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Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University
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Penn students working on the first floor of Tangen Hall. The first floor of the building is home to three of the five innovation spaces operated by Penn Engineering, which are intended to teach students to use physical tools to prototype and test their ideas. 

Tangen Hall brings together aspiring entrepreneurs across the University

At seven stories and 68,000 square feet, the Wharton-led Tangen is the largest student entrepreneurship hub in the world.

Dee Patel

How to have more successful conversations
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How to have more successful conversations

Whether negotiating a salary increase or chatting with a co-worker, people have more productive conversations when they identify their motives and goals. Wharton’s Maurice Schweitzer offers a tool for doing just that.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Talking energy at Penn
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Talking energy at Penn

Energy Week 2022, hosted by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and the Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology, runs April 4-8. It includes student presentations, along with conversations about renewables, energy and the war in Ukraine, and much more.

Michele W. Berger , Lindsey Samahon

Five Penn students are 2022 Goldwater Scholars
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Five undergraduates have received 2022 Goldwater Scholarships, awarded to sophomores or juniors planning research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Penn’s newest Goldwater Scholars are (from left) juniors Joshua Chen, Allison Chou, Shriya Karam, Laila Barakat Norford, and Andrew Sontag.

Five Penn students are 2022 Goldwater Scholars

Five juniors have received 2022 Goldwater Scholarships to pursue research careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. Penn's newest Goldwater Scholars are Joshua Chen, Allison Chou, Shriya Karam, Laila Barakat Norford, and Andrew Sontag.
A Wharton expert examines cybersecurity hiring best practices
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Wharton lecturer and author, Leeza Garber, of “Can. Trust. Will: Hiring for the Human Element in the New Age of Cybersecurity.” (Image: Business Expert Press)

A Wharton expert examines cybersecurity hiring best practices

A new book by Leeza Garber of the Wharton School tackles the problem of cyber threats, with a focus on how employers can find and hire the right people.

Dee Patel

How economic sanctions are affecting Russia
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An electronic board showing the currency exchange rates of the Euro and the U.S. dollar against the Russian ruble in Moscow, Russia. (Image: Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik via AP)

How economic sanctions are affecting Russia

Wharton’s Nikolai Roussanov speaks about the impact of Western sanctions on the Russian economy, as Russian citizens are seeing their purchasing power erode sharply because of the depreciation of the ruble.

From Knowledge at Wharton

New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways
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New COVID-19 roadmap: Four takeaways

A report spearheaded by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, with input from other Penn experts, lays out a dozen priorities for the federal government to tackle in the next 12 months. The aim: to help guide the U.S. to the pandemic’s “next normal.”

Michele W. Berger

Wharton 5K returns for first time since the pandemic
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2017 Wharton 5k run at Penn Park (Image: Wharton Student Life: Wharton Undergraduate Division)

Wharton 5K returns for first time since the pandemic

Undergraduates and MBAs get ready to run in the first Wharton 5K since the start of the pandemic.

Dee Patel