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Education, Business, & Law
PennCap Increases Access, Guides Freshmen Through Undergraduate Years at Penn
Since mid-July, a group of 100 students, part of the incoming undergraduate class of 2018 at the University of Pennsylvania, have been getting an academic jumpstart.
Penn Projects Garner LEED Gold Designations, Adding to Green Campus Goals
Two University of Pennsylvania building projects have received LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council: The Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology and the Wharton School’s Steinberg-Dietrich Hall West Tower Entrance addition.
A Tale of One Family in Penn’s Kings Court English College House
One of a series of articles about families living in the University of Pennsylvania’s College House system.
Senior Michael Steele Helps Integrate Sustainability Into the Classroom at Penn
Michael Steele stayed on the University of Pennsylvania campus this summer pursuing research as one of four students selected to participate in the Penn Green Campus Partnership’s Integrating
Penn Student Gains Foreign Diplomacy Experience as State Department e-Intern
Erica Ma, spent her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania working in a federal government internship that didn’t require her to live in Washington, D.C., or be based in any specific part of the world. That’s because she worked remotely as an e-intern in the State Department’s Virtual Student Foreign Service program.
Penn Alumnus, House Dean Chris Donovan Champions His Love of Cinema
Back in 1992, when movie buff and native Philadelphian Chris Donovan earned his English degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he had little idea of how fortuitous the line “I’ll be back” from The Terminator would become.
Internship Puts Penn Student on Frontlines of Campaign to Legalize Marijuana
On June 18, Jelani Hayes, a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania boarded an early-morning bus to Albany, N.Y., with grass roots organizers from Voices of Community Activists & Leaders, VOCAL-New York, and others.
As a Summer Intern, Penn Sophomore Clare Lombardo Gets Lesson in Journalism
It all started with the high school yearbook.
Moving AHEAD: Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at Penn
Seven faculty members from the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania are advancing higher education and fostering open, equitable societies around the globe through the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy, or AHEAD.
Penn Student Jesús Pérez’s Challenging Feat Inspires Himself and Others
After training for months and then running the equivalent of nearly six marathons in six consecutive days in the Atacama Desert in Chile, University of Pennsylvania student Jesús Pérez now feels empowered to tackle any challenge he encounters.
In the News
USA Today
How are borrowers reacting to the Federal Reserve rate cuts?
Peter Conti-Brown of the Wharton School says that consumers are going to struggle to outsmart interest rates because the Federal Reserve doesn’t know where interest rates are going.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Is the American shopping mall dead? The Philadelphia area has seen its fair share disappear
Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School says that shopping malls and physical retail are evolving rather than dying.
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Reuters
Why the U.S. forced sale of Google’s Chrome faces legal hurdles
Justin (Gus) Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that divesting Chrome doesn’t address the underlying antitrust concerns with Google.
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Fortune
OpenAI partners with Wharton for a new course focused on leveraging ChatGPT for teachers
OpenAI is partnering with the Wharton School to offer a generative AI course for educators taught by Lilach and Ethan Mollick.
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Reuters
U.S. SEC chief Gensler to step down in January when Trump takes over
Jill Fisch of Penn Carey Law says that SEC Chair Gary Gensler came in with an aggressive rule-making agenda that likely won’t endure past his departure.
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