch
These are the top five ‘financial regrets’ of Americans over 50
A survey by Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School and colleagues evaluated the five major financial regrets of older Americans, which increase dramatically when people are encouraged to think about how long they’re likely to live.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
New Pa. standardized test scores show students haven’t rebounded since the pandemic
Jonathan Supovitz of the Graduate School of Education explains why he isn’t surprised by Pennsylvania students’ continuing low scores on standardized tests.
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The New York Times
Have the anticapitalists reached Harvard Business School?
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that Wharton’s shift towards progressive courses like Kevin Werbach’s “Responsibility in Business” is a matter of economics, not ideology.
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