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Making sense of the war on Huawei
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Making sense of the war on Huawei

In an opinion piece, Wharton dean Geoffrey Garrett weighs in on the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, and argues it is only the beginning of what is clearly becoming the U.S. government’s war on the Chinese tech firm.

Penn Today Staff

Building a circular economy movement in India and beyond
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The Engagement Prize has given grads Hjemdahl and Balasubramanian the chance to apply their Penn educations toward “building a movement” they believe in. (Photo: Eric Sucar, Office of University Communications)

Building a circular economy movement in India and beyond

A shift in environmental policy in India prompted a new operational model for rePurpose, the social enterprise started by the President’s Engagement Prize-winners.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Schwarzman Scholarships announced
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Seniors Adedotun Adejare and Johnathan Chen and graduate student Zhongyuan Zeng are Schwarzman Scholars. 

Schwarzman Scholarships announced

Two seniors and one graduate student will receive one year of graduate study in global affairs at China’s Tsinghua University.
Bigger brains are smarter, but not by much
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Bigger brains are smarter, but not by much

Using a large dataset and controlling for a variety of factors, including sex, age, height, socioeconomic status, and genetic ancestry, Gideon Nave of the Wharton School and Philipp Koellinger of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam found that people with larger brains rated higher on measures of intelligence, but only accounts for two percent of the variation in smarts.

Katherine Unger Baillie

A celebration as thank-you note
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Jamison “JJ” Vulopas, Penn President Amy Gutmann, and Erica Dienes at the Fall Scholarship Celebration on Nov. 27 

A celebration as thank-you note

The Fall Scholarship Celebration brings together donors to undergraduate financial aid with their scholarship recipients every year to build connections with the students that their philanthropy supports.
New fellowship offers undergrads unfiltered, frank access to city leaders
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New fellowship offers undergrads unfiltered, frank access to city leaders

Through the program, offered by the Penn Institute for Urban Research, 14 students will meet with a former Philadelphia mayor, Philly’s current director of planning and development, and more.

Michele W. Berger

How Wharton worked to slow the rising tide of early internship recruiting
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How Wharton worked to slow the rising tide of early internship recruiting

When Wharton leadership noticed a rising trend in extremely early internship recruiting by investment banks, they took action, working with other universities as well as the firms to figure out a plan that’s best for students.

Lauren Hertzler