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Wharton MBA graduate Nicholas Martin to teach at the Coast Guard Academy
Nick Martin stands against a red sandstone building, with foliage in the foreground

Originally from State College, Pennsylvania, Martin is an active-duty lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard. This fall, he’ll be teaching marketing to college students at the Coast Guard Academy.

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Wharton MBA graduate Nicholas Martin to teach at the Coast Guard Academy

Wharton MBA graduate and lieutenant commander Nicholas “Nick” Martin to teach marketing to “the next generation of officers.”

Kristina García

Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era
Archaeological site filled with stacked, dusty, aged bricks and surrounded by rocks..

The Archaeological Complex of Pachacamac, listed for the UNESCO Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, Peru.

(Image: Lynn Meskell)

Reconsidering world heritage for the modern era

Through recent research, archaeologist and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Lynn Meskell has continued to highlight how World Heritage Sites have become flashpoints for conflict and out of touch with local communities. 
Class of 2023 Ivy Day
Five students holding framed certificates stand in a hallway

The Penn Alumni Student of Merit Award winners (left to right): Joan Dartey, William Chase Seklar, Rebecca Nadler, Ryan Afreen, and Margaret Gladieux.

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Class of 2023 Ivy Day

For 150 years, Ivy Day has been an annual tradition at Penn, with each graduating class installing at least one new plaque, planting a sprig of ivy, and recognizing individual achievements.

Kristina García

Graduating from the Wharton School and ready for the world
Sahiba Baveja

Wharton fourth-year Sahiba Baveja.

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Graduating from the Wharton School and ready for the world

In her four years as a Wharton undergrad, Sahiba Baveja has two health care startups on her resumé, along with entrepreneurship courses, and a stint in the Venture Lab.

From Wharton Stories

Penn welcomes energy justice scholar Sanya Carley
Sanya Carley.

Image: Courtesy of the Weitzman School

Penn welcomes energy justice scholar Sanya Carley

Carley will be the Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning in the Weitzman School with an affiliation with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy.

From the Weitzman School of Design

2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Krish Mehta standing outside

Krish Mehta has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University. From Mumbai, India, Mehta graduated with dual degrees from the Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science in 2018. 

(Image: Courtesy of Krish Mehta) 

2018 graduate awarded Knight-Hennessy Scholarship

Focused on tackling climate change, 2018 Penn graduate Krish Mehta, from Mumbai, has been awarded a 2023 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for graduate studies and global leadership training at Stanford University.
A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows
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A time to celebrate for inaugural SNF Paideia Fellows

The first cohort of fellows is set to graduate, taking with them the pillars of the SNF Paideia Program—dialogue, citizenship, service, and wellness—on their next life adventures.

Kristen de Groot

Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research
A panel sits at at table in Perry World House as a presenter on the right stands at a podium explaining his research.

Bodong Chen of the Graduate School of Education (right, at podium) discusses his project that focuses on helping integrate sustainable development goals into schools in China.

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Symposium highlights breadth and depth of Penn Global research

The Penn Global Research and Engagement Fund is supporting the 19 new faculty-led projects that span research, capacity-building, and development efforts across Africa, Latin America, India, China, and beyond. 

Kristen de Groot

Olivia S. Mitchell named AEA Distinguished Fellow
Olivia Mitchell.

Olivia Mitchell, professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School.

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Olivia S. Mitchell named AEA Distinguished Fellow

The American Economic Association has named Olivia S. Mitchell of the Wharton School as a 2023 Distinguished Fellow for her seminal research on pensions, Social Security, retirement, and financial literacy.