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ISSUE: November 15, 2009
Articles about the University of Pennsylvania
Positions Of Strength
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2-15-2001
Its the latest wrinkle in managament: Hire employees for what they do best and build your organization around those strengths.
Article Excerpts:
...psychology movement led by Martin Seligman of
the University of Pennsylvania
, have had limited influence, however, on what...
Question
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5-15-2007
Why can't we construct a building in a better, stronger, faster manner, and, while we're at it, make it more environmentally friendly?Architect Steve Kieran has been...
Article Excerpts:
...projects — for clients such as
the University of Pennsylvania
— was born. The ultimate goal, though,...
Books That Matter
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7-15-2002
PATRICK HARKER, THE WHARTON SCHOOL
Like so many people, Patrick Harker, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is searching for order in this new era of discontinuity. But Harker is looking for it in an unexpec...
Article Excerpts:
...Patrick Harker, dean of the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania
, is searching for order in this new era of...
Learn! Charge!
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1-1-2003
Six years ago,
Michael Useem
, director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, took a group of MBA students on a field trip. Their destination: the Civil War battlefield in Gettys...
Article Excerpts:
...Center for Leadership and Change Management at
the University of Pennsylvania
’s Wharton School, took a group of MBA...
Always Let Them See You Sweat
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7-15-2003
There are certain things that we, as a civilized people, just don't talk about. Take, for example, sweat. Nobody talks about sweat.People don't go to dinner parties and say, "That is lovely sweat you're dripping." "Thanks, I worked out just before comi...
Article Excerpts:
...says here in the paper that researchers at
the University of Pennsylvania
found that men’s perspiration has...
The Pursuit Of Happiness
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10-1-2008
Putting on a happy face is positively all in the mind.
Article Excerpts:
...psychology, Martin Seligman, PhD, director of
the University of Pennsylvania
’s Positive Psychology Center, launched...
Word Play
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7-1-2006
Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, There's no such thing as too much information.
Article Excerpts:
...and Public Policy at the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania
, question how effectively a spirited cadre of...
Scene And Be Seen
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7-15-2007
We searched for ways to fill up your day planner. So check out some of these events, have a great time, and send us a postcard.
Article Excerpts:
... www.museum.upenn.edu The crown jewel in
the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and...
Book Reviews
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4-15-2007
Great American Billboards: 100 Years of History by the Side of the RoadBy Fred E. Basten (Ten Speed Press, $20)"Neolithic cave paintings in Spain and France bear the...
Article Excerpts:
...that aims to help. The site is hosted by
the University of Pennsylvania
’s Annenberg Public Policy Center,...
Giving Mbas A Global Spin
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11-15-2001
Ggiving MBAs a Global Spin
U.S. business schols are revamping curriculum so students understand what makes the world go round.
Article Excerpts:
...programs William Kooser. The Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Rankings: 18, WSJ; 1,...
Executive Reading
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12-15-2001
THE FUTURE OF IDEAS: THE FATE OF THE COMMONS IN A CONNECTED WORLD By Lawrence Lessig, Random House, $30
The Internet, perhaps the mightiest engine of creativity ever, is already being transformed into an equally potent obstacle t...
Article Excerpts:
... says leadership expert and The Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania
professor Michael Useem, who cites eight cases...
Ethical Dilemma
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9-15-2002
Amid corporate scandals, business schools ponder their teaching of ethics.
Article Excerpts:
...Anjani Jain, vice dean at Wharton School at
the University of Pennsylvania
, “It’s a problem that every...
Candice Bergen's New York City
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5-15-2003
As she awaits the release of her latest movie, this Manhattan-based actress reveals the best of the Big Apple.
Article Excerpts:
...began commuting for modeling assignments from
the University of Pennsylvania
. Soon she was starring in films like the...
Looking Up In Silicon Valley
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2-15-2005
Its glass half-full again, the region retools for another revolution. Will it be boom and bust redux?
Article Excerpts:
...of Entrepreneurship at the Wharton School of
the University of Pennsylvania
. “Now we see those sales are...