Education, Business, & Law

A stage ready for a MLK Day of Service performance.

Celebrating MLK

The annual Commemorative Symposium on Social Change features events to commemorate and honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

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The transformation of the teaching workforce

Updated research from the Graduate School of Education’s Richard Ingersoll finds new trends in America’s schools.

‘The Pitch’ podcast comes to Penn

Senior molecular biology major Katherine Sizov won the judges over with her fruit biosensor company Strella Biotech.

Philadelphia skyline with view of the Schuylkill River

New fellowship offers undergrads unfiltered, frank access to city leaders

Through the program, offered by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, 14 students will meet with a former Philadelphia mayor, Philly’s current director of planning and development, and more.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein named Perry World House Distinguished Global Leader-in-Residence

In addition to his residency at PWH, Penn’s global policy research institute, Al Hussein will also co-teach a class at the Penn Law School during the spring semester.

Mayor Kenney shakes hands with Daniel Hopkins on stage at Perry World House

GovLabPHL embeds academic research into city government

As a part of the Philadelphia Behavioral Science Initiative, Penn faculty members connect with the City of Philadelphia to use innovative research data to inform more effective programs and policies.

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The right prescription: Penn Medicine and Wharton launch executive health care leadership program

The two schools are joining forces to launch an executive health care leadership program, Leadership in a New Era of Health Care, for senior-level leaders in health care and academic medicine.

As market concentration goes up, employees’ wages go down

Labor economist Ioana Marinescu discusses her research, which she presented to the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, Oct. 16.

Anita Hill, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Dorothy Roberts on inequality and sexual harassment

During an appearance at Irvine Auditorium on Wednesday, attorney and professor Anita Hill spoke in conversation with Kimberlé Crenshaw, a professor at UCLA Law School and Columbia Law School, and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Dorothy Roberts.

The Rt. Hon. Sir Nick Clegg meets with students from across the U.K.

During a visit to campus for the Penn Biden Leaders Dialogue, the former deputy prime minister met privately with graduate and undergraduate students to discuss global politics and the United Kingdom’s rapidly changing role.

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