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Education, Business, & Law
Penn IUR Co-Director Eugenie Birch Elected Chair of the World Urban Campaign
Eugenie Birch, co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Penn IUR, at the University of Pennsylvania, has been elected chair of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme’s World Urban Campaign, a global coalition of public, private and civil society partners acting to promote sustainable u
Penn Junior Ariel Koren Wins Truman Scholarship
Ariel Koren, 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 graduate or professional degrees to prepare for careers in government or public service.
Students at Penn Mentor Local Children Through Big Brothers Big Sisters
Shaiyam Flavaney credits much of his success as a student at the University of Pennsylvania to the guidance he received from his mentors, growing up in Jackson, N.J.
Penn’s Al Filreis Inducted Into Minerva Academy, Honored as an ‘Educational Innovator’
Al Filreis, an English professor at the University of Pennsylvania, has been inducted as one of 14 founding members into the Minerva Academy, an honorary institution dedicated to promoting and rewarding extraordinary advancements and innovation in higher education around the world.
Expanding Minds, Improving Language Skills ‘at Home’ at Penn
The classroom is not the only place at the University of Pennsylvania where a student can learn a language. Gregory College House’s residential modern languages program offers five “language houses” where students can enjoy new cultural experiences and improve their language proficiency.
Penn Lightbulb Café Presents Michael Horowitz Talk on Future of War
WHO: Michael Horowitz Associate Professor of Political Science
Penn and ADL Team Up to Provide Holocaust Education Teacher-training Workshop April 17
WHO: University of Pennsylvania Anti-Defamation League
"On the Wings of Eagle and Raven" Opens at Penn's Arthur Ross Gallery
On the Wings of Eagle and Raven: Tlingit and Haida Traditions (Photos) April 11 – July 6, 2014
Wendell E. Pritchett Named Interim Dean of Penn Law School
Wendell E. Pritchett has been named interim dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School for the 2014-15 academic year.
Penn Medical Student’s Work to Heal Others Extends Beyond Health Care
Leah Seifu, a second-year University of Pennsylvania medical student, says that her Ethiopian heritage and Catholic school education instilled in her a deep cultural awareness and drive to help others through social activism.
In the News
Newsweek
Donald Trump gets bad news about his Social Security taxes plan
A study by Kent Smetters of the Penn Wharton Budget Model and colleagues estimates that cutting taxes on Social Security benefits could cost the federal government $1.5 trillion during the next decade and exacerbate Social Security’s projected funding shortfalls.
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The New York Times
Trump’s actions have created a constitutional crisis, scholars say
Kate Shaw of Penn Carey Law says that a clash between the executive and judicial branches of the federal government would add to an ongoing constitutional crisis.
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Newsweek
Maryland teacher allegedly backs ICE raids on schools in social media posts
Sarah Paoletti of Penn Carey Law says that ICE is limited in its ability to come into homes and detain people without a warrant.
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The New York Times
Trump argues that courts cannot block Musk’s team from Treasury systems
David Zaring of the Wharton School says that the idea of a professionalized civil service has been around since the 19th century.
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Reuters
Trump’s SEC starts shifting agency’s focus as job cut threat spooks staff
Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School says that bureaucratically inefficient agencies can’t be improved by threatening their workforces, having mass layoffs, and making unexplained changes.
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