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Education, Business, & Law
Penn Launches Commemorative Symposium on Social Change Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania will remember Martin Luther King Jr. with the Commemorative Symposium on Social Change, a series of community events that runs from Jan. 13 through Feb. 2.
Policy and Leadership Vacuum Undermines Higher Education in Washington State, Penn GSE Researchers Find
PHILADELPHIA — Washington State’s higher education system is adrift, failing to grant bachelor’s degrees to enough Washingtonians and forcing the state’s high-tech economy to rely on talent imported from other states and countries, according to a study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Penn Researchers Reach Out to Lawmakers With a Policy Brief: Scope of Sexual Assault
PHILADELPHIA — Following the Center for Disease Control’s study designed to provide national estimates of sexual assault, a team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice’s Ortner Center on Family Violence sent a policy brief to key lawmakers.
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Gateway to global education
Four Penn centers have joined to create the Greater Philadelphia Global Education Network website, a gateway to global resources for regional K-16 educators.
Media training
Penn’s Graduate School of Education and WHYY have teamed up to offer a course for teachers interested in creating compelling media in the classroom.
Penn’s Netter Center Hosting National Conference Dec. 15
PHILADELPHIA – The Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania will hold a joint conference of the Anchor Institutions Task Force and the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools on Thursday, Dec .15.
Penn Professor Barbara Savage’s 'Your Spirits Walk Beside Us' Wins 2012 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
PHILADELPHIA -- Barbara Savage of the University of Pennsylvania has won the Grawemeyer Award for the ideas set forth in her book Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion, published in 2008 by Harvard University Press. The annual award carries a $100,000 prize.
Penn Center for High Impact Philanthropy's 10 Effective Holiday Charitable Giving Tips
PHILADELPHIA — Each holiday season, people are moved by the spirit of giving to make a difference in the lives of others. The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice has developed an online guide that lists high-impact, low-cost charitabl
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Forbes
Are there jobs that AI can’t replace?
Christian Terwiesch of the Wharton School advocates using ChatGPT to generate ideas.
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Technical.ly Philly
AI takes center stage in Penn’s plan for overhauling its business education programs
The Wharton School has announced a new AI-focused strategy to prepare students in all fields to interact with and use AI, featuring remarks from Eric Bradlow.
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TheGrio
Mo’ money, less problems? Study finds that certain amounts of wealth might buy more happiness
A study by Matt Killingsworth of the Wharton School finds that increases in wealth and income are correlated with increased happiness.
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USA Today
Higher tax rates, smaller child tax credit and other changes await as Trump tax cuts end
If a state and local tax deduction cap were eliminated, it would cost $197 billion over fiscal years 2024-33, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
After the Great Valley social media scandal, we must balance free speech with ‘digital citizenship’
Jonathan Zimmerman of the Graduate School of Education writes that school districts must listen to what students have to say in order to craft good policies around online student speech.
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