As a prelude to Earth Day, the University Around You hosted it’s final 2018 lunch and learn about IT and Environmental Sustainability in April. We gathered some of the University of Penn’s leading authorities on the topic from Penn ISC, Wharton Operations, and the student body. Check out the Recording Slides from…Read More
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IT & Entrepreneurship
One of Wharton’s greatest assets are the many entrepreneurial-minded students with for our 7th “University Around You” installment we wanted to highlight this amazing facet and focus of two key elements: tools for tech entrepreneurs and inspiring new student tech ventures. To achieve that goal, the Strategic Partnership team created a lunch…Read More
Sims & Education Gamification
In addition to presenting students with tools to improve their academic experience, we hope that the University Around You series (see our 2017 and 2018 lunch and learns) enhances learning and inspires future leaders and entrepreneurs. With that in mind, we wanted to use our February lunch and learn to showcase two groups using…Read More
Research & Data
After the Survey Design & Analysis lunch and learn reached capacity at the end of 2017, we predicted that the 2018 University Around You series opening topic, “Research & Data”, would also be well-attended since students appreciate data collection and analysis tools. Because employers highly value critical thinking and data analysis, students want to…Read More
Survey Design & Analysis
Given that December is a busy time of year for students, we trepidatiously sent out our registration for the Survey & Design lunch and learn optimistically hoping to get 20-30 attendees. Instead, we immediately hit the capacity of the room at 60 students and had an additional 20 students on…Read More