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Education, Business, & Law
‘Monument Lab’ Public Art Project to Feature PennDesign Faculty and Alumna’s Work
The University of Pennsylvania’s David Hartt, Sharon Hayes and Shira Walinsky and alumna
Penn’s Glee Club Turns to Tech to Help Deliver Valentine’s Singing Telegrams
Managing the class schedules of 35 performers and arranging vocal quartets to deliver 50 singing telegrams during the two-day Valentine’s Day period, Feb. 13-14, is a big task.
Penn’s Timothy Powell: Forging Partnerships to Promote Native Languages, Culture
Timothy Powell’s ethnographic research has taken him to far reaches of the world to uncover what happens when the cultural stories that Native Americans told anthropologists hundreds of years ago are returned to indigenous communities today.
Penn Student Mentors High School Entrepreneurs in West Philadelphia
Three years ago, when, as a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Winfred Rembert III promised himself that he’d make time to volunteer, he had no idea that promise would lead to him to marketing breakfast bars.
First-generation Penn Student David Thai Hones Leadership Skills
Junior David Thai, a first-generation student at the University of Pennsylvania, is used to working hard, taking responsibility and navigating disappointment and change.
Penn Senior Lucy Chai Awarded Churchill Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania senior Lucy Chai of Acton, Mass., has received a Churchill Scholarship from the Winston Churchill Foundation. She is among 15 recipients of the honor, awarded annually to American students to fund a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering
From Halfway Around the World Penn Student’s Impact Felt at Mitchell Elementary
University of Pennsylvania sophomore Celeste Marcus is studying abroad in Israel this semester, but she’s still helping a local elementary school stay connected, from nearly 6,000 miles away.
Penn GSE Student Helps Local Immigrants and Refugees Learn English
Each of the five students in the English class is a refugee, each from a different country, each with a different language. The volunteer teacher, Anne Pyzocha, is a student herself, pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.
Jay Gottfried Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor
President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price are pleased to announce the appointment of Jay Gottfried as the University of Pennsylvania’s eighteenth Penn Integrates Knowledge University
Ira Harkavy Advocates for Increased Involvement to Achieve Health Equity
In the December issue of the American Journal of Public Health, Ira Harkavy of the University of Pennsylvania suggests that universities should be doing more to solve problems in nearby urban communities, including poverty, r
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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