Views from the top of the world Views from the top of the world Members of the Penn community give accounts of their expeditions to Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world.
Contest fosters local solutions to global sustainability challenges Rising senior Richard Ling started a nonprofit, Collective Cause, and through that, ran a competition called Sustainable Solutions. The goal was to encourage high school and college students to brainstorm local solutions to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Contest fosters local solutions to global sustainability challenges SoleProvider won the Sustainable Solutions competition created by rising senior Richard Ling. The automated texting system offers Philadelphia’s homeless a simple way to request a particular need and for users to fulfill it.
Regulating big tech Regulating big tech Wharton’s Eric K. Clemons discusses the pros and cons of boosting regulations on big technology companies such as Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple, after years of being penalized in Europe for anticompetitive practices.
A push for emergency texting services across the United States Not only do rising juniors Anthony Scarpone-Lambert and Kirti Shenoy want emergency text services in every county in the United States, but they also want to educate Americans on its potentially lifesaving benefits. That’s where Text-911 comes in. (Photo: Simon Chen) A push for emergency texting services across the United States Today, fewer than half of U.S. counties have this capability. Rising juniors Anthony Scarpone-Lambert and Kirti Shenoy want to change that with their nonprofit Text-911.
Calling all techies: Penn’s your next stop Calling all techies: Penn’s your next stop Throughout the years, jobs in technology have flourished at the University. Here’s why it’s such a good place to work in tech.
Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Wharton alum is new coach of NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies Taylor Jenkins has been hired to lead the Grizzlies, who finished 33-49 this season and currently have the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett to become Dean of USC Marshall School of Business in 2020 Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett to become Dean of USC Marshall School of Business in 2020 Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett today announced that Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett will be leaving Penn at the end of the 2019-20 academic year to become dean of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles effective July 1, 2020.
One hour, one painting: A Barnes visit reveals clues about how the brain processes visual cues Penn neuroscientist Zab Johnson (standing, second from right) led an exercise during which the mindCORE students studied a single painting for an hour. The idea, she explains, is to “slow down and really take a good look.” One hour, one painting: A Barnes visit reveals clues about how the brain processes visual cues The exercise is one part of a two-week mindCORE summer workshop aimed at underrepresented undergrads across the country. This year’s program focused on language science and technology, and minds in the world.
Making history at LDI: An interview with Rachel Werner Making history at LDI: An interview with Rachel Werner Rachel Werner is the first female and first physician-economist executive director of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and a professor of both medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine and health care management at the Wharton School.
How to fix a toxic workplace How to fix a toxic workplace Is the workplace really any more toxic than it once was? Despite improvements in equality and discrimination, greater awareness of calling out toxic environments is having an impact. So what are employees, and businesses, doing about it?