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Education, Business, & Law
How households are locked in by rising mortgage rates
How households are locked in by rising mortgage rates
A new paper co-authored by Wharton’s Lu Liu looks at why homeowners become caught in a so-called “mortgage lock-in” and how that impacts their ability to move.
Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet
Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet
The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice.
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
Suzanne McGraw Foundation makes $5 million gift to Penn GSE around early childhood education
The gift is one of the largest ever to the School. It will support student scholarships, a cross-University graduate concentration, and cross-disciplinary programming.
Read this later: A link between procrastination and creativity
Read this later: A link between procrastination and creativity
Procrastination is a near-universal human behavior, with some surprising benefits. But when the time comes to focus, Ryan Miller of the Weingarten Center offers tips and time-management tools.
A conversation on community with Wharton Women in Business
A conversation on community with Wharton Women in Business
For Wharton MBA women, WWIB serves as a guide for confident future leaders. Madeline Donoghue, WWIB’s vice president of admissions, and Krishna Shah, WWIB’s co-president, discuss how the group fosters relationships and community.
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
Educational inequities? Follow the numbers, says Ericka Weathers
The Penn GSE professor studies how policies that are supposed to be race-neutral, like school funding formulas, truancy policy, or special education, end up failing marginalized groups, and urges a look at the results of past policies to better inform moving forward.
Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
Katharine O. Strunk named Dean of Penn’s top-ranked Graduate School of Education
Strunk, an award-winning mixed methods scholar at Michigan State University, is an expert on teacher labor markets, school and district improvement and accountability policies, and efforts to boost student achievement.
Daeyeon Lee delivers lecture on reconnecting in and out of the classroom
Daeyeon Lee delivers lecture on reconnecting in and out of the classroom
Lee, the Evan C Thompson Term Chair for Excellence in Teaching, recently delivered the 2023 Evan C Thompson Lecture, focusing on how to improve students’ sense of community.
Sophia Z. Lee named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Sophia Z. Lee named Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Lee is currently a professor of law with a secondary appointment in history, and has been a member of the Penn Carey Law faculty since 2009.
Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment
Claire Finkelstein on Trump’s indictment
Finkelstein, the founder and faculty director of the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, discusses how this case is a test of America’s institutions, the rule of law, and the world’s oldest democracy.
In the News
CNBC
Nvidia not overvalued despite low forward P/E and market cap, says DataTrek’s Nick Colas
Sean Myers of the Wharton School discusses Nvidia’s recent high valuation and how much weight to give P/E ratios.
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Forbes
How organizational personas can boost generative AI adoption
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that senior leaders who have experimented with GPT services are struggling to bring their colleagues along for the ride.
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Marketplace (NPR)
Are we in the midst of a climate housing bubble?
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School says that most homeowners should be able to sell and move somewhere cheaper rather than defaulting on their loans.
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Business Insider
A key phase in Biden’s new student-loan forgiveness plan has wrapped up, bringing borrowers one step closer to relief. But pushback is brewing
Cary Coglianese of Penn Carey Law says that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is facing a skeptical Supreme Court.
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Forbes
Colleges reinstating the ACT/SAT should add a program like this too
Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts & Sciences and professors at the Wharton School are participating in the National Education Equity Lab to prepare low-income and traditionally underserved students to enroll and succeed in college.
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