Management expert Rahul Kapoor discusses the challenges, opportunities, and global landscape of the changing space economy.
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August 6, 2026
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The global space economy hit a record $686 billion last year, and in June, SpaceX had the largest IPO in history. Penn Today talked with management expert Rahul Kapoor about the challenges, opportunities, and global landscape of the space economy, driven in part by decreased launch costs and improvements in satellites and rocket technology.
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Penn Medicine researchers have constructed the first spatial map of the developing human kidney, showing that soluble signals from neighboring cells steer what each stem-like cell becomes. “If we want to grow kidney tissue that behaves like the real thing, we have to know what the cells are saying to one another,” says Katalin Susztak, who co-led the study. “This work gives us a first draft of that vocabulary.”
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Earth scientist Reto Gieré originally studied minerals and rocks but shifted to explore how waste materials can be incorporated into renewable energy systems and biomass combustion. “One of the biggest challenges is changing our mindset,” he says. “We could recover valuable materials from waste streams, improve recycling systems, reduce pollution, and generate significant economic value in the process.”
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A team at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center helped Monty, a 10-year-old thoroughbred, beat the odds after suffering a compound radial fracture. The groundbreaking surgical plan included a 5-hour operation, experimental materials to clean and fill the bone, recovery in a floating raft, and more than two months in a body sling.
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Today, revisit a story that highlights an overlooked facet of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). A study by public health expert Derek M. Griffith found that global and regional SRH policies significantly neglect men’s health needs, including them for generally instrumental reasons rather than focusing on men’s health as an end in itself.
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 THE WASHINGTON POST
“Do we want classrooms organized by continuous digital engagement? Or do we want schools where children spend substantial portions of the day interacting and creating?” writes Sarah Schneider Kavanagh of the Graduate School of Education.
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