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Education, Business, & Law
Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Up close with an icon
With the release of an updated edition of his classic book “Stocks for the Long Run,” the emeritus finance professor reflects on his career, the stock market, and the school he’s called home for more than four decades.
Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Family Foundation makes landmark gift to Penn Graduate School of Education
The $16.25 million will create a new center for educational leadership and continue the McGraw Prize.
Higher education’s role in democracy
Experts from across the University share their thoughts on how their research, departments, and centers help foster democracy.
Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers
In a new book, Peter Fader, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, shows business leaders the path toward understanding the health of their overall customer base.
Affirmative action in higher ed
Cara McClellan of the Law School’s Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic explains what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case over Harvard’s affirmative action policy.
From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health
Brandon Brooks retired from the NFL in January 2022. He is now at Wharton, pursuing a “major passion for increasing financial literacy in my community.”
Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color
Founded by two professors and Wharton alumni, The Tenure Project is on a mission to help more underrepresented junior business faculty receive tenure across the country.
The high cost of being a sports fan
Adi Wyner of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative explains the impact of sports on finances.
Why presidential influence over monetary policy should be checked
Wharton’s Christina Parajon Skinner says that over time, Congress has granted significant power to the president to influence monetary policy, which could erode the Federal Reserve’s autonomy and weaken the fight against inflation.
In the News
U.S. owners of Italian team chose basketball over soccer
The Wharton School’s Connor Barwin and fellow MBA students are investing in Italian soccer team Pallacanestro Trieste to get an early stake in the European basketball trend.
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This Philly-area elementary school saw test scores plummet. Now it’s putting all its resources toward catching up.
Nicole Carl of the Graduate School of Education says that teachers are feeling pressure from administrators to boost test scores.
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Lots of sound and fury on U.S. debt, but not a crisis — yet
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School explains what the government would need to do to stabilize debt near current levels.
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University of Pennsylvania pledges to bolster relations with India at "Penn India Engagement Forum"
PIK Professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School, and Dean Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science are quoted on the forum to support India's exceptional growth and specific health care needs.
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What Tyre Nichols’ death at the hands of Black officers says about race in policing
A 2021 analysis co-authored by Dean Knox of the Wharton School found that Black, Hispanic, and female police officers make fewer stops and arrests and use force less often.
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