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Education, Business, & Law
Penn Creates M.I. GREEN to Help Students Live Green
PHILADELPHIA –- As new students from around the country and the globe move in to their new residence halls at the University of Pennsylvania this week, they are being greeted with a new program to help them “green” their new home away from home.
Penn Graduate School of Education to Share in $1 Million Grant to Study Early Algebra Initiatives
PHILADELPHIA — A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and Michigan State University have been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate how schools and districts are handling the “universal early algebra” imperative, a push for students to complete algebra before the end
Penn Graduate School of Education to Host National Education Writers Association Annual Seminar in 2012
PHILADELPHIA — The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania is partnering with the American Educational Research Association to host the Education Writers Association’s 2012 national seminar May 17-19 on the Penn campus.
"An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art” to Be at Penn’s Arthur Ross Gallery
PHILADELPHIA — “An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Art” opens at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arthur Ross Gallery on Aug. 13.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel Appointed Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor at University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA -- Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a globally renowned bioethicist, will join the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania as the 13th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, beginning Sept. 1. The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
Penn Study Examines Gender Disparities in Injury Mortality; Men at Exceptional Risk
PHILADELPHIA — Men are more likely than die from injury than are women.
Penn Researchers Help Graft Olfactory Receptors onto Nanotubes
PHILADELPHIA — Penn researchers have helped develop a nanotech device that combines carbon nanotubes with olfactory receptor proteins, the cell components in the nose that detect odors.
Penn Professors Study Poverty Alleviation Through Sustainable Community-Based Enterprises in India
PHILADELPHIA — Research from the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania indicates that community-based enterprise models can be effective in alleviating poverty, despite changing political and economic climates.
Penn Study Examines Safe Access to Clean Water in Low-Income Countries
PHILADELPHIA — Susan B.
In the News
Bloomberg
ChatGPT will come for partners’ work in contract law, says prof
David Hoffman of Penn Carey Law says that “generative interpretation” can replace the messy and expensive way lawyers currently hash out the meaning of words in legal agreements, using dictionaries and Latin canons.
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CNN
Why Corporate America is keeping quiet on abortion
In a Q&A, Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School discusses the changing winds of corporate activism and the dilemma business leaders find themselves in with abortion.
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CNN
Here’s what would happen to the US economy if there are no rate cuts this year
Itay Goldstein of the Wharton School says stock market prices still reflect the expectation that the Federal Reserve will cut rates later this year, even with the recent selloff.
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Axios
Wawa marks a 60th anniversary milestone
Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School says that Wawa’s endurance has been fueled by authenticity, a fun name, and its offering of fresh quality foods.
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The New York Times
Biden’s student loan repayment plan is being challenged. Here’s what to know
Kent Smetters of the Wharton School attributes $235 billion of the cost of the SAVE loan repayment plan to its increased generosity relative to existing plans.
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