Five tips to stay positive and healthy during social isolation Penn CIS Professor Lyle Ungar and Penn psychologist Melissa Hunt offer some suggestions to stay positive and healthy in the face of this new social isolation. Computer and Information Science caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Network Systems: Connecting the Dots On a recent episode of the radio show Choose the Be Curious, Dani Bassett discussed her work at the intersection of basic science, engineering, and clinical medicine — and how she’s taking on curiosity itself. Bioengineering Electrical and Systems Engineering caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Is Streaming the Future of TV Programming? Raghu Iyengar joined the Wharton Business Daily podcast to talk about the complex market for streaming services, the challenges that come with continually creating fresh, new content, and the future of TV programming. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
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
