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Education, Business, & Law
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy
Three Penn experts—Annenberg Public Policy Center director Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Marci A. Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences, and former Penn Carey Law School dean Ted Ruger—share their thoughts on the history-making justice.
How Wharton is leading in sports analytics
How Wharton is leading in sports analytics
As the business of sports analytics transforms teams and leagues around the world, Penn Sports Analytics Group’s data-driven initiative emerges with a competitive edge.
AI and environmental challenges
AI and environmental challenges
The growth of artificial intelligence is impossible to ignore, but how does it intersect with climate and the environment? Law professor Cary Coglianese and engineering professor Benjamin Lee weigh in on the roles AI may play.
Five tips for drafting a syllabus
Five tips for drafting a syllabus
Catherine Turner, a senior associate director for CETLI, offers advice on crafting or revising a syllabus.
The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The AI at Wharton Initiative and AI in Focus podcast series highlight the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence in all areas of life, with Wharton as a global focal point for its study.
Psychology of legal decision-making
Psychology of legal decision-making
In the Psychology of Legal Decision-Making seminar, students learn about substantive areas of legal scholarship and also practice essential skills for understanding—and even developing—new empirical research.
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
2023 McGraw Prize in Education awardees reflect on changing lives, starting with their own
This year’s recipients of Penn GSE’s McGraw Prize, the most prestigious prize in education, honors educators from pre-K to college and to lifelong learners.
Fair leases in Philadelphia
Fair leases in Philadelphia
Law professor David Hoffman and a team of Penn Carey Law students have created a pathbreaking model lease for Philadelphia that is fair, legal, and free.
Experts address ‘our changing environment’
Experts address ‘our changing environment’
Economist R. Jisung Park and political scientist Alice Xu address climate change in an event hosted by the School of Social Policy & Practice.
The economy and you
The economy and you
The latest episodes of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ delve into the economics of the U.S. housing market, public policy, the possibility of recession, and the Federal Reserve.
In the News
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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Fast Company
The housing market’s home insurance shock, as told by an interactive map
A paper co-authored by Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School finds that home insurance premiums have risen sharply since 2020, concentrated in disaster-prone ZIP codes and driven by elevated reinsurance costs.
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Education Week
The more students miss class, the worse teachers feel about their jobs
A study co-authored by Michael Gottfried of the Graduate School of Education finds that teacher satisfaction steadily drops as student absenteeism increases.
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Wired
Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht is waiting for Trump to keep his word—and set him free
Leeza Garber of the Wharton School says that legal questions can’t be neatly isolated from ethical and political ones.
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The Washington Post
Diversity will suffer with five-day office mandates, research suggests
A 2024 Wharton School study found that changing job openings to remote work at startups increased female applicants by 15% and minority applicants by 33%.
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