Ankur Jain, a sophomore in the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, appeared on CNN on March 20 to discuss the Kairos Society, an organization he founded to encourage entrepreneurship among college students. Jain spoke with CNN anchor Heidi Collins about how the Kairos Society is helping young entrepreneurs “re-invent the American Dream” by connecting student entrepreneurs from across the country with one another, as well as with leaders of successful innovative businesses. Kairos is holding its first summit April 3-4 in New York City, where former President Bill Clinton and William Gates Sr., chairman of the Gates Foundation, will deliver keynote addresses.
When Collins asked Jain how the recession might affect the efforts of young entrepreneurs, Jain noted that historically “some of the best companies have been started during tough times” and that the challenge for the Kairos Society is to help student entrepreneurs find success through “non-traditional pathways.”
Materials in the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives include thousands of TV scripts, the first issue of TV Guide, and interviews about the early days of HBO—which help to chronicle TV’s 100-year story.
Centering joy in AI development and implementation
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton—of Annenberg and SP2—and collaborators introduce a joy-informed framework designed to initiate conversations among engineers, designers, and researchers.
Winter Storm Fern brought icy and snowy conditions to the Northeast and other parts of the country over the weekend. Penn Today asks physicist Robert Carpick about the unique properties of ice, the science of curling, and how close we are to ‘nonslip’ ice.
Organizations like Penn’s Netter Center for Community Partnerships foster collaborations between Penn and public schools in the West Philadelphia community.
Penn receives national distinction for community engagement
The recognition by the American Council on Education and Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching acknowledges Penn’s long-standing commitment to community-engaged scholarship and partnerships in West Philadelphia and beyond.
