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Educator Toolkit: Digital Footprints

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Why This Matters Now A digital footprint is everything you post on your social media accounts, in comment sections, while playing an app or sending an email. Every retweet, like, or +1 is part of your online history, and could potentially be seen by people who are outside your circle…Read More

Announcing the Winners from Round One of Our First Comment and Win Contest!

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The first-ever KWHS Comment and Win contest is off to a strong start. During Round One, which lasted from June 26 to July 7, 2017, readers from around the world posted 20 interesting and perceptive comments on 12 different KWHS articles, ranging in themes from biotech innovation to the national…Read More

How to Network Online with Influential People

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Devang Singhal, 17, graduated from Amity International School, Noida, a high school in India, in the spring of 2017. Singhal, whose team The Wolves of D-Street placed third in the 2016 KWHS Investment Competition, is passionate about business, especially marketing and finance. He is headed to Singapore Management University in…Read More

Challenging the S’mores Legacy with a Campfire Innovation

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In this season of camping and backyard barbecues, here's your chance to get some entrepreneurial inspiration from a favorite crispy campfire treat -- and from two brothers who saw the need for a better roasting stick. Whether you’re a Boy Scout, Girl Scout or just a fan of hanging out around your backyard fire pit, chances…Read More

A Look at Amazon, Walmart and How Your Shopping Experience Is Changing

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Where did you shop over the long weekend? Amazon? Walmart? Both? You might have heard that these two giants of retail are duking it out behind the business scenes, strategically building their omni-channel approach to reach consumers wherever and however they choose to do their shopping. It’s a study in…Read More

Three Students Take Their ‘Smart Straw’ to Market and Raise Awareness about Sexual Assault

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Most 17-year-olds schedule productive summer plans in between occasional beach trips – like working part-time jobs, exploring internships, taking summer-school classes and campus visits, and maybe even attending college summer programs. Fewer teens, however, are meeting with potential manufacturers and flying out to North Carolina to consider collaborating with an…Read More

Where Do Ideas Come From?

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Pei Y. loves sports. When she’s not working on her demanding class schedule at The Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., the rising high school junior is usually dribbling down the basketball court, serving on the tennis court, or running competitive cross-country. Pei's father, who lives in her hometown…Read More

How to Reflect on What Matters to You as You Begin the College Search

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The Process, a special 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 admissions process. Eric J. Furda, the former dean of admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, invited guests and experts to explore…Read More

Enter a New Student Contest, and Consider Contributing an Article to KWHS This Summer

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High school students from around the world have been asking us for more opportunities to engage with Knowledge@Wharton High School. Now's your chance. Below are two ways you can get to know us and we can get to know you in the next few months -- and you may just boost your…Read More

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