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Americans Still Say They Trust Their Own Doctor Even as Confidence in the CDC and FDA Falls Sharply

An Annenberg survey found 87% of Americans trust their own provider on public health while confidence in CDC, FDA, and NIH dropped sharply.

Medical Daily

Who Was Erin Piacenti? Bank of America VP and Penn Graduate Remembered by Colleagues

Who was Erin Piacenti? Inside the education and career of the Bank of America VP killed in the Times Square stabbing.

International Business Times UK

Laurene Powell Jobs left Wall Street and moved to Florence for eight months, then built a multibillion-dollar empire funding education, climate and social change

Laurene Powell Jobs took an unconventional route from Wall Street to becoming one of the most influential philanthropists and investors in the United States. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985, she spent a year at Merrill Lynch and two years at Goldman Sachs before leaving finance and…

The Times of India

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Trump Says Communities Rejecting Data Centres Will Be 'Backwards and Poor' as Water and Power Concerns Grow

President Trump warns that rejecting data centres could harm communities economically, despite rising bipartisan opposition due to environmental concerns and resource demands.

International Business Times UK

Before becoming a major philanthropist, Laurene Powell Jobs spent three years trading fixed-income securities on Wall Street

Before Laurene Powell Jobs became known for philanthropy, education, climate initiatives and media ownership, her professional life began on Wall Street. After studying at the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, she joined Goldman Sachs, where she spent three years working in fixed-income trading strategy under Jon Corzine. It…

The Times of India

Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity

Daniel Janzen, a pioneering biologist, significantly advanced tropical ecosystem research and conservation initiatives. Through his innovative work in Costa Rica's Guanacaste Conservation Area, he fostered collaboration with local communities. For many years, Janzen scrutinised the intricate dynamics between flora and fauna, culminating in a large-scale conservation area and establishing a…

The Times of India

Women Who Out-Earn Their Husbands Are 36% More Likely To Separate, Penn Study Finds

A University of Pennsylvania study finds female breadwinners face a higher risk of separation, especially with children, challenging assumptions about gender roles and highlighting work-family conflict.

International Business Times UK

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Kidney Cells Were Thought to Lock In Their Fate Before Birth, and 700,000 of Them Disagreed

Penn and CHOP researchers mapped over 700,000 cells in developing human kidneys and caught cells reversing decisions they had already made.

Medical Daily

AI biotech company Cellular Intelligence names Arjun Raj its chief scientific officer

Cellular Intelligence has appointed Arjun Raj, PhD, as its chief scientific officer and scientific co-founder, the artificial intelligence company announced on Thursday, elevating the University of Pennsylvania scientist to lead the company's overall scientific strategy as it develops a universal foundation model of cell signalling.

The Times of India

The 20-Minute Social Media Audit That Digital Wellness Coaches Swear By (And You Keep Skipping)

Why Chanakya Would Have Audited His Feed FirstChanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that a king who does not examine his own conduct before examining his kingdom's problems will solve nothing. The principle maps cleanly onto the social media audit: most people want to fix their relationship with their phone without…

Times Life

3 Social Media Habits That Keep You Purposeful Instead of Letting Platforms Run Your Attention

Chanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that a man who cannot govern his senses will be governed by whoever can. He was writing about statecraft and court politics. The observation fits a feed algorithm with uncomfortable precision. Know Why You Are Opening the App Before You Open ItThe single most effective…

Times Life

The Psychology of Resilience: Why Some People Bounce Back From Failure Faster Than Others

The Attribution Gap Is Where Recovery Begins or StallsThe single biggest predictor of how fast someone recovers from failure is not how bad the failure was. It is what they decide the failure means. Martin Seligman's research on explanatory style, developed over decades at the University of Pennsylvania, found that…

Times Life

Sleeping Less Than 7 Hours a Week Wrecks Your Decision-Making and Judgment More Than You Realise

Your Brain Lies to You About How Impaired You AreThe most dangerous thing about sleeping less than 7 hours is not the tiredness. It is the confidence. A landmark study by Hans Van Dongen at the University of Pennsylvania tracked participants restricted to 6 hours of sleep per night for…

Times Life

Gurugram AI startup Brekfuz raises $525,000 in funding, valued at $7.5 million

Founded by Arhan Singhal (18), an artificial intelligence student at the University of Pennsylvania, and Sarthak Ahuja (19), a computer science student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Brekfuz is building what it describes as a “Human API” — a knowledge layer that captures institutional context and makes it accessible…

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Quote of the Day by Founder of Positive Psychology Martin Seligman on life lessons: “When we want to move from plus three to plus eight in our lives, the exercise of...” — Learn how the American psychologist’s theories of well-being, learned helplessness, and personal strengths reveal the path to lasting happiness and success

Quote of the Day by Martin Seligman: “When we want to move from plus three to plus eight in our lives, the exercise of will is more important than rearranging external props.” The founder of positive psychology shares a powerful lesson on resilience, personal growth, and the choices that shape…

The Times of India

A Wharton alumnus gave $50 million to support the teachers behind tomorrow’s business leaders

In 2018, Marc and Carolyn Rowan donated $50 million to Wharton, focusing on enhancing teaching, research, and leadership development rather than physical expansion. This significant investment aimed to strengthen the school's intellectual resources and attract distinguished faculty, underscoring a commitment to long-term academic influence and the core of its institutional…

Reason

No Pseudonymity for Plaintiff Allegedly "Enticed by an Attractive, Busty Jewess"

From Judge Mark Kearney (E.D. Pa.) yesterday in Doe v. Trustees of the Univ. of Penn.(for more on the quote… The post No Pseudonymity for Plaintiff Allegedly "Enticed by an Attractive, Busty Jewess" appeared first on Reason.com.

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A Flawed Minimum Wage Study Shows How Bad Stats Get Turned Into Policy Gospel

A 2024 paper claimed higher minimum wages don't kill jobs. It was statistically significant—and almost certainly misleading.

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International Business Times UK

AI Uncovers Hidden Ozempic Side Effects Missed by Clinical Trials after Scanning Hundreds of Thousands of Reddit Posts

AI analysis of Reddit posts reveals lesser-known side effects of Ozempic, highlighting the potential of social media as a real-time health data source for drug safety monitoring.

The Times of India

'Stop this crazy Indian migration': Row over Pennsylvania university hiring H-1B worker on $79,584 annual salary

A new H-1B filing by the University of Pennsylvania has stirred a row after details of a $79,584 data analyst role circulated on social media this week.

International Business Times

Canvas Hackers Warn 'Pay or Leak' as Ransom Deadline Looms Over 30 Million Students' Stolen Records

ShinyHunters has breached Canvas, demanding a ransom from Instructure by 12 May 2026 and threatening to leak data affecting millions of students worldwide if it is not paid.

The Conversation

Federal investigation into Smith College probes whether transgender students can attend women’s schools – challenging the evolving mission of women’s education

Within the past decade, most women’s colleges in the United States – including Smith College, a liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts – have expanded their admissions policies, allowing transgender students to also attend. Many of these policies allow transgender women to apply, while policies for transgender men and nonbinary…

TechRadar

Who is John Ternus really? 5 surprising facts that show Apple's next CEO isn't Tim Cook 2.0

'Johnny Appleseed' will soon take over from 'Tim Apple' (ahem), and here are some interesting — and some rather odd — facts about him.

The Guardian - UK

‘Oscar of science’ awarded to team behind gene therapy that restores lost vision

Married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire developed Luxturna, which helped a patient see their child’s face for the first time

The Independent UK

Judge says Penn must turn over information about Jewish employees in US discrimination probe

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to hand over records about Jewish employees on campus to a federal agency as part of an investigation into antisemitic discrimination

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