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At Penn's Wharton, Working in Business and Doing Social Good
Some University of Pennsylvania students who are business majors are learning about ways businesses can work to help society.
Penn to Offer Online Classes via Coursera
PHILADELPHIA –- The University of Pennsylvania will join Princeton University, the University of Michigan, the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University in partnering with Coursera, an online education platform, to make Web-based courses available free and to improve teaching on campuses.
iDE Wins the $100,000 Lipman Family Prize of the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today the winner of its inaugural Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize – iDE, a social enterprise that has pioneered innovative, market-based approaches
Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania Select Lipman Family Prize Finalists Vying for $100,000
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced its selection of three finalist organizations vying for the Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. The Lipman Family Prize recognizes and amplifies the work of organizations devoted to positive social impact
Penn Prof on March Madness: Can Losing Lead to Winning?
PHILADELPHIA -- Is your March Madness bracket filled out yet? Imagine you’re watching a close game. As the teams head to the locker room at half time, only two points separate the two competitors. Which team do you think is more likely to win? The team down by one or the team up by one?
Penn Environmental Studies Students Reporting Live from the World Water Forum in France
MARSEILLE -- Eleven University of Pennsylvania Master of Environmental Studies students are journalists at the 6th World Water Forum in this French city with the Oikos Student Reporter program this week.
Penn Student Wins Gates Cambridge Scholarship
PHILADELPHIA – University of Pennsylvania senior Eileen Moison has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to spend at least a year at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom pursuing a graduate degree in biochemistry. Afterwards she plans to continue towards a doctoral degree in biochemistry/molecular biology.
University of Pennsylvania Announces 2012 Thouron Award Winners
PHILADELPHIA – Seven University of Pennsylvania seniors and a Penn alumna have received Thouron Awards to pursue graduate studies in the United Kingdom. The award winners are:
Penn's Center for High Impact Philanthropy Partners in 100Kin10 Initiative for Education
PHILADELPHIA — The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania will be a partner in 100Kin10, a movement to recruit, prepare and support 100,000 science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, teachers during the next decade.
Penn's Netter Center, Wharton School Announce JPMorgan Chase Grant That Extends Partnership
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School are pleased to announce a $60,000 grant from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation to the Wharton-Netter Center Community Partnership program in collaboration with the
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Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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Time
Why maternity care is underpaid
Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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ABC News
Starbucks sales are slumping. Is it a bellwether for the economy?
Cait Lamberton of the Wharton School says that Starbucks has to fundamentally rethink the value they offer so they don’t become a quick-service fast-food place.
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RNZ/Radio New Zealand
Embracing AI in our lives
In his new book, “Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI,” Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that people should learn to work with AI as a tool to be more creative, more capable, and even more human.
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Los Angeles Times
Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that social media apps are investing in AI to become “stickier” for consumers, keeping users on their platforms for as long as possible.
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