How biology creates networks that are cheap, robust, and efficient A new study in Physical Review Letters from Eleni Katifori shows how a wide variety of vascular networks can be created by changing only a small number of a network’s attributes. Physics and Astronomy caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Is Free Shipping Sustainable for Retailers? Shoppers who ventured into stores on Black Friday, November 29, may have noticed significantly less frenzy than in previous years. Wharton’s Ron Berman spoke with Wharton Business Daily on Sirius XM about the impact of free shipping on retailers. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
The Next Legal Challenge: Getting Law Firms to Use Analytics Wharton marketing professor Raghuram Iyengar, who is faculty director of Wharton Customer Analytics, recently spoke with Knowledge@Wharton about the challenges of getting lawyers to embrace analytics, and the benefits they stand to gain. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Pushing medical science forward, with bioethics Alongside Nursing Dean Antonia M. Villarruel, Penn President Amy Gutmann and PIK Professor Jonathan Moreno discussed their new book “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die” at the Smilow Center for Translational Research. History and Sociology of Science Medical Ethics and Health Policy Philosophy caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Streaming endures growing pains Just in time for the launch of two new streaming services from Disney and Apple, video on demand (VOD) has gone from golden age to a state of buffering. Peter Fader joined Penn Today to discuss the state of video streaming and what’s ahead for the burgeoning media format. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
The culture of coworking spaces As Penn sociologist David Grazian discovered through hundreds of hours of fieldwork, despite today’s digital work-anywhere economy, having a physical place to conduct business still matters. Sociology caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Your Data Is Shared and Sold…What’s Being Done About It? Even as businesses seek to self-regulate, data privacy laws remain necessary because companies have to be prodded to adopt them. Michael Kearns, Sebastian Angel, and Aaron Roth discuss how companies collect and use data, and potential privacy solutions. Computer and Information Science caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Driven by Data Big data—the analysis of extremely large data sets that reveals patterns and associations—is at the forefront of the modern research process. Penn Arts & Sciences' new program, Data Science Hangout, gives undergraduate students a chance to work with faculty mentors, like Bhuvnesh Jain. Physics and Astronomy caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Physicists look to navigational ‘rhumb lines’ to study polymer’s unique spindle structure Biology is full of complex patterns, shapes, and geometries which play important roles in biological function but can be difficult to create. A new study from Eleni Katifori describes how spheres can be transformed into twisted spindles thanks to insights from 16th century navigational tools. Biology caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
What the 2016 Presidential Election Can Teach Us About Political Tweeting There is growing evidence that microblogging (such as on Twitter) about political topics often serves to activate the political identities of consumers, and these identities play an important role in influencing a wide range of consumer consumption behaviors. Ron Berman investigated this phenomenon in his recent article. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
