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Education, Business, & Law
Penn to Offer Free, Online Class on ADHD
If you’re one of the people who takes the University of Pennsylvania online course “’Pay Attention!!’ ADHD Through the Lifespan,” you will learn that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder isn’t just kid stuff.
Penn Professor Tukufu Zuberi’s ‘African Independence’ Wins Two Top Awards at San Diego Black Film Fest
PHILADELPHIA –- Tukufu Zuberi, a University of Pennsylvania sociology and Africana studies professor, has won the 2013 San Diego Bl
Penn Open Online Calculus Course to Earn ACE Credit
PHILADELPHIA — A massive open online course, or MOOC, taught by a University of Pennsylvania calculus professor has been recommended for credit by the American Council on Education.
For Three Decades, Computer Science’s Susan Davidson Has Led by Example
PHILADELPHIA — After more than 30 years on the job, Susan Davidson has some perspective on her discipline.
Penn Receives $25 Million Gift to Create Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $25 million gift from alumnus Ronald O. Perelman to create the Ronald O.
Penn Professor Mary Frances Berry a Long-time Civil Rights Advocate and Voice for the Powerless
Mary Frances Berry, 74, has dedicated her life to championing the rights of people “nobody else would listen to.”
Musical Performances Part of Penn’s MLK Observances
PHILADELPHIA -- Live musical performances are part of the University of Pennsylvania’s activities surrounding Martin Luther King Day.
Staff Q&A with Lauren Steinfeld
Lauren Steinfeld, senior advisor for Privacy and Compliance, knows that keeping things at Penn private—and creating policies that reflect the shifting technology landscape—is challenging.
Nobel Laureate in Economics Thomas Sargent to Speak at Penn Social Science and Policy Forum Jan. 28
PHILADELPHIA – Thomas Sargent, a 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, will lecture on “Continental Drift: The Forces Underlying the Euro Crisis” on Jan. 28 from 4:30- 6:00 p.m. in College Hall, Room 200.
In the News
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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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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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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Business Insider
The fight over Jerome Powell puts Elon Musk at odds with Wall Street
Jeremy Siegel of the Wharton School says that virtually every economist and most members of Congress value the independence of the Federal Reserve.
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