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Knowledge @ Wharton High School Edition Announced
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced plans to launch a high school version of its popular online journal Knowledge@Wharton, which reaches 1.25 million subscribers worldwide. Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS), to kick off in February 2009, will be a free biweekly site offering articles, videos, podcasts, business-related learning simulations and interactive tools targeted to high school students as well as teachers. The goal is to help the coming generation understand business concepts and the role that business plays in realizing their dreams as well as driving innovation and social change. Read More
US News & World Report: K@W Wall Street Crisis Coverage--"Whole Thing is Worth a Read"
US News & World Report in its "Ticker" column advises readers to delve into Knowledge @ Wharton's "Wall Street's Day of Reckoning" a special report offering extensive coverage of the events surrounding the crisis involving major banks on Wall Street. MORE
Wall Street Journal online: Wharton-PBS Collaboration "An exercise for the entrepreneurial mind"
The Wall Street Journal's entrepreneurship blog, "Independent Street" highlights Knowledge @ Wharton's collaboration with PBS's Nightly Business Report. K @ W and NBR are seeking to find out from viewers and readers, "What are the 30 Most Important Innovations of the Past 30 Years?" MORE
Miami, FL and Philadelphia, PA, July 31, 2008 -- In 1979, the first spreadsheet software was introduced, Sony rolled out the Walkman, ESPN began broadcasting sporting events to cable TV companies, and on public television, Nightly Business Report made its debut. To celebrate three decades on the air, PBS’ Nightly Business Report has teamed up with Knowledge@Wharton, the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, to select the 30 most important innovations from the last 30 years. MORE
Report on Credit Crisis Offers Range of Interactive Tools and Wharton Faculty Interviews
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June, 20, 2008 -- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that its award winning business analysis journal, Knowledge@Wharton, has published "A Knowledge@Wharton Special Report: "Inside the Subprime Crisis," a deeply layered analysis of one of the most devastating economic challenges to face the US economy in years. Filled with helpful glossary definitions, an elaborate timeline, faculty insights and video interviews, the Report is the most interactive of its kind ever produced by Knowledge@Wharton. The editors expect it to become a favored resource for students, individual investors and Federal regulators alike. The report is available online here: http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special_sections/subprime/
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Knowledge @ Wharton has launched a YouTube channel which includes an extensive array of video offerings. Segments include interviews with Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide of Saatchi & Saatchi; Prof. Jeremy Siegel on "Bear Stearns, the Rate Cuts and Inflation"; and Boris Silver, a Wharton School sophomore whose start up has become one of Facebook's most popular applications. MORE
ZDNet: K@W Microsoft Interview is "Fantastic"
[Knowledge @ Wharton Technology Editor] Kendall Whitehouse has a really fantastic interview up with Scott Guthrie, the man helping to lead Microsoft’s charge into rich Internet applications. The interview covers a ton of ground including Microsoft’s plan to make money off of Silverlight and Scott Guthrie’s thoughts on AIR. Kendall has been following the space for quite a while so he has a pretty good sense of what to ask and how to get good answers. Some of the highlights for anyone interested in RIAs. MORE
