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Talking to kids about coronavirus
Talking to kids about coronavirus
Kids are going to have questions and fears about the COVID-19 virus. Caroline Watts, a practicing child therapist and Penn GSE’s Director of School and Community Engagement, shares how parents can address them.
Containing the coronavirus: What’s the risk to the global economy?
Containing the coronavirus: What’s the risk to the global economy?
On Feb. 24, stock indices tumbled, spooked by reports that the coronavirus outbreak which emerged in China is spreading to countries including Italy, Iran and South Korea.
Why don’t women promote themselves?
Why don’t women promote themselves?
Wharton’s Judd Kessler co-authored a study, “The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion,” which measured confidence and self-promotion among women about their performance at work.
Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers
Learning civil discourse and open-mindedness from high schoolers
In the city’s first regional Ethics Bowl, facilitated by Penn philosopher Karen Detlefsen and Graduate School of Education doctoral student Dustin Webster, six local teams competed for a chance at Nationals.
Erika H. James named dean of Penn’s Wharton School
Erika H. James named dean of Penn’s Wharton School
The dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University will begin her new position as dean of the Wharton School effective July 1.
Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Karen Tani named a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor
Karen Tani has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 24th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, effective July 1. The announcement was made today by President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett.
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Penn Law’s Beth Simmons on improving the UN Human Rights Treaty
Self-reporting contributes to human rights improvements, says Simmons in a paper she co-authored on recommendations to inform the review of the UN Human Rights Treaty.
The McGraw Prize partners with Penn GSE to celebrate education changemakers
The McGraw Prize partners with Penn GSE to celebrate education changemakers
Since 1988, the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education has honored innovators who are transforming teaching and learning. Penn GSE is now the new home of the prize, partnering with the McGraw family.
The state of the auto industry in the 2020s
The state of the auto industry in the 2020s
The Wharton School’s Professor of Management John Paul MacDuffie names current trends in the auto industry and where it’s headed in the future.
Putting Black history lessons into action
Putting Black history lessons into action
Five GSE doctoral students and participants in Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action share the Black history they wish they learned in school.
In the News
Reuters
Delivery drivers face pandemic without sick pay, insurance, sanitizer
Matthew Bidwell of the Wharton School spoke about the pandemic-related changes to working conditions for contract employees. “It’s very sad because three weeks ago we were in a historically tight labor market,” he said. “It was forcing employers for the first time in a long time to offer more perks and more benefits. They no longer have that pressure.”
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The Washington Post
The GAO told the government in 2015 to develop a plan to protect the aviation system against an outbreak. It never happened
Howard Kunreuther of the Wharton School said good leadership is critical in preparing government agencies for catastrophic events. “You cannot deal with this at the level of just saying let each agency operate,” he said. “You need to have some way to bring them together and to indicate that this is a problem, which cannot be solved by one agency alone. That is something that leadership is going to have to suggest—‘This is the way to do it’—and we don’t have that right now.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Will coronavirus close your college for good?
Robert Zemsky of the Graduate School of Education spoke about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the financial health of higher education.
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The New York Times
Businesses face a new coronavirus threat: Shrinking access to credit
Krista Schwarz of the Wharton School spoke about how businesses are coping with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Everyone is just trying to get by day to day at the moment,” she said. “Right now is not the time to grow the company—it’s the time to stay solvent.”
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The New York Times
A conservative agenda unleashed on the federal courts
Stephen Burbank of the Law School spoke about trend by recent presidents to draw the federal judiciary into policy debates. “The problem as I see it is not that judges differ ideologically—of course they do—nor is it that a Republican president would look for someone with congenial ideological preferences,” he said. “It’s that in recent decades the search has been for hard-wired ideologues because they’re reliable policy agents.”
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