Faculty tackles lack of diversity
When Penn was founded the faculty consisted solely of white, Christian males. Now, out of a standing faculty of 2,549 professors, there are 704 women and 411 minority faculty members
'Blemishes' don't ruin apps to Wharton, other prestigious schools
Experts, including those at the Wharton School, say that “blemishes” on an application do not necessarily prevent a student from gaining admission to a prestigious business school.
Wharton professors' book explains how to 'learn from catastrophes'
Following the meeting of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Mitigation of Natural Disasters last year, Useem and Kunreuther decided to put together Learning from Catastrophes — a book they hoped would address the many issues surrounding natural disasters.
Wharton business forum recognizes China's rise
With its financial influence on the rise, “China will probably be the largest economy in the world for the rest of this century,” stated Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Carlyle Group David Rubenstein during his keynote for the Wharton China Business Forum.
University names six Penn Fellows for 2010
The Penn Fellows program is an initiative for mid-career faculty who display “outstanding academic achievement and strong leadership potential,” Director of Faculty Development and Equity at the Office of the Provost Lubna Mian said.
Course evals get 85% response
Moving course evaluations from the traditional pencil-and-paper format to an online ratings system significantly increased the number of evaluations that were completed.
Undergrads share research expertise
CURF and the CURF Undergraduate Advisory Board held its first-ever Undergraduate Research Symposium yesterday
Expert offers job advice to computer science majors
Gayle Laakmann, current Wharton MBA student and former Google, Microsoft and Apple employee, gave a lecture Thursday to a crowd of Computer Science and Engineering students about how to successfully interview with software companies.
Making sense of the curriculum
Over 60 percent of students tackle the College requirements, but few may know their origin or how they compare to the other Ivies'.
Preceptorials make for creative learning
Preceptorials are small non-credit seminars led by faculty members and organized by students that take place three times over the course of the semester.