A year of ‘Connections’
The 2009-2010 Penn Humanities Forum will feature lectures and other public events throughout the fall and spring around the theme, "Connections."
Inside the minds of casino customers
A team from the Wharton School has developed a tool that will enable companies, specifically casinos, to identify and target their most lucrative customers.
Campus art, both well-known and obscure
Throughout the 2008-09 academic year, the Current has taken a look at the stories behind some of Penn's most well-known, and most obscure, pieces of public art.
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Incentives for the Long Run: An Executive Compensation Plan That Looks Beyond the Next Quarter
New Wharton research suggests that a compensation structure based on long-term escrow accounts could be better -- at least for a company's future -- than the common practice of rewarding short-term changes in share price. Protein Predicts Development of Invasive Breast Cancer in Women with DCIS, Penn Study Shows
Women with ductal carcinoma and an overexpression of a certain protein have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive breast cancer, information which may help clinicians choose between minimal and more aggressive treatments. Of Traffic Jams, Beach Sands and the Zero-Temperature Jamming Transition
Cars, deserts, avalanches and molecules all jam together. Physicists are looking for a mathematical model that ties them all together. Out of Africa: Penn Geneticist Publishes Largest-Ever Study on African Genetics Revealing Origins, Migration
African, American, and European researchers working in a 10-year collaboration have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data — more than 4 million genotypes — providing a library of new information on the continent which is thought to be the source of the oldest settlements of modern humans. Arjun G. Yodh Named Director of Penn’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter
Yodh has pioneered the use of diffuse optics as a tool for medical diagnostics and will now lead the cross-disciplinary institute that bridges the research endeavors of three schools and 11 departments. » Research at Penn |
