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Improv with an impact
Two students

Seniors Philip Chen, left, and Meera Menon won the President’s Engagement Prize for The Unscripted Project, a nonprofit to bring improv classes to Philadelphia public schools in partnership with the Philly Improv Theater. 

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.
Pandemics and presidential elections
Empty podium with seal of the White House flanked by American flags with plaque reading The White House hung from curtains in background
  • Q&A

    • Pandemics and presidential elections

    The coronavirus outbreak has already caused disruptions in the 2020 election cycle. What if the nation is in the midst of another shutdown come Election Day in November?

    Kristen de Groot

    Alex Chen’s lessons from Ebola
    Scientist in protective hazmat suit working in laboratory.

    Alex Chen’s lessons from Ebola

    Alex Chen, a doctoral candidate in anthropology, studies emerging disease preparedness, and how air and airflow is the most powerful tool against disease.

    From Omnia

    Use of conservative and social media linked with COVID-19 misinformation
    Cartoon of a person wearing a face back wondering if they should panic while reading a tabloid newspaper with the headline reading pandemic alert covid-19.

    Use of conservative and social media linked with COVID-19 misinformation

    A study of media use and public knowledge has found people who relied on conservative or social media were more likely to be misinformed about how to prevent COVID-19 and believe conspiracy theories about it.

    From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

    Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus
    Power Plant in the South of Iran
  • Q&A

    • Iran, sanctions, and coronavirus

    The United States has faced pressure to ease sanctions to help Iran manage its coronavirus outbreak. Ciruce Movahedi-Lankarani, a doctoral candidate in the History Department, discusses how the sanctions have played into Iran’s energy development and complicated its management of the viral outbreak.

    Kristen de Groot

    When cash is tight, should you borrow from retirement?
    Closeup of a hand holding an empty wallet over a desk strewn with bank statements, credit cards and a calculator.

    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.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    Continued CO2 emissions will impair cognition
    Several smokestacks giving off smoke in a scene showing a top of a building and the skyline in the distance.

    Continued CO2 emissions will impair cognition

    Rising CO2 causes more than a climate crisis, according to a study from Penn and CU Boulder. It may directly harm our ability to think.

    Michele W. Berger

    Ten years later, dental mentorship program holds strong
    dental medicine with technicians handing off plastic bag

    A decade ago, when the School District hired Charlene Jennings Fenster (left) to develop and teach a dental assisting program, she immediately reached out to partner with Penn Dental Medicine, her alma mater. Pictured here, Fenster observes a Randolph student who assists a Penn Dental Medicine student providing care.

    Ten years later, dental mentorship program holds strong

    Penn Dental Medicine students and faculty connect with Randolph high schoolers through the School District of Philadelphia’s Oral Health Academy.

    Lauren Hertzler