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Education, Business, & Law
Who, What, Why: Kimeze Teketwe brings Luganda to Penn
Who, What, Why: Kimeze Teketwe brings Luganda to Penn
The GSE master’s student from Uganda taught the first ever course on this language in the spring of 2022. This fall the program continues with another intro class, followed by an advanced class next spring.
Wharton launches Ivy League’s first certification program in the metaverse
Wharton launches Ivy League’s first certification program in the metaverse
Kevin Werbach, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School, outlines three takeaways about the Executive Education’s new certificate program on the emerging technology.
The law students who help make justice accessible for all
The law students who help make justice accessible for all
The Access to Justice Tech Fellows Program mobilizes law students across the country to generate pathbreaking ways to increase access to justice for the most vulnerable communities.
Travel and the middle class
Travel and the middle class
With the inflation boom, how long will travel be sustainable?
Inflation hits back-to-school shopping
Inflation hits back-to-school shopping
Barbara Kahn, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, says high inflation makes back-to-school spending harder for families.
Udai Bhardwaj decriminalized homosexuality in India. Now, he’s coming to Wharton
Udai Bhardwaj decriminalized homosexuality in India. Now, he’s coming to Wharton
Bhardwaj and his team of lawyers, all of whom identify as LGBTQIA+, argued successfully to decriminalize homosexuality in the Indian Supreme Court.
STEM summer: Grad students and middle schoolers tackle drones and coding
STEM summer: Grad students and middle schoolers tackle drones and coding
For six weeks, West Philadelphia middle schoolers learn and play through a partnership between Penn GSE and Drone Cadets, an education program accredited by STEM.org.
A master’s program explores how politics and culture impacts education access and equity
A master’s program explores how politics and culture impacts education access and equity
A desire to create educational access and learn about different facets of education led students to pursue the Education, Culture, and Society program at Penn GSE.
On book bans and free speech
On book bans and free speech
Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says book bans and challenges affect free speech and expression, especially for young people, and that institutions of higher education are important for developing tools based on evidence for assessment.
A mural to honor a civil rights pioneer
A mural to honor a civil rights pioneer
The unveiling of the design of a new mural honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. was held last month, a collaboration between Penn Carey Law, Mural Arts Philadelphia, and The Philadelphia Citizen.
In the News
Bloomberg Business Week
Crash course in crisis leadership
Dean Erika H. James of the Wharton School discusses the lessons and context of her new book, “The Prepared Leader,” on an episode of the Bloomberg BusinessWeek Podcast.
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Forbes
The next crisis in inevitable. The urgent call for the prepared leader
“The Prepared Leader,” a new book co-authored by Dean Erika James of the Wharton School, outlines the five phases that must be addressed when dealing with crisis management.
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Reuters
Laws restricting right to film police prove to be a waste of time
Seth Kreimer of Penn Carey Law is quoted on the accompaniment of cellphone camera technology by cases of police prosecuting critics who recorded them.
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Bloomberg
Business schools are beginning to embrace stakeholder inclusion
The Wharton School is noted as becoming the first large MBA program to offer a major in environmental, social, and corporate governance, standards used by socially conscious investors to vet companies.
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Salt Lake Tribune
Utah’s state treasurer pulls millions from investment firm over its climate and social agenda
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that new Republican anti-environmental state policies have created an opaque system in which politicians have total discretion.
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