Education, Business, & Law

Dr. J. Larry Jameson to Lead Penn Medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- J. Larry Jameson, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the next executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania for the Health System and dean of Penn’s School of Medicine, effective July 1, 2011.

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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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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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CNBC

To pay for Trump’s tax cuts, House Republicans could raise student loan bills for millions of borrowers

According to an analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, the SAVE student loan repayment plan could cost taxpayers as much as $475 billion over a decade.

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