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A Wharton Graduate Chooses Entrepreneurship to ‘Fight the Fire’ of Saving Our Planet

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Students who attend the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates are known for pursuing internships and jobs in investment banking and management consulting. They seek prestige, competitive edge, great salaries, and the kind of strategic thinking that advances careers in business. When Svanika Balasubramanian (pictured above talking…Read More

Wharton Global Youth: Learning Online Never Looked So Good

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We’ve all had our share of cringy Zoom room encounters. It can be awkward to connect to people and classwork on a computer screen, rather than face-to-face. You mean, I have to sit through another distant lecture? Camera off. Shift your mindset! We’re here to tell you why learning online…Read More

6 Ways You Will Become a Better Leader with Wharton Global Youth This Summer

Keith Ellison, program manager for Wharton Global Youth’s online Essentials of Leadership summer program (pictured above), who also teaches management communication at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, loves working with high school students because “they are like sponges for leadership development.” Ellison says, “Essentials of Leadership lays…Read More

Constitution High School Students Study Tax Preparation at Wharton and Practice Their Skills with Philadelphia Taxpayers

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Tax preparation season has taken on new meaning this year for the Wharton Global Youth Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Since January, 15 students from Philadelphia’s Constitution High School who are enrolled in Wharton Global Youth’s credit-bearing Embedded Pre-baccalaureate Program have been taking…Read More

Knitting Purpose and New Life from Textile Waste in Indonesia

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As we head into April, Earth Day (April 22) is on many hearts and minds. Textiles, particularly discarded clothes, are among the top pollutants in our world's landfills, fueling greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Laura Abigail Simbolon, a high school student from Jakarta, Indonesia, feels a deep commitment to…Read More

‘Let’s Go!:’ Announcing the Top 10 Teams Advancing to the Wharton Investment Competition’s 2025 Global Finale

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In the inimitable words of Ladi Ayoola, this year’s Wharton Global High School Investment Competition client: “Let’s go!” It was a fitting call to action from Ladi, who sent an encouraging video to this year’s top 50 teams as they headed into the competition semifinals the week of March 17,…Read More

The Power of Word Choice in Influencer Marketing

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The Wharton School has seen some incredible MBA students in its time – but perhaps few as visible as Alexis Barber. Barber, 26, is a Wharton MBA student whose Too Smart for This podcast and Too Collective lifestyle brand have helped to catapult her into micro-influencer status on social media…Read More

How Studying Online with Wharton Inspired Me to Reimagine Lithuania’s Food Deserts

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Whenever I travel anywhere by car, my family has to decide on a place to grab lunch. Almost all the options are well-known fast-food restaurants, like McDonald’s or KFC. The only other options available between Russia and Lithuania — the two countries I live in — are small cafés, where…Read More

Skyscrapers and Shopping Malls: How Commercial Real Estate Shapes Your World

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When Wharton Global Youth met up with Margaux D.K., a Wharton School senior at the University of Pennsylvania who is heading into a real estate career, she defined her passion for real estate like this: “I appreciate that we are investing in something tangible and helping to shape communities.” Think…Read More

The Art, Business and Community of Baseball Gloves

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Every now and then, we discover a Wharton Global Youth student who is using business skills to do something quite unique -- and it's just too good to pass up the opportunity to connect and learn from them. Such is the case on our latest Future of the Business World…Read More

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