Penn in the News

Dan Romer of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says, “Often when people do self-harm, they are reaching out for help.”

Speaking on nonprofit marketing, Americus Reed of the Wharton School says, “...if you are hiding from being a brand, you are making a mistake. Your brand is out there anyway.”

Debbie Mandell of the School of Veterinary Medicine says, "If the pavement is hot when you put your hand on it, then it will burn their pads and feet. Keeping them on grassed areas, carrying them to grassed areas if possible or limiting time on pavement, especially avoiding asphalt, are options."

"It's affordability across the board. It's not just the price of the home and the mortgage,” says Susan Wachter of the Wharton School.

“Do we want classrooms organized by continuous digital engagement? Or do we want schools where children spend substantial portions of the day interacting and creating?”, writes Sarah Schneider Kavanagh of the Graduate School of Education.

Eugénie L. Birch and Mauricio Rodas of the Weitzman School of Design write that, “52% of surveyed cities already use AI in some capacity and another 32% plan to, yet only 31% have established a formal ethics review process — even though 88% of them rate ethics as very or absolutely important.”

“Because stuckness arises from a cascade of factors, solutions must do two things: prevent people from falling into those slumps and help them escape when they do,” writes Atheendar S. Venkataramani of the Perelman School of Medicine.

Pes anserine bursitis pain stands out from other causes because you typically feel that burning pain at rest or when you first start moving, but then it can improve with gentle movement says John Vasudevan of the Perelman School of Medicine.

“Most boycotts fail because people get distracted,” says Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School.

“But we shouldn’t assume all customer interactions with people are 100% what we’d like them to be—or that replacing them automatically improves the experience,” says Jerry Jacobs of the Wharton School.