Page 34 – Wharton Global Youth Program

Demystifying Deepfakes: 3 Truths About AI-Generated Videos

A person wearing glasses and a light blue shirt is seated on a couch, focused on using a smartphone. The background is a textured, warm-toned wall.

Recently amidst all the Twitter memes and hashtags, something big was trending. Del Harvey, vice president of trust and safety at Twitter, announced a draft of how the social-media platform plans to handle “synthetic and manipulated” media that purposely tries to mislead or confuse people. In his blog post, Harvey…Read More

Why You Have Time to Become a Successful Entrepreneur

A person smiling and looking at a digital screen displaying stock market graphs and numbers, representing financial analysis or investment.

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates founded their pathbreaking companies -- Facebook and Microsoft -- when they were still in their teens. Steve Jobs founded Apple at 21. Their stories, which get a lot of media attention, have many believing that younger entrepreneurs are the most successful. However, academic research from…Read More

Educator Toolkit: Leadership in the Age of Activism

A group of people at a protest or march, with three individuals in the foreground holding megaphones and wearing bright safety vests. Signs and a crowd are visible in the background.

Why This Matters Now As multitudes of students under the age of 20 rally around climate change and other politically charged topics, such as gun control, many are challenging the role of business and politicians in supporting real change. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old from Sweden, has quite literally become the…Read More

Embracing Leadership in an Era of Activism

A person speaking at a clear podium with a microphone, wearing a striped shirt, against a dark background.

Greta Thunberg has become a voice of change for Generation Z. At age 16, the climate change activist from Sweden has crossed oceans, marched for miles and spearheaded vocal protests and rallies to fight for what she believes: that climate change is real and needs to become a priority among…Read More

Lessons in Limited-edition Marketing from the Kids at Kickpin

Three people are posing together inside a sneaker store. The person in the center is holding a shoe box and wearing sunglasses and a pink jacket. Sneakers are displayed on shelves in the background.

In the obsessive market for limited-edition sneakers, brand awareness and innovative marketing strategies generate major buzz around new releases. The Nike Lebron 17 in the new Bron 2K colorway is a great example. Earlier this month, Nike partnered with one of the most popular basketball simulation video games – NBA2K20…Read More

Is TikTok Invading Your Privacy?

Students in a school hallway, with two individuals smiling and looking at a smartphone near lockers. Others are talking in the background.

Just like YouTube and Instagram, the new application in town, video-sharing platform TikTok, is launching teens into social media stardom. With hundreds of millions of active monthly users worldwide, it’s not that much of a stretch for high-profile TikTokers like 18-year-old Baby Ariel to have nearly 30 million followers –…Read More

What Is Design Thinking?

Person in a casual outfit, looking frustrated while holding a pencil to their forehead, seated at a desk with papers depicting mobile app designs, in a modern office.

A few years back when Shreya A. was in 8th grade, she visited India with her family. “We were at the Taj Mahal and it was very hot,” recalls Shreya, now a junior at Mansfield High School in Massachusetts. “I saw how the heat was taking a toll on so…Read More

Disney CEO Bob Iger Lets Us In on the ‘Magic’ of His Corporate Leadership

A person in a suit and tie in front of a blue background with sparkling stars.

Robert Iger, former CEO of the Walt Disney Company, is considered one of the most respected executives in the corporate entertainment world (Oprah wants him to run for the job of U.S. president). He has spent 14 years managing what some consider to be the greatest media empire on earth,…Read More

Penn CIO Peter Ammon on Why ‘People Matter Immensely’ to Successful Investing

Let the trading begin! Thousands of high school students worldwide took to Wharton’s OTIS Online Trading and Investment Simulator this past week with the official start of the 2019-2020 KWHS Investment Competition. Ultimately, these teams of four-to-seven students will be building their investing skills from the ground up and developing…Read More

Educator Toolkit: The Power of Storytelling

A group of people sit on the floor in a dance studio, wearing black clothes, watching a person in the foreground. They appear engaged and attentive.

Why This Matters Now In its most recent “Future of Jobs” report, the World Economic Forum, a nonprofit committed to improving the state of the world, presents the trends that are transforming the workplace from 2018 to 2022 – the skills that students must learn today in order to become…Read More

Stay Updated