Business Insider

Business schools are now encouraging students to use AI as they race to prepare them for a new job market

Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School is teaching his students to use and understand the capabilities of generative AI.

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Boston Globe

How two Mass. lawyers are helping DACA recipients stay in the US

Carlos Águilar González of the School of Arts & Sciences says that streamlining the D3 authorization process for DACA recipients may limit the number of people who can benefit by focusing only on the most prestigious and educated.

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Fortune

Hedge funder famous for his ‘black swan’ strategy says there’s ‘something immoral’ about America’s reliance on debt—and future generations ‘will bear the burden for this’

A 2023 study by the Wharton School found that the U.S. has about 20 years left for corrective action to fix the national debt before it hits 200% of GDP.

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Associated Press

Many cancer drugs remain unproven five years after accelerated approval, a study finds

PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel says that there should be definitive benefits to cancer drugs five years after their initial accelerated approval.

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USA Today

Many parents give their children melatonin at night. Here’s why you may not want to

Ilene Rosen of the Perelman School of Medicine supports practicing proven-bedtime-routine behaviors and avoiding bright lights and electronics in the bedroom to encourage the body’s natural production of melatonin.

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Philadelphia Inquirer

UPenn medical school names first vice dean of AI

Mary Ritchie has been named the vice dean of artificial intelligence and computing at the Perelman School of Medicine. Mitchell Schnall has been named the first senior vice president for data and technology solutions at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.

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4/18

Campus Unrest and the Future of the University

Exterior of Carey Law School
The Faculty Senate of the University of Pennsylvania host this roundtable discussion about academic freedom and open expression. The panel features Risa Lieberwitz of Cornell, Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago, and Keith Whittington of Princeton. Sophia Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair, Department of History, at Penn, will moderate.

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Carey Law School, 3501 Sansom St.

4/12

Cultures of Datafication

This workshop, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in India, brings together interdisciplinary researchers and practitioners focusing on data cultures in and across South Asia. This is a two-day event that will end with a closing keynote by Ursula Rao of the University of Leipzig.

2:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Fisher Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut St.

4/10

Joshua Teplitsky

Benjamin Franklin Statue in front of College Hall.
The School of Arts & Sciences combines the 60-Second Lectures and Living the Hard Promise series with a brief lecture from Joshua Teplitsky, the Joseph Meyerhoff Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History and director of the Jewish Studies Program.

11:50 a.m.

Benjamin Franklin Statue in front of College Hall

  • Pennovation Works 2023 Year in Review

    The 23-acre innovation hub has published its annual Year in Review roundup, featuring by-the-numbers stats and in-depth looks at the year’s research and growth.

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