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Education, Business, & Law
Penn Carey Law students explore issues affecting women’s equality in sports
Penn Carey Law students explore issues affecting women’s equality in sports
Students from Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s class on women, law, and leadership produced the report, “Putting Women Back in the Game.”
‘False positive’ field drug tests lead to wrongful convictions
‘False positive’ field drug tests lead to wrongful convictions
A new Quattrone Center report shows that the use of presumptive field tests in drug arrests is one of the largest known contributing factors to wrongful arrests and convictions.
Increasing the visibility of Southeast Asian students: A discussion with Linda Pheng
Increasing the visibility of Southeast Asian students: A discussion with Linda Pheng
Pheng finds that, while diversity as a concept is often celebrated in schools, course content need to avoid lumping Asian backgrounds together as one amorphous societal entity.
Wharton experts on holiday retail
Wharton experts on holiday retail
The latest episodes of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ delve into consumer trends, past recessions, future climate and AI considerations, luxury, convenience, and customer service this holiday retail season.
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Five takeaways from the international PISA exam results
Every three years, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development issues a standardized test to 15-year-old students around the world. Here, an education professor boils down the results.
The Economic Justice Partnership focuses on creating an equal financial playing field
The Economic Justice Partnership focuses on creating an equal financial playing field
From the basics of setting up an investment account to giving a play-by-play on how interest accrues, the partnership—a Projects for Progress winner—hosts financial literacy workshops with middle and high school students around Philadelphia, as well as Penn and other college students.
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.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly narcotics cops secretly used surveillance cameras. Video proved some of their testimony false
Sandra Mayson of Penn Carey Law says that chaos in scheduling court dates obscures intentional no-shows by police officers.
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Time
Why maternity care is underpaid
Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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Associated Press
TikTok has sued the U.S. over a law that could ban its app. What’s the legal outlook?
Justin “Gus” Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that the current composition of the Supreme Court would likely uphold a federal TikTok ban.
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USA Today
TikTok sues U.S. government: Lawsuit alleges forced ban or sale violates First Amendment
Justin “Gus” Hurwitz of Penn Carey Law says that courts are likely to take the national-security justification seriously for a federal TikTok ban.
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Time
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Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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