05/04/09 5:00am
Amputations from wound infections might become obsolete because of four Penn students.
The four students won $20,000 in Wharton's 2009 Business Plan Competition last Wednesday with their device that monitors the wound-healing process.
The team of students, called NIR Diagnostics, comprised MBA students Pitamber Devgon, Xiaoming Fang and Bosun Hau and School of Medicine Ph.D. student Armen Karamanian.
04/27/09 5:00am
These days, Penn researchers are studying everything from skies to the seas - and the people in between.
One team of Penn researchers has discovered about 1,000 galaxies since 2006 with the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope.
Physics and Astronomy researcher Matthew Truch, who has worked on the project since 2002, said BLAST is the only way to see the earliest starburst, or newly formed, galaxies because the atmosphere is too opaque on the ground.
04/20/09 5:00am
Because positions at large financial firms and corporations are more competitive in the present economy, many students are seeking positions at smaller businesses.
"The economy is challenging for internships," Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs Managing Director Emily Cieri said.
04/09/09 5:00am
Penn's Medical Emergency Response Team wants 1920 Commons to become an emergency base.
Completely student-run, MERT responds to medical emergencies. "We are the first response, and we make sure the patient is stable," College junior and Chief Josh Glick said.
04/06/09 5:00am
Even though the freshman class has not yet moved out of a Penn dorm, one group thinks they can help students navigate the process.
Penn Move Out, started this year by students in the Ware College House entrepreneurship residential program, wants to take care of student belongings over summer break.
04/02/09 5:00am
The Undergraduate Assembly is beginning work on an initiative to add American Sign Language to the list of courses that can fulfill Wharton's foreign-language requirement.
The initiative - headed by Wharton and Nursing sophomore and Undergraduate Assembly volunteer member G.
03/26/09 5:00am
Wharton-style dodgeball is back - but this time it's called Hostile Takeover.
Hosted by the Wharton Council for the sixth year, the event is a version of the game Assassins.
Registration ended Tuesday, and the game began yesterday. Those who signed up received a small green ball and the name of a target.
03/03/09 5:00am
Alan Isenberg wanted to be a millionaire.
After appearing on ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" Isenberg, an MBA student at Wharton, became $100,000 closer to his goal.
"I am pretty humbled by this experience," said Isenberg. "My winnings have paid for a year of business school and a vacation to Mexico for spring break.
02/23/09 5:00am
According to Jonah Berger, the popularity of a child's name depends on his or her parents' environment.
Berger, a Wharton marketing professor since 2007, studies "how products, ideas and behaviors catch on and die out," he said.
His main focus is the social aspect of decision making, with regards to popularity.
02/20/09 5:00am
Four sophomores in the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business will be spending their spring break in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Wharton and College sophomores Kristin Hall, Taishi Kushiro, Aleksandar Rasevski and Natalie Tejero were chosen by the Grassroots Business Fund to evaluate the poverty levels of clients of Sero Lease and Finance Limited, or SELFINA, and to help them increase their standard of living.
02/03/09 5:00am
Since 2006, Wharton vice president of corporate diversity Mori Taheripour has encouraged women and minorities to apply for an Executive MBA in an effort to increase diversity in the program.
In the last two years - since Taheripour began her effort - the enrollment of women in Wharton's EMBA program has increased to 25 percent, an increase of more than 10 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal.
01/23/09 5:00am
Wharton recently filled four senior positions, a move officials say will strengthen various divisions of the school.
Jonathan Cutler was named director of MBA admissions and financial aid, Ira Rubien is the new executive director of communications, Leonard Lodish is now the vice dean of the program for social impact and Douglas Collom was named executive director of Wharton West.
01/16/09 5:00am
Wharton is turning a disaster into a learning experience.
Following the eruption of the current economic crisis, the University approved a new course: "The Economic and Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Policy Options."
The course, which is pass/fail and earns students half a course credit unit, focuses on the intricacies of the economic situation.
11/20/08 5:00am
If midterms and finals are running wild in your mind, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity wants you to relax and enjoy some comedy, while helping an important cause.
The fraternity is bringing comedian Steven Hofstetter to campus this Sunday at 7 p.m. in Houston Hall.
11/06/08 5:00am
Political Science professor Rogers Smith noted that Tuesday's "election marks a historic juncture," at a panel yesterday in Houston Hall. And while it is still too early to analyze the triumphs and problems that will accompany this election, Smith and his colleagues tried to demystify the results.
10/17/08 5:00am
After a healthy helping of hearing John McCain boast about "Joe the plumber" in Wednesday's presidential debate, journalist Katha Pollitt helped to ease the tension of the political race while discussing her views at Houston Hall last night.
Tackling issues such as abortion, poverty, human rights and foreign policy in her writing, Pollitt considers herself a feminist columnist.
10/03/08 5:00am
While visiting Pottruck seven days a week will burn calories, people often forget that a large part of staying healthy has to do with consuming nutritious food - not just eliminating carbs or candy.
Finding fresh produce might at first seem difficult in West Philadelphia, but in fact it's possible at Clark Park, located on 43rd and Baltimore streets.
