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Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions
Travelers in a busy security checkpoint at an airport.

Travelers at a security checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago during the government shutdown in November.

(Image: Nam Y. Huh via Getty Images)

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    • Air travel quandary: Gad Allon and Megan Ryerson on challenges and solutions

    The recent government shutdown exposed long-standing issues facing commercial air travel. Leading into Thanksgiving holiday travel, Gad Allon of the Wharton School and Megan Ryerson of the Weitzman School of Design discuss the system’s infrastructure challenges and the need for workforce development.

    4 min. read

    Addressing economic complexities

    Addressing economic complexities

    Beginning in fall 2026, the College of Liberal & Professional Studies and the Department of Economics in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences will offer a new Master of Applied Economics and Data Science degree.

    From Omnia

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Why are credit card rates so high?

    Credit card lending delivers a much higher return on assets than the banking sector, according to new research co-authored by Wharton finance professor Itamar Drechsler.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    2 min. read

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia
    Candace Adams holds cat.

    Candace Adams with Black Pearl, one of her foster cats.

    (Image: Courtesy of Candace Adams)

    Fostering cats and dogs in Philadelphia

    Outside of her day job at Penn’s Institutional Review Board, Candace Adams works with different organizations in Philadelphia to give temporary shelter and care to cats and dogs.

    2 min. read

    Letting the sunshine in and monitoring stormwater runoff
    Tree saplings next to the solar panels.

    Trees planted next to the solar panels are enhancing stormwater runoff infiltration.

    (Image: The Water Center at Penn)

    Letting the sunshine in and monitoring stormwater runoff

    As the buzz around renewable energy grows louder, a research endeavor led by the Water Center at Penn exemplifies of how addressing energy demands goes hand-in-hand with tackling water challenges.

    From Penn Climate

    2 min. read

    Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

    Michael Zanoni named Big 5 Player of the Week

    Penn guard guard Michael Zanoni has been named the city series Player of the Week, his first Big 5 weekly honor as a member of the Quakers.

    Analyzing youth voter turnout

    Analyzing youth voter turnout

    Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and the Annenberg Communication Neuroscience Lab find that Voting in an election helps shape the government to work on their behalf; however, the majority of U.S. youth don’t vote regularly.

    How are companies using generative AI in 2025?

    How are companies using generative AI in 2025?

    Now in its third year, a Wharton Human-AI Research survey on the use of AI in business paints a clear picture about how far the technology has come in a short time, and where it’s headed.