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

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

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

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Curbing Climate Change: 30 Solutions That Could Make an Impact

Penn Law's Cary Coglianese discuss the solutions offered by a new Penn-wide report on climate change that attempts to boil many challenges down to just 30 “policy-relevant and solution-oriented” proposals that can be applied at the local, state and national levels.

Law
Political Science

Ubiquity of Data

The Customer Centricity Playbook Wins Best Business Book Award

The Customer Centricity Playbook, the innovative guide from authors Peter Fader and Sarah Toms for companies to revolutionize the way they think about their customers, has been named a winner of a 2019 Digital Book Award.

Marketing

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Gutmann and Moreno talk bioethics, health care in new book

The University’s president, a political philosopher, teamed up with a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Jonathan Moreno to write “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die,” which hit the shelves at the end of August.

History and Sociology of Science
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Philosophy

Ubiquity of Data

A molecular ‘atlas’ of animal development

In a new paper, Junhyong Kim and collaborators report the first detailed molecular characterization of how every cell changes during animal embryonic development. The work used the latest technology in the emergent field of single cell biology to profile more than 80,000 cells in the embryo of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Biology

Ubiquity of Data

Is Your Business Ready to Scale?

In theory, most business owners want to increase revenues and at the same time see costs grow at a slower pace. As promising as that sounds, not all enterprises are good candidates for scaling, according to Gad Allon.

Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

Finding the Value in IPOs: Why Customer Behavior Holds the Key

Spurred by tech companies such as Uber, 2019 is expected to be a record year for initial public offerings (IPOs), but what are these firms really worth? Wharton's Peter Fader explains why customer-based corporate valuation is a novel -- and very accurate -- way of determining a firm’s worth.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Gutmann, Moreno op-ed details ‘ethical mess’ of health care system

Published recently in The New York Times, Penn President Amy Gutmann penned an op-ed with Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Jonathan Moreno about the importance of revising and reinforcing the Affordable Care Act. “Surely our fellow Americans with life-threatening diseases of all sorts are also worth saving,” they write.

History and Sociology of Science
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Philosophy

Ubiquity of Data

News

Driven by Data

Physicists look to navigational ‘rhumb lines’ to study polymer’s unique spindle structure

What the 2016 Presidential Election Can Teach Us About Political Tweeting

Curbing Climate Change: 30 Solutions That Could Make an Impact

The Customer Centricity Playbook Wins Best Business Book Award

Gutmann and Moreno talk bioethics, health care in new book

A molecular ‘atlas’ of animal development

Is Your Business Ready to Scale?

Finding the Value in IPOs: Why Customer Behavior Holds the Key

Gutmann, Moreno op-ed details ‘ethical mess’ of health care system