Education, Business, & Law

Kleinman Gift Establishes Energy Policy Center at Penn

The Kleinman Center for Energy Policy has been established at PennDesign with a $10 million gift from Scott, C’94, W’94, and Wendy Kleinman. The Center, which is scheduled to launch in Fall 2014, will advance energy productivity by reframing the relationship between research and practice in support of policy innovation.   

Megan Schmidgal

Goal of Breaking Down Barriers Leads Nancy Minyanou to Penn Abroad

Nancy Minyanou’s interest in Argentina was sparked in high school, and now this summer the rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania is fulfilling a vision for breaking down barriers and expanding her knowledge about the country in the Penn Summer Abroad program in Buenos Aires. 

Jeanne Leong



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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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