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Wrapping Up Our 2020 Comment & Win Contest with a Burst of Innovation

Inventor Thomas Edison is credited with saying, “There’s a way to do it better – find it.” High school students participating in Round 4 of the Wharton Global Youth Program 2020 Comment and Win contest were asked to do just that: express innovation in action. The directive: read a story…Read More

Our 2020 Investment Competition Global Finale Ends in a Tie for First Place

Friday, May 8 was a big day for the Wharton Global Youth Program team – and for 12 other high school student-led teams around the world – with the first-ever virtual Wharton High School Investment Competition Global Finale. The following teams were selected as the champions of the 8th annual, 2019-2020 Investment Competition – a tie…Read More

How an Online Expedition to Saturn Builds Better Leaders

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The year is 2087. You have been invited along with other students to join the Enceladus Expedition, the first commercial space mission to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, whose south pole provides the only reliable source of liquid water beyond Earth. You accept this mission – and for a total of six…Read More

Round 3 of the Comment & Win Showcases a Generation of Storytellers

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Let’s start with our story. It had been a long, hectic week for our Wharton Global Youth Program team. Faced with the reality that 2020 summer high school programs on the University of Pennsylvania campus were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we embraced innovation and collaboration with the Wharton…Read More

Pandemic Perspectives on the Value of Big Data

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Numbers. The stories they tell us are so revealing. The coronavirus crisis is generating a river of data – flowing with everything from evolving economic forecasts to minute-by-minute tallies of coronavirus cases and deaths. During the launch of Analytics at Wharton in 2019, a merging of research, teaching and resources that…Read More

A Chance for High School Students to Explore the ‘Future of the Business World’

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An essential message emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic: embrace change. The Wharton Global Youth Program, which leverages the world-class expertise and research at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School to provide campus-based programs, global competitions and online content for high school students and educators, has done just that with the…Read More

The Mask Challenge: Lessons from the Pandemic’s PPE Shortage

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The global COVID-19 pandemic has introduced us to a new acronym: PPE or personal protective equipment. Hospitals and health care centers have struggled over the past few months to keep pace with the surge in demand for PPE. The World Health Organization has said, “shortages are leaving doctors, nurses and…Read More

Student Essay: The Power of Stories to Inspire Strong Leaders

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Maya S. is a Muslim, Egyptian and student athlete who has lived in Saudi Arabia for most of her life. She is 16 and a junior at the American International School of Riyadh, where she is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program. In this Student Essay of the Week, Maya…Read More

Career Insight: Ama Egyaba Baidu-Forson’s Economist Life

Ama Egyaba Baidu-Forson is a senior economist working on Sub-Saharan Africa at IHS Markit, a source of information about global economies around the world. She provides macroeconomic forecasts, research and risk analysis for specific countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya. Ama, who volunteers for the Wharton Global Youth…Read More

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