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Education, Business, & Law
GovLabPHL embeds academic research into city government
As a part of the Philadelphia Behavioral Science Initiative, Penn faculty members connect with the City of Philadelphia to use innovative research data to inform more effective programs and policies.
The right prescription: Penn Medicine and Wharton launch executive health care leadership program
The two schools are joining forces to launch an executive health care leadership program, Leadership in a New Era of Health Care, for senior-level leaders in health care and academic medicine.
Can changing our diets save the planet?
Brian Berkey and Karen Glanz discuss how dietary changes could impact the overall health of the planet, following the United Nations’ recent report on climate change.
Wharton School receives $25 million gift from Nicolai Tangen and AKO Foundation
The gift, from the Wharton alumnus of the Class of '92, will establish a new Tangen Hall and an international student scholarship fund.
Lauder Institute building expansion and renovation dedicated
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett joined alumni Ronald S. Lauder and Leonard A. Lauder to dedicate the renovation of the building that houses the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of International Studies and Management, which the two brothers founded 35 years ago.
Among top math students, why does a gender gap persist?
Wharton’s Ashley Swanson discusses her research on the gender gap among high-achieving math students.
As market concentration goes up, employees’ wages go down
Labor economist Ioana Marinescu discusses her research, which she presented to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Educational leaders examine the ‘University of the Future’
“Beyond the Walls: The University of the Future” brought scholars, administrators, and technology experts together to discuss the future of higher education and the disruption of the traditional “brick and mortar” college campus.
Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment
During an appearance at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday, attorney and professor Anita Hill spoke in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts.
Wharton receives $50 million gift from Marc J. Rowan and Carolyn Rowan
The largest single gift the school has ever received, it will support the Penn Wharton Budget Model, and help recruit distinguished professors and appoint Rowan Fellows for five-year terms.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Trump-friendly Newsmax bundled into Comcast’s Xfinity service
The Annenberg School for Communication’s Victor Pickard discussed conservative news channel Newsmax and its recent deal with Comcast. If Comcast is “feeling the heat from the right, it will make sense to appease some of those critics,” said Pickard.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
The man in charge of Pa.’s commutation system says it’s broken. Can it be fixed?
Kathleen Brown of the School of Nursing spoke about her frustrations with the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, which has ignored evidence of rehabilitation, instead examining the original crime itself. “That’s not what it’s supposed to be,” she said. “They’re supposed to be evaluating people as they are now.”
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Inside Higher Ed
Against endorsing the Chicago principles
The Graduate School of Education’s Sigal Ben-Porath wrote about the Chicago principles, which many institutions use as a guide to handling free-speech issues, and its shortcomings. The principles “rely on a legalistic and formal framework that purports to offer a response to a set of problems that has little use for such blunt tools,” she said.
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The Wall Street Journal
Nissan-Renault scandal shows it’s hard to keep car alliances on track
Harbir Singh of the Wharton School discussed the difficulties of corporate alliances in and beyond the auto industry. He attributed the low success rate to companies overestimating their savings and underestimating the challenges of merging businesses.
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NBC News
Retailers have a secret shopper score for you
The Wharton School’s Peter Fader discussed how retailers prioritize customers based on their spending habits. “If we see you engaging with the company more deeply, we have a sense that you’re going to be worth that much more in the future,” said Fader.
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