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Wharton School
Improv with an impact
Improv with an impact
With their President’s Engagement Prize, Wharton School seniors Philip Chen and Meera Menon plan to create The Unscripted Project, a nonprofit that will run 10-week improv courses in Philadelphia public schools, partnering with the Philly Improv Theater.
President Gutmann teaches session in first-of-its-kind Wharton coronavirus online course
President Gutmann teaches session in first-of-its-kind Wharton coronavirus online course
President Amy Gutmann participated in a Q&A session with Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett and approximately 2,000 students as part of the new course dedicated to the coronavirus crisis called Epidemics, National Disasters, and Geopolitics: Managing Global Business and Financial Uncertainty.
When cash is tight, should you borrow from retirement?
When cash is tight, should you borrow from retirement?
While millions of Americans find themselves strapped for cash with reduced work or lost jobs, tapping retirement savings is fraught with risks that need careful consideration, according to experts at Wharton.
‘Disease knows no borders’
‘Disease knows no borders’
From the history of science to medical anthropology, governance, and economics, Penn experts look at the history of global health from different perspectives to see what the future may hold.
Making sense of coronavirus statistics
Making sense of coronavirus statistics
Wharton professor Adi Wyner digs into the statistics about the COVID-19 outbreak and offers insights into what the numbers mean.
What the COVID-19 curve can teach us about climate change
What the COVID-19 curve can teach us about climate change
Like the person-to-person transmission of coronavirus, climate change is happening in smaller increments that can be easy to ignore until the cumulative effects can be measured.
What to do if you can’t pay rent or mortgage because of the coronavirus
What to do if you can’t pay rent or mortgage because of the coronavirus
As the coronavirus stifles the economy and triggers mass layoffs, many people are concerned about how they’ll pay their mortgage or cover their rent in coming months. Wharton expert, Susan Wachter, offers advice.
How the pandemic could affect income inequality
How the pandemic could affect income inequality
Wharton’s Benjamin Lockwood discusses income inequality in the U.S. in the wake of COVID-19, and how the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act raises questions about what policy will look like on the other side of the coronavirus outbreak.
Are U.S. banks strong enough to weather the coronavirus pandemic?
Are U.S. banks strong enough to weather the coronavirus pandemic?
Wharton’s David Zaring discusses the impact of the pandemic on U.S. banks.
Racing to deliver a vaccine to the masses
Racing to deliver a vaccine to the masses
While the world works to flatten the curve, scientists at Penn and Wistar hope to deliver the COVID-19 pandemic’s silver bullet: a vaccine that effectively protects people from infection.
In the News
BBC
Boycotts aren’t the only way to hold companies accountable
Maurice Schweitzer of the Wharton School says that calls to boycott companies are complicated by the sister brands and different platforms of large corporations.
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Technical.ly Philly
Philly high schoolers develop easy app to help predict the true cost of college
Finiverse, a project run out of the Wharton School’s Stevens Center, helps high school students assess what a college education might mean for their financial situation.
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WHYY (Philadelphia)
Should you be friends with your coworkers?, update from the polls, jazz trumpet player Terell Stafford
Nancy Rothbard of the Wharton School explains how to manage the upsides and downsides of workplace friendships.
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Axios
Wawa marks a 60th anniversary milestone
Barbara Kahn of the Wharton School says that Wawa’s endurance has been fueled by authenticity, a fun name, and its offering of fresh quality foods.
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CNN
Why Corporate America is keeping quiet on abortion
In a Q&A, Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School discusses the changing winds of corporate activism and the dilemma business leaders find themselves in with abortion.
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