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Workshops prepare future lawyers for productive disagreement

Workshops prepare future lawyers for productive disagreement

To strengthen civil discourse initiatives at the Penn Carey Law School, the Student Affairs Office held two Joint Problem-Solving workshops this winter to helping students develop essential leadership skills for navigating conflict.

Where economic modeling meets real-world legislation
Kent Smetters and another person looking at a whiteboard

Junghoon Lee (left), director of engineering and data at the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), and Kent Smetters (right). The PWBM is the only non-governmental group analyzing how public policy simultaneously affects the federal budget, macroeconomic growth, and human welfare.

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Where economic modeling meets real-world legislation

The Penn Wharton Budget Model is the only non-governmental group analyzing how public policy simultaneously affects the federal budget, macroeconomic growth, and human welfare.

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A look inside the political economy of early America
A 1700s etching of Boston

A 1700s etching of Boston, seen from the southeast, by engraver John Carwitham.

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A look inside the political economy of early America

Penn economist Fernando Arteaga shares insights into the factors that led to the American Revolution and the later institutions that created the strong U.S. national economy.

3 min. read

Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Strengthening the peace and security agenda

Penn Carey Law’s Rangita de Silva de Alwis’s work on women in conflict, the “Women, Peace and Security Addendum“ has been formally adopted at the 92nd session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.

Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics
An Olympic skiier making a heart sign with their hands post ski run at the Winter Olympics.

Image: Christian Petersen via Getty Images

Wharton faculty on love, finance, AI, and the Olympics

The latest installments of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, “Ripple Effect,” explores online dating, the future of global finance, sports and advertising, and how AI is informing human decision-making.

Penn Today Staff

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How confidence changes consumer loyalty

How confidence changes consumer loyalty

New research from Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger explores how experience in a category shapes how confident consumers feel, which has important consequences for brands.

When does AI assistance undermine learning?

When does AI assistance undermine learning?

Research by Wharton’s Hamsa Bastani shows that giving learners on-demand AI assistance can erode practice, “productive struggle,” and long-term skill growth—even when they know it harms their learning.

How investors misjudge market predictions based on quarterly earnings

How investors misjudge market predictions based on quarterly earnings

Research from Wharton finance professor Jessica Wachter shows that investors systematically overreact to repetitive earnings news and then correct that mistake in the months that follow. The cause is a behavioral phenomenon known as correlation neglect.