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Education, Business, & Law
Hannah Fagin Credits Grandmother and Opportunities at Penn for Career Choice
Even before coming to the University of Pennsylvania, Hannah Fagin knew she wanted to study the humanities, but she knew she had found her major after her first history course at Penn, “History of the American South.”
Researcher at Penn Looks at Healthy Changes Through a Political Lens
Politicians’ race-conscious speeches have broad, and sometimes unexpected, consequences, according to a new book from Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania.
Two University of Pennsylvania Students Win Critical Language Scholarships
Two students from the University of Pennsylvania, Daniel Blackey and William Dossett, have been awarded Critical Language Scholarships. They are among approximately 560 U.S. undergraduate and graduate student CLS scholarship recipients this year.
Penn Researchers: Colleges and Universities Are Crucial to Their Communities
The University of Pennsylvania’s commitment to civic engagement is a model example that’s now being shared with higher education leaders around the world.
Penn School of Social Policy & Practice to Host Public Forum to End Homelessness May 19
WHO: John L.
Penn IUR Research Finds Borrowing Constraints Driving Homeownership Declines
A new brief just released by the Penn Institute for Urban Research finds that due to current borrowing constraints, many households are renting out of financial necessity rather than by choice. Further, the report finds that these constraints are underlying declining home ownership rates and instability in the housing market.
Penn Launches Online Courses for English Language Learners This Summer
Through modern technology, the University of Pennsylvania brings the idea of “summer school” to a new level, by offering open online courses to English-language learners around the globe.
Penn Graduate Student Selected as a St. Gallen ‘Leader of Tomorrow’
Leaders of nations, businesses and academia gathered in a corner of Switzerland to meet promising young graduate students and foster dialogue on critical economic and political issues.
Two From Penn Named Pulitzer Center Student Fellows
Natalie Au and Rachel Townzen of the University of Pennsylvania have received International Student Reporting Fellowships from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in partnership with Penn’s Middle East Center and South Asia Center.
Innovation Prize Goes to Two Penn Seniors for Device That Continuously Tracks Body Temperature
This is the second of two features introducing the University of Pennsylvania’s 2016 President’s Innovation Prize winners.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly narcotics cops secretly used surveillance cameras. Video proved some of their testimony false
Sandra Mayson of Penn Carey Law says that chaos in scheduling court dates obscures intentional no-shows by police officers.
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CNBC
TikTok sued the U.S. government to block a ban. Here’s what happens now
Gus Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that ByteDance could file another lawsuit on behalf of TikTok’s users to strengthen the company’s First Amendment argument against a federal ban.
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Forbes
Ethan Mollick on the four rules of Co-Intelligence with AI
In a Q&A, Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School discusses his transition from entrepreneurship to academia, the most important concepts that need to be taught to entrepreneurs, and the four rules of Co-Intelligence with AI.
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Time
Why maternity care is underpaid
Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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Associated Press
TikTok has sued the U.S. over a law that could ban its app. What’s the legal outlook?
Justin “Gus” Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that the current composition of the Supreme Court would likely uphold a federal TikTok ban.
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