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...closet had been “the common experience for most people in my situation.”Now, Mack said, “It’s thrilling that we’ve planted our tent in the middle of Science Center Lawn.”For Wharton Sinkler ’60, the conference offered a chance to “review those fours years” when he was deeply unsure of himself and his sexuality.Sinkler didn’t come out of the closet until age 62, and this weekend was the first time...
Olivia Mitchell, chair of the Insurance and Risk Management Department at the Wharton School of business, agrees. "I wouldn't say we'll put any of the modelers or mathematicians out of a job," she says, but still, "every time there's a shift in the landscape, we realize we have to enrich the models, make them more complete, more complex, and bring in some of the richness that the real world can throw at us." Indeed, on Sept. 16, at the request of students, Wharton faculty held a "teach-in" to examine the current financial crisis in the wider...
...Terror seek to explain the roots of extremism. His take on these subjects has often been controversial; some scholars accuse him of being needlessly alarmist about the "clash of civilizations" - a term he coined before Samuel Huntington's book. Lewis's latest book Islam: The Religion and the People, (Wharton School of Publishing) co-authored with Buntzie Ellis Churchill, is a useful primer for those who know little or nothing about the religion and its adherents. TIME's World Editor Bobby Ghosh recently interviewed Lewis, 92, over the phone. Excerpts...
...Rohit Deshpande led a discussion about a marketing battle in the world of imported beer. Students discussed how Grupo Modelo, which produces Corona, should compete with market-leader Heineken. Other discussions touched on private equity and corporate law. The undergrads met with admissions officials from Penn’s Wharton School and both the MBA and doctoral programs at HBS. Conference organizer Elvis K. Terigin ’10 praised the participants and speakers for taking an active role in making the program a success. “All the planning put into organizing the conference finally paid...
Harris, a practicing general internist and a Wharton M.B.A., has used his clinical experience to foster innovation that directly benefits patients. The hospital's 3 million--plus patients can schedule appointments online, for example, and fill out paperwork on the Web before they get to the waiting room. Cleveland Clinic's specialists supply second opinions to patients worldwide who enter symptoms into an Internet form and then send test results to doctors via FedEx. Cardiologists silently, invisibly monitor patients' pacemakers and other implanted devices remotely to make sure they're functioning correctly. Soon robotic carts will transport supplies and sanitary...