FTC Chair Khan Names Aviv Nevo as the Agency’s Director of Bureau of Economics

Aviv Nevo has been appointed to serve as Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Economics. “I’m excited that we will have Aviv on board as the FTC’s director of the Bureau of Economics,” Chair Khan said. “His insights and expertise will be an asset to our agency and to our work serving the American public.”

Economics
Marketing

Resilience in Networked Systems

Dani Bassett Receives 2022-23 Heilmeier Award

Dani Bassett has been named the recipient of the 2022-23 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for “groundbreaking contributions to modeling and control of brain networks in the contexts of learning, disease and aging.”

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Physics and Astronomy
Psychiatry

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

For ‘Spirit of Innovation,’ Vijay Kumar Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Vijay Kumar has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, recognizing his contributions to inventions that have made a meaningful impact on society.

Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Ubiquity of Data

What the FTX Collapse Means for the Cryptocurrency Market

The rapid fall of FTX makes clear that better regulation is necessary to protect investors and reduce crime in the cryptocurrency market. Kevin Werbach, a longtime advocate of stronger oversight, explains why the path to regulation isn’t a straight line.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

Paid programs can help companies grab more customers with perks such as free shipping and exclusive offers, especially as consumers look to cut costs and find added value amid high inflation. But a new study co-authored by Raghuram Iyengar reveals potential pitfalls of this approach.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

New book discusses different types of curiosity and how to encourage it

Perry Zurn and Dani Bassett explain how curiosity can be enacted in many different ways on WDET 101.9 FM, Detroit’s NPR Station. "There are really interesting relationships between someone’s openness to ideas, someone’s intellectual humility and their curiosity and also their wellbeing or flourishing,” says Bassett.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Physics and Astronomy

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Keys to Getting the Most From Machine Learning

To maximize results from machine learning and artificial intelligence, you need to tailor your tech to the task at hand. Hamsa Bastani explores solutions for making the most of AI in both her undergraduate Introduction to Management Science course and lectures for Executive Education.

Operations Information and Decisions

Social Norms for Algorithms

Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers

In a new book, Peter Fader shows business leaders the path toward understanding the health of their overall customer base. Fader spoke with Penn Today about what’s in the book, who can benefit from reading it, and important tips for organization leaders.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

The language of loneliness and depression, revealed in social media

By analyzing Facebook posts, Lyle Ungar and other Penn researchers found that words associated with depression are often tied to emotions, whereas those associated with loneliness are linked to cognition.

Computer and Information Science

Ubiquity of Data

Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows

Congratulations to Junhyong Kim, who was named part of the inaugural cohort of Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows. These Fellows will participate in the 2022-2023 Institute on Inquiry, Equity and Leadership of the Faculty Advancement Network.

Biology

Ubiquity of Data

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FTC Chair Khan Names Aviv Nevo as the Agency’s Director of Bureau of Economics

Dani Bassett Receives 2022-23 Heilmeier Award

For ‘Spirit of Innovation,’ Vijay Kumar Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

What the FTX Collapse Means for the Cryptocurrency Market

Are Subscription Programs Paying Off for Retailers?

New book discusses different types of curiosity and how to encourage it

Keys to Getting the Most From Machine Learning

Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers

The language of loneliness and depression, revealed in social media

Ivy Plus Provost Leadership Fellows