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Education, Business, & Law
Penn’s Quiz Bowl Club Answers Life’s Toughest Questions, Takes Home Championship
Trivia is not trivial for one club at the University of Pennsylvania.
Penn to Host the First U.S.-India Think Tank Summit in New Delhi April 27-29
WHO: James McGann, director, University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, and senior lecturer, Lauder Institute
Penn IUR’s Eugenie Birch Elected President of the U.N.’s General Assembly of Partners
Eugenie Birch, co-director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Urban Research, has been elected as the first president of the new General Assembly of Partners (GAP), a special initiative of the United Nation’s World Urban Campaign. Birch was elected at the GAP’s inaugural meeting, held in Nairobi, Kenya in mid-April.
Penn Senior Jodi Feinberg to Launch Cardiac Patient In-home Rehab Program
(This is the fourth in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.) One in five patients discharged from the hospital experience an adverse event at home within three weeks. They may fall or mix up their medications, placing an extreme burden on their caregivers. Ultimately they’re readmitted to the hospital.
Penn Senior Katlyn Grasso Works to Empower Girls to Become Leaders
(This is the third in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.) Through strong support and encouragement from her family, Katlyn Grasso always knew she’d become a leader.
University of Pennsylvania Student Wins Truman Scholarship
Adam Cohen, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, has been awarded a Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a merit-based award for college students who plan to pursue careers in government or in public service, wish to attend graduate or professional school to help prepare for their careers and are U.S. citizens or U.S. nationals.
Penn Freshman Is Turning Bullying Bystanders Into Anti-bullying ‘Upstanders’
As he was preparing to graduate from high school last year, Jacob Gardenswartz, a University of Pennsylvania freshman from San Diego, started laying the groundwork to expand a local anti-bullying theater project he helped develop into a national program.
Penn Senior Adrian Lievano to Tackle Water Security in Kenya
By Madeleine Stone @themadstone (This is the second in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.)
Donita Brady Appointed Presidential Professor at Penn
Donita Brady has been named the seventh Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1. She will be Presidential Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology in Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine.
On the Road, Penn Senior Examines Environmental-Economic Conflict
By Julie McWilliams Aspiring journalist Brennan Cusack set off on a solo cross-country trek last summer to get an insider’s look and to research four instances where environmental and economic interests were at odds.
In the News
The Wall Street Journal
How AI could help bring down the cost of college
Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School explains how AI could bring down prices for more complex and expensive services like higher education.
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The Independent
How the stock market could be last guardrails to corral Trump’s wildest whims
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that Donald Trump measured his success in his first term by the performance of the stock market.
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Business Insider
The hidden risk factor investors may be missing in stocks, bonds, and options
A study by Nikolai Roussanov of the Wharton School and colleagues finds that stocks, bonds, and options strategies could have more correlated risk than is evident on the surface.
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CNN
Grocery prices are high. Trump’s mass deportations could make matters worse
Zeke Hernandez of the Wharton School says that the U.S. economy is reliant on the supply of immigrant workers.
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CNBC
Wharton’s Siegel says an extension of the 2017 tax cuts is certain with a Republican House majority
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School discusses the state of the economy and what to expect from the Federal Reserve in December.
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