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A fish harvest that’s more sustainable—and tastier, too
Wharton graduate Saif Khawaja

Saif Khawaja, a graduate of Wharton, is one of the winners of the inaugural Penn President’s Sustainability Prizes.

A fish harvest that’s more sustainable—and tastier, too

December graduate Saif Khawaja’s President’s Sustainability Prize is helping him build Shinkei Systems, a company that has developed a robotics-based system for minimizing waste in the fishing industry.

Katherine Unger Baillie

TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.
An illustration of an old television with a person in sunglasses on it. On top sits a laptop computer with an arm reaching out past the screen, holding a rolled up newspaper. Another newspaper lays flat on top of the screen.

TV news top driver of political echo chambers in U.S.

Duncan Watts and colleagues found that 17% of Americans consume television news from partisan left- or right-leaning sources compared to just 4% online. For TV news viewers, this audience segregation tends to last month over month.

Michele W. Berger

How firms can overcome the ‘paradox of preparedness’
Dominoes about to fall on a tiny person holding a briefcase

How firms can overcome the ‘paradox of preparedness’

George Day of the Wharton School and global management consultant Roger Dennis offer four pieces of advice for firms who want to get ahead of looming problems.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Wharton students go international
Six Wharton students riding bikes on a bridge at night.

Wharton students go international

Undergraduate students participated in a 10-day Wharton International Program to visit business and cultural sites in England and Ireland.

Dee Patel

A cleaner, greener airport of the future
Six students stand around a poster with wind turbines and airplanes on it

A cleaner, greener airport of the future

Six students from across the University presented their vision of an airport equipped with carbon-capturing technology and an electrified vehicle fleet at a NASA competition, garnering the “Most Intriguing Concept” award.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir
Glee Club members in formalwear gathered together in ballroom under crystal chandeliers

On the first traveling tour with a gender-inclusive choir, 54 members of the Penn Glee Club performed in Spain and France. They debuted new formalwear before an audience of Penn alumni at the Ritz in Paris. 

Penn Glee Club performs on its first European tour as a gender-inclusive choir

On the first traveling tour as a gender-inclusive choir, the Penn Glee Club performed before audiences that included alumni in a Paris ballroom and passers-by on the streets of Barcelona.
A mashup of marketing and neuroscience
Four students and Elizabeth Johnson in a Wharton lab.

Elizabeth “Zab” Johnson (far right), executive director of the Wharton Neuroscience Initiative, hosts a demonstration in the Wharton Behavioral Lab where students collect eye-tracking data that they later analyze for a group project. (Image: Wharton Magazine)

A mashup of marketing and neuroscience

Wharton’s Visual Marketing course examines the real-world applications of visual cognition and its influence on consumer behavior.

From Wharton Magazine

Can China stop climate change?
Scott Moore sitting on a bench Scott Moore, director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives, pictured along Locust Walk.
  • Q&A

    • Can China stop climate change?

    In a political science course and new book, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives Scott Moore unfurls the layers of China’s approach to sustainability and technology.
    What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being
    Person sitting on bench with a smartphone and credit card surrounded by shopping bags.

    What the frequency of your pay means for financial well-being

    Workers who access their wages on demand often develop a false sense of their own wealth and spend more, according to new research from Wharton’s Wendy De La Rosa.

    From Knowledge at Wharton