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The retailer Brooks Brothers has long been associated with tailored, classic clothes for the workplace. What better place to find tips to help you dress for success. Lindsay Taylor Hall, a rising senior at Central High School in Philadelphia, Pa., and a participant in the Knowledge@Wharton High School Business, Entrepreneurship & Leadership program at Wharton in the summer of 2011, sat down with local store manager Maria Mariani to talk classic looks, corporate casual and why every wardrobe should have a crisp shirt.…

Dress for Success: Crisp Shirts and the Truth About Corporate Casual

PoverUp, which launched in April 2011, was named one of Inc. Magazine’s “11 Coolest College Startups,” and founder Charlie Javice, who is 19, was one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business 2011.” Javice, a student at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, spoke with Knowledge@Wharton High School editor Diana Drake about building an online network that lets socially minded students learn, connect and invest in microfinance. …

Generation Microfinance: Charlie Javice Believes in the Power of Students to Alleviate Poverty

Sourav Bose, a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, majored in biology and crisis management. As a junior in high school, Bose founded a non-profit agency that sponsors an HIV education center in India and complemented his work abroad by volunteering as an emergency medical technician and firefighter with his local fire department. He has continued his interest in disaster management, as well as researching emergent medical care in Guatemala. In an interview with classmate Mindy Zhang, Bose talked to Knowledge@Wharton High School about the intersection of business and medicine, and leadership lessons from his experiences in crisis response.…

Mission Critical: Sourav Bose Tackles Public Health Research and Disaster Management

Kristen Hall, a senior at the University of Pennsylvania, is in the dual degree Huntsman program, which includes courses in both finance and international studies. Interested primarily in international development, she has been thinking of ways to use her academic knowledge in places like Nigeria, Botswana and Tanzania. She was interviewed recently for Knowledge@Wharton High School by classmate Alan Lee. …

From Business Clubs and Lab Research to Choir and Africa: ‘Explore All Your Different Passions’

You might think Tony Wang had his hands full as a double-degree junior at the University of Pennsylvania, earning both his bachelor’s and master’s in four years. Add fashion designer and social media expert extraordinaire to the mix and you have one busy bioscience-loving blogger. Wang sat down with student interviewer Mindy Zhang to talk about his passion for fashion – including his biannual adventures at New York Fashion Week -- and the value of building your personal brand.…

From Bioscience to Haute Couture: Tony Wang’s Wide-Ranging World

Julie Cheng was a junior at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Md., when she submitted an essay to the Knowledge@Wharton High School essay contest and placed first in the 11th/12th grade entrepreneurship category. Cheng is now a freshman at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She talked with KWHS about her winning business plan and how college is nurturing her entrepreneurial spirit. …

KWHS Essay Contest Winner Julie Cheng: Functional Gloves and the Musings of a College Freshman

Teenager Hannah Salwen lived with her family in an Atlanta mansion – she even had an elevator that led to her room. A lot can change in a few years. Salwen and her family decided to sell their home, move into a house worth half the value and donate the rest of the sales price to The Hunger Project and its work to end poverty in Ghana, Africa. They tell their story in the book, "The Power of Half: One Family’s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back." Wharton management professor Stewart Friedman talked with Hannah, now a high school junior, and her dad, Kevin Salwen, about their story of downsizing with a difference. …

Doing Good, with the Power of Half

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