In 2014, Wharton and University of Pennsylvania students Roopa Shankar, Alina Wang and Rachel Stewart founded NOMsense Bakery, a Philadelphia-based wholesale bakery specializing in handcrafted cookie sandwiches. While Stewart left the partnership last summer to work on other projects, Shankar and Wang are investing lots of time and energy into their creative cookie concept. This week, NOMsense won the Northeastern Regional Round of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, earning $5,000 for their start-up. KWHS editor Diana Drake recently sat down with co-founder Shankar to find out more about the “NOM” story.

NOMsense Bakery and the Nuances of ‘Dessert Maximalism’

Everyday we hear new stories related to Europe’s biggest migration since World War II, sparked by refugees of the Syrian Civil War fleeing the unrest in their country for safety and opportunity in places like Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Germany. In this story, with reporting from a Knowledge@Wharton article that ran in September, KWHS meets some young refugees and explores the economic impact of masses of people moving to new countries.

The Economics of the Refugee Crisis: Paying Off Debts and Launching Startups