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January 2021
Integrating Knowledge and the Realities of Fake News
The term fake news has received a lot of attention in recent years. How much of a role does mainstream media play in this era of misinformation and the information ecosystem at large? Join Erika James, Dean of the Wharton School, for a conversation with Penn Integrates Knowledge (PIK) and Wharton Professor Duncan Watts about his interdisciplinary teaching and research, particularly his role as principal investigator with Project Ratio which is working to map news content through its production, dissemination, and consumption. This session will close with Q&A from the audience.
Details & RegistrationFebruary 2021
Scale School: Making Bold Decisions in Challenging Times
While many enterprises have been struggling to stay afloat through the pandemic, some leaders have made bold strategic decisions to scale during these profoundly uncertain times. How should founders weigh the risks, particularly when even more factors are out of their control? In this session, Professor Mike Useem and panelists Amy Errett, WG’88, CEO and Co-Founder at Madison Reed and Partner at True Ventures, Chad Robins, WG’02, CEO and Co-Founder at Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation, and Davis Smith, G’11, WG’11, CEO and Founder at Cotopaxi will discuss the challenges business leaders and their firms have faced when deciding to scale as well as the opportunities they continue to eye for the future.
Details & RegistrationHow Do Immigrants Affect Economic Growth? An Evidence-Based Approach
Led by: Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez, Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Associate Professor
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