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A Student Draws Inspiration from the Dabbawalas of Mumbai

A group of dabbawalas in traditional white attire are gathered on a street with bicycles and tiffin containers. A cart is loaded with bags.

Uday Bansal, a high school senior from Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, traveled from his home in New Delhi, India, this summer to participate in the KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy at Wharton in Philadelphia, Pa. While there, he learned about how entrepreneurs work to identify needs in society in…Read More

Immigration Reform in America: The People, the Proposals and the Economics

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Anjana Drukpa, a junior at Lincoln High School in Des Moines, Iowa, arrived in the U.S. from the mountains of Nepal when she was only 7 years old. She moved with her two sisters and her single mother. “She wanted us to come here to have a better life, better housing,…Read More

Smart Money Is the Theme Among the Round Three Winners of the KWHS Comment and Win Contest

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We had a small but mighty showing for Round Three of the inaugural KWHS Comment and Win contest. Quality always triumphs over quantity when it comes to this type of challenge. Of the 10 reader comments logged between July 24 and August 11, the KWHS team couldn’t help but rejoice over…Read More

The Mission for this Teen’s Drone: Locate and Destroy Landmines

A person in a blue suit is holding a drone with a camera attached, standing in an outdoor setting with trees and a building in the background.

A childhood fancy with robots led Harshwardhan Z., 15, on an inventive path that resulted in the design for a drone that could detect and detonate landmines. Raised in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad by his accountant father Pradhyumal and his homemaker mom Nisha, Harsh is still getting used…Read More

Educator Toolkit: Becoming Global Citizens

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Why This Matters Now To be a global citizen means adopting a global perspective toward your understanding of current events and making a commitment to be informed, curious and engaged with issues of international importance. Reports on climate change, refugees and immigrants, trade, and so much more make the headlines…Read More

Conquering the Negative Bank Balance

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During his four years of college, Daniel D. became all too familiar with a dreaded financial concept: overdraft. Put another way – his bank balance had a nasty habit of dipping below zero. “Before I had my mobile banking app, if I was at school I would keep swiping my…Read More

Green Beans and Other College Essay Tips

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The Process, a quarterly program that used to air on Sirius XM Channel 111, Business Radio powered by The Wharton School, offered guidance and insight into the college admission process. In this podcast series that began airing in the summer of 2016 and broadcast its fifth segment on July 11,…Read More

Round Two Winners from the KWHS Comment And Win, and What to Know About Round Three

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Round Two results are in for our first-ever 2017 KWHS Comment and Win contest. During this two-week phase of the competition, which lasted from July 10 to July 21, high school students were required to reply to an existing comment on a Knowledge@Wharton High School article. They were asked to…Read More

Learning to Embrace the Impractical and Think More Creatively

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Ananya Grover, 15 and a high school sophomore from Amity International School, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, embarked two years ago on the journey of a competition called Odyssey of the Mind, which promotes creative problem-solving. The competition required Grover and her teammates to design structures and set designs, write and…Read More

5 Takeaways from Today’s Board Game Revival

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A few years back Knowledge@Wharton High School interviewed several high school students about their love of chess and how they could apply that passion and skill to the world of business. The consensus: chess is so much more than a board game. “I definitely feel as though the problem solving…Read More

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