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We start every design from the ground up. Since no one bicycle frame can be perfect at every task, we start with a set of goals and priorities that are defined by personal experience and rider inputs. Our frames are designed around these goals and are tested rigorously to ensure that they meet these goals.
Details, details, details. We are perfectionists in every aspect of design and construction. Good enough isn't. When we can't find something to meet our stringent requirements, we create it. Our frames feature several custom aluminum extrusions and proprietary tube sets designed specifically for our products.
At Knolly Bikes our goal is to make the highest quality products possible in every aspect of performance and manufacturing. Our motto is "Reliable Predictable Performance" and that philosophy goes into every frame design and finished product.
To ensure that our products are both reliable and consistent performers, we scrutinize the overall design and construction of our frames and continue right down to the smallest component.
We use only high end name brand fasteners ensuring that our fastener products are consistent and reliable. All Fasteners are stainless steel and where required, super hard grade 12.9 plated steel. We do this to ensure that the fasteners don't corrode and don't bend.
We use M8 bolts for all of our shock mounting hardware on our heavier duty frames, again from a strength perspective. And, wherever possible, we use commonly available metric fasteners so that they are easily replaced if damaged or lost.
All pivots feature German INA brand bearings and most use precision machined stainless steel shaft spacers to achieve tight tolerances. INA brand bearings feature some of the most consistent race diameters available, especially important in locations under high lateral load like suspension rocker linkages. Their consistent diameters mean less chance of bearings wearing out their "seats" (the bore that the bearing sits in) resulting in less down time for you the owner.
The two main frame pivots use a pair of INA double row angular contact bearings combined with oversized axles resulting in superior lateral rigidity and high load carrying capability. Pivot bearings are spaced as wide as possible to further increase rear end stiffness.
Our axles and shoulder bushings are CNC turned out of 2024 aluminum for high strength. Rear thru axles feature a stepped outer diameter which guarantees precision where the axle supports the hub bearings. Chain stay pivot axles and rear axles are deeply broached for large 8mm hex keys to make them highly resistant to stripping.
CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) manufacturing is something that we take great pride in. We routinely machine parts to within 0.001" (0.02mm) tolerance; for bearing seats often to a very precise 0.00025" (0.006mm). Why would we spend the time and energy to do this?
Quite simply, it allows us to design and build features like the V-tach's head angle adjuster cam as well as improve the functionality and reliability of our products.
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The Four by 4 Linkage is Knolly Bikes' patented and proprietary suspension technology. Our suspension design is akin to the most sophisticated multi-linkage systems used in auto racing and provides features and performance unmatched in the mountain bike industry.
Knolly designs and manufactures two versions of its Four by 4 Linkage: both designs are patented but are aimed at slightly different market segments:
The original design is used in the Podium and Delirium frames and is optimized for the generally more linear rates of coil spring suspension and long travel high volume air shocks. This design also provides a slightly higher leverage ratio typical of longer travel frames and is designed structurally to handle the highest levels of abuse. It also generates the large radius wheel paths required to achieve superior pedaling performance in longer travel frames while still having incredible sensitivity for amazing technical trail performance.
The lightweight Four by 4 Linkage is used in the Chilcotin and Endorphin frames. Its design is tailored to the slightly more progressive spring rates of high volume air shocks and has a direct-drive linkage that compliments the lower leverage ratios used in these bikes. It is also more compact and while allowing the use of relatively long stroke shocks still leaves lots of room in the front triangle for both great stand over height and the ability to carry a water bottle in an actually useful location. The lightweight Four by 4 Linkage provides superior traction allowing for exceptional technical climbing and descending abilities in all gear ratios, yet achieves the best pedaling performance capable in any suspension design.
All of our full suspension frames utilize the patented Four by 4 Linkage design: whether the original or the lightweight design, all Knolly Bikes frames feature amazing pedaling dynamics, superiour traction, great tire clearance, extremely high lateral rigidity for excellent trail tracking, neutral braking forces, great stand over, full length seat tubes, easy to access rear shocks and low maintenance designs. The Knolly Four by 4 Linkage is simply the most sophisticated, highest performance design available in the mountain bike industry – period.
Knolly Bikes grew out of a dream — a dream from one rider who wanted something better — something that was currently not offered in the mountain bike marketplace. This dream was to build a freeride frame that simply worked reliably, day in and day out, with out any annoyances like interrupted seat tubes, tires hitting the seat or seat tube, shocks tucked away in difficult to access locations, fasteners that constantly loosen, pre-mature bearing wear, and so on...
This frame design had to work well, be reliable, be serviceable, and most importantly be free from frivolous marketing features while still offering both useful tuning options and superlative performance in even the most complicated and severe riding situations.
This was, and still is, Noel Buckley's dream — and from those humble beginnings back in early 2002, the Knolly Bikes lineup has become the embodiment of everything that Noel stands for: ultra-high end manufacturing, only the highest quality fasteners and bearings, and designs that make the best use of existing technology while innovating and breaking the status quo when the current technology is simply not sufficient.
At the start, Knolly Bikes was never designed to be a business — it was only one person building himself a bike (and maybe one for his wife and perhaps a few close friends) based on his passion for riding and helped along by a degree in physics, a career in engineering and a strong background in manufacturing (not to mention those same super supportive friends!). However, what happened was quite different...
After a year working on the initial conceptual frame designs, discovering what did and didn't work and what sacrifices would have to be made, a discovery was made that would influence the new Knolly Bikes suspension frames. This discovery has become the patented Four by 4 Linkage and its related design components: its design elements exist in every full suspension frame that we manufacture.
Detailed information on the many benefits of the Four by 4 Linkage can be found on our Engineering page, but the quick lesson is this: uninterrupted seat tubes allowing unlimited range of seat height, good pedaling and climbing positions with the seat post extended, the ability to make long travel frames in really small sizes, active suspension under braking, high lateral rigidity, long stroke shocks leading to low leverage ratios, easy maintenance, and of course, superlative suspension performance. Surprisingly, before this invention, no frame on the market could claim ALL of these performance features.
In 2003 — a year and a half after our first conceptual designs — the first prototype V-Tach frames were finished. The riding performance of these frames quickly spread by word of mouth and soon unknown people were asking us for frames. The first V-Tach production run quickly sold out and rolled out to customers in late 2004.
Building on the success and performance characteristics of the V-Tach, Knolly bike has released 3 new full-suspension frames based on the Four by 4 linkage design: The Endorphin all-mountain frame, Delirium freeride frame and the new Podium downhill frame. A lighter XC-specific version of the Endorphin is also under development.
Knolly Bikes is a rider-owned company that manufacturers some of the most highly acclaimed full suspension frames in the market. While our frame designs and applications may grow and change, the philosophy that started Knolly stays the same: design and manufacture the highest performing products that we can — bar none — and to support each and every customer with the highest levels of service.


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Uninformed consent?: Some trials performed after treatments are approved fail to inform participants that one or more of the treatments being tested might have more serious side effects than they realize.
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Say you have high blood pressure. There's a new blockbuster drug on the market, and your doctor lets you know about a new clinical trial you can join that is testing the new treatment against an old tried-and-true one. What's not to like? You're going to be taking, under the care of experts, one of two U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved medications.
What you might not know—even after you sign up for the trial and have inked the informed-consent form—is that scattered reports are starting to suggest that the new medication might occasionally cause severe side effects. And the real reason the trial is being conducted with these previously released drugs is to test whether the new medication really is a lot riskier to everyone or just to a subset of patients.
If you found that out, would you still sign up for the trial? The problem is that many patients—and often even the institutional review boards that approve the trials—are never informed of these lingering questions.
This is one of the big ethical holes often left open in post-market trials, says Ruth Faden, director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, who co-authored a new essay on this topic in The New England Journal of Medicine, which was published online August 22. She and a team of co-authors released a formal Institute of Medicine (IOM) report earlier this year recommending that the FDA improve this and other ethical aspects of post-market trials—especially those it requires.
This issue hit the headlines two years ago, when the FDA suddenly restricted the use of Avandia, a drug that had been approved to treat diabetes. It had become clear that patients in post-market trials were at increased risk for heart attack and stroke—risks about which drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline knew but had not informed patients.
When patients sign up for clinical trials to test an experimental drug, procedure or device, they give their informed consent after doctors counsel them about the risks and uncertainty associated with a not-yet-approved intervention. Volunteers are often more than willing to accept those risks if the experimental intervention offers potentially more promising treatment for their condition, compared with what is on the market.
The benefits of signing up for a trial testing a drug that is already on the market are less clear. Patients and their doctors will already have the option to choose that same drug without being part of a study, ideally taking any known risks into consideration. If they sign up for a trial, however, they will be randomized into groups and required to take one of the test therapies—especially if one is suspected to cause occasional severe side effects—"Now you've got this heightened ethical obligation toward these people," Faden says. "They need to understand why this particular trial is being conducted." This step is often lacking in post-market trials, especially those conducted by the pharmaceutical companies and their contractors, she notes.
With so many new therapies being fast-tracked through the FDA approval process, post-release vigilance is becoming increasingly important, Faden and her colleagues noted in the piece. And when suspicion arises that a new medication might be causing more harm than it is worth, a large, formal, randomized controlled clinical trial is necessary. But informing patients fully of the risks they are taking is ethically imperative, the researchers concluded. "That's a hard sell," but potential trial participants would need to knowingly shoulder the risks to hopefully help others down the road.


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Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | |
Established | 1881 |
Type | Private business school |
Endowment | $800 million[1] |
Dean | Thomas Robertson |
Academic staff | 304 |
Undergraduates | 2,306 |
Postgraduates | 1,671 |
Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. 39°57′12″N 75°11′53″W / 39.953232°N 75.197993°WCoordinates: 39°57′12″N 75°11′53″W / 39.953232°N 75.197993°W |
Alumni | 88,000 |
Affiliations | University of Pennsylvania |
Website | www.wharton.upenn.edu |
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (also known as the Wharton School) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private, Ivy League university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wharton is the United States' oldest business school and the world's first business school affiliated with an institution of higher learning. It was established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton.[2] The school's faculty is the world's most published and most cited among business schools.[3] The University of Pennsylvania, Wharton's parent institution, is among America's first universities, founded by statesman Benjamin Franklin.
Wharton is widely considered to be one of the world's best business schools. Both Business Week and Financial Times have consistently ranked Wharton among the world's top institutions for business education.[4] Its undergraduate program has been ranked first in the United States by U.S. News & World Report since the rankings' inception. Wharton's MBA program was ranked the best in the world by the Financial Times from 2000 to 2009 and again in 2011.[5] In addition, Wharton usually receives the highest reputation scores from academics and recruiters.[6]
Alone and in conjunction with the other schools and colleges of the university, Wharton grants BS and MBA degrees, offers a PhD program,[7] and houses or co-sponsors several diploma programs. With the most electives of any business school,[8] Wharton offers concentrations in accounting, business and public policy, entrepreneurial management, environmental management, finance, health care systems, human resource and organizational management, insurance and risk management, legal studies and business ethics, management, marketing, multinational management, operations and information management, real estate, retailing, statistics and strategic management.
The school publishes an online journal, Knowledge@Wharton and has a newly established publishing house, Wharton School Publishing, in partnership with Pearson publishing company. Wharton maintains financial, economics, management, marketing, and public policy data warehouses accessible through web-based data management services, called Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS).[9]
The Wharton School was founded in 1881 by Philadelphia industrialist and philanthropist Joseph Wharton and is the world's first business school affiliated with a university.[10] A native Philadelphian, Wharton became a leader in industrial metallurgy and built a fortune through his American Nickel Company and Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
The anvil, the school's symbol, reflects Wharton's pioneering work in the metal industry. Wharton envisioned creating a new foundation in order to produce educated leaders of business and government. From the founding of the school, he defined that the goal of the Wharton School of Finance and Economy was "to provide for young men special means of training and of correct instruction in the knowledge and in the arts of modern Finance and Economy, both public and private, in order that, being well informed and free from delusions upon these important subjects, they may either serve the community skillfully as well as faithfully in offices of trust, or, remaining in private life, may prudently manage their own affairs and aid in maintaining sound financial morality: in short, to establish means for imparting a liberal education in all matters concerning Finance and Economy."[11]
As Wharton's business grew, he recognized that business knowledge in the United States was only taught through an apprenticeship system, and such a system was not viable for creating a wider economy during the Industrial Revolution.[12] After two years of planning, Wharton in 1881 founded the Wharton School through a $100,000 initial pledge. In his intentions the school would have been named the "School of Finance and Economy". The school was meant to train future leaders to conduct corporations and public organizations in a rapidly evolving industrial era. Wharton was quoted as saying that the school was mean to "instill a sense of the coming strife [in business life]: of the immense swings upward or downward that await the competent or the incompetent soldier in this modern strife."[12]
Early on, the Wharton School faculty was tightly connected to an influential group of businessmen, bankers and lawyers that made up the larger Philadelphia School of Political Economy.[13] The faculty incorporated social sciences into the Wharton curriculum, as the field of business was still under development.
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Wharton School's first business professor was an attorney, Albert Bolles. At the time, there were no other business schools, and consequently no business professors could be recruited elsewhere. Bolles, a lawyer by education and training, and business journalist by career, seemed to be the best option for Joseph Wharton. Bolles started his career as lawyer in Connecticut in the second half of the nineteenth century. After resigning from his law firm, he started pursuing a new career in business journalism and was promoted to the editor role of Bankers Magazine in 1880, a trade publication. Upon joining the Wharton School, he began teaching business with classes on the law of governing finance and on the processes of commercial banking. Bolles' instruction in finance were influenced by his previous experience in the Bankers Magazine: he stressed conservative business practices, drawing on business history as much as he could. In his classes, inflationist Congressmen were "self-interested debtors". Besides teaching, Bolles advocated for several national reforms, including the uniform banking law. Wharton historian Steven A. Sass wrote about him, "Bolles thus fulfilled Joseph Wharton's pedagogic expectations and … got the new school off to a respectable start by the spring of 1883."[12] In 1884, the first five business students were awarded a Bachelor of Finance degree. One graduate, Shiro Shiba, returned to Japan where he would become a member of the Diet (the Japanese parliament), and another, Robert Adams, Jr., later was named U.S. ambassador to Brazil.[13]
The school's initial curriculum was close to a course of accounting and trade for medieval Italians trained as merchants. Classes in business and finance abounded at the school, but it was lacking in any other areas of business interest. Edmund James, with a doctorate from the University of Halle in Germany, reinvigorated the school's curriculum, starting classes on political finance and administration. Later in 1885, James argued for redesigning the course of study at Wharton with elements of German higher education. He wanted to include training in "banking, railroading, merchandising,manufacturing and other similar branches"[citation needed] and expand the course's length to four years from the initial three. Joseph Wharton in November 1893 pledged an additional $75,000 to the school in order to implement James' ideas in the school's curriculum. A more comprehensive study plan was then rolled out.[12] Between 1895 and 1915, James started teaching at Wharton the new fields of finance and management as they were developing in the business world. The Wharton School improved its reputation from "a bunch of academic misfits and some of its rose in United States business world".[14]
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Wharton began awarding MBA degrees in 1921.[14] In 1942, during World War II, in the same fashion of other schools, Wharton's full-time faculty dropped dramatically from 165 to 39 by 1944. According to school historians, members of the faculty were called upon for special posts.[15] In 1959, The Wharton School adopted the curriculum which is now taught in most major business schools: the program was changed with liberal arts education doubling to almost half of the curriculum, and the social sciences department was moved to the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences in 1975. Since then, Wharton faculty have focused exclusively on business education.
1970s to 2000s[edit]
In 1983, following a shift in its business teachings to international trade, Wharton faculty created the world's first MBA/MA program in international management. The program, called the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, was the first program designed in a business school to combine an MBA with a master's degree in language and international studies. In the intentions of the school, the course plan would have been a mix of management education and exposure to foreign countries' culture and language.[16] In 1998, the School launched the WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) through the Computing and Information Technology department.[17] The service was a web-based data management system to help businesses, faculty, and students retrieve information from a variety of financial, economic, and marketing sources. The program originated from the school's early research in "heuristics" that aimed at eliminating lengthy data processing through mathematical extrapolation. After being licensed for use, it was adopted at more than 200 business schools and financial institutions around the world, including INSEAD, Harvard University, London Business School, and Stanford University.[16]
Undergraduate program[edit]
Prospective Wharton candidates apply in their senior year of high school either through the early decision (ED) process or regular decision (RD) process. Unlike many other undergraduate business programs where students transfer in after their freshman or sophomore year (University of Virginia's McIntire, Emory's Goizueta, UC Berkeley's Haas), Wharton applicants apply specifically for Wharton during their senior year of high school. These candidates are then grouped with a pool of applicants separate from those applying to University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), or School of Nursing.[18] Though some of the admissions criteria for admissions into Wharton, CAS, and SEAS overlap, the admissions committee, when selecting Wharton students, also looks for qualities that fit with the business school's unique undergraduate culture.
The admissions process for Wharton's undergraduate program is extremely competitive. Through its selective admissions process and consistently strong performance, Wharton has maintained its position as the top undergraduate business program in U.S. News & World Report since the ranking's inception.[19] Students in the other three undergraduates schools who satisfy certain prerequisites may apply to transfer into Wharton or pursue a dual degree after their freshman year. The transfer/dual degree process is subjective. Students with the necessary coursework must fill out a three-question application to be considered by a panel of Wharton faculty. The application questions include reason for interest in transferring, intended course of study in Wharton, and extracurricular activities and hobbies with which the applicants occupied their time in and out of high school. Only those applicants who achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.40 or above are considered by the panel, though the GPA of accepted applicants will typically exceed 3.70. Conversely, Wharton students may also transfer out of the business program into CAS or SEAS.
The specialized program at Wharton focuses on a broad range of business or finance-related subjects. Though students graduate with a B.S. in Economics, Wharton's curriculum is very different from that of a typical economics major (which the University of Pennsylvania offers through its College of Arts and Sciences). Wharton emphasizes teaching students the skills they need to obtain and succeed in many careers as opposed to general economics theory.
At the same time, undergraduate students are given a general liberal arts education to complement their business concentration. Potential concentrations include Actuarial Science, Business and Public Policy, Environmental Policy & Management, Finance, Health Care Management and Policy, Insurance and Risk Management, Management, Marketing, Operations and Information Management, Real Estate, Statistics, and Transportation. Second concentrations are also available in more specialized topics such as Entrepreneurship & Innovation or Retailing. Emphasis is placed on an international perspective, aided by the geographically diverse student body. Leadership and communication skills are also an area of focus with many core classes incorporating group projects and all freshmen enrolled in Management 100, a course in which student teams complete a semester project benefiting a partner Philadelphia community organization.
A small group of students also choose to apply for a dual degree, allowing them to graduate with two degrees—a B.S. in Economics from Wharton as well as a B.S. or B.A. in another subject taken at the University of Pennsylvania such as Engineering or Mathematics.
Almost 60% of Wharton's typical undergraduate class of 600 students goes into financial services, with the top sectors being investment banking, sales and trading, investment management, and the buy side. The next most common industry after investment banking is management consulting, which hires more than 20% of the students. A number of students enter marketing, sales, and the technology industry, particularly in Silicon Valley.[20]
In 2012, Wharton graduates who accepted full-time employment earned an average base salary of $66,916, with an average signing bonus of $8,732 and a projected average annual bonus of $28,756. The top 10 employers were Goldman Sachs, Boston Consulting Group, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, McKinsey & Company, BlackRock, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Bain & Company.[20]
Graduate programs[edit]
Wharton MBA program[edit]
The Wharton School's differentiation lies in its 19 majors, over 250 faculty members, 11 academic departments, nearly 200 electives, 24 research centers and initiatives, and a strong alumni network.
The school offers two paths, an MBA for full-time students and an MBA for executives.[21] Students can elect to pursue double majors or individualized majors. During their first year, all students pursue a required core curriculum that covers traditional management disciplines—finance, marketing, statistics, and strategy—as well as the leadership, ethics, and communication skills needed at senior levels of management.[22] Students pick electives in the second year.[23]
Wharton MBA's required pre-term for full-time students includes coursework, waiver testing, and the "Learning Team Retreat". Coursework includes introductory and review courses in financial accounting, microeconomics, statistics, and financial analysis. Preparatory courses cover material not included in fall coursework that students are expected to understand. In addition, pre-term includes classes on business history and languages, as well as short seminars in communication skills, computing technology, trading simulations, and career management. Students may also spend term time at INSEAD's Fontainebleau and Singapore campuses.
The top academic honor in the Wharton MBA program is the Palmer Scholar designation reserved for those graduating in the top 5% of the class. The Palmer Scholar GPA cutoff is usually around 3.85. Students may also be awarded the MBA degree with honors if they graduate in the top 20% of the class. The student who receives the highest grades in the first year of the program is awarded the Ford Fellowship and is known as the Ford Fellow.
Wharton's MBA for Executives is a two-year, lockstep, weekend residential program with the same curriculum, campus classroom time, credit requirements and elective choices as the full-time MBA program. As such, this is one of the most highly sought and rigorous programs with very high selectivity (low acceptance rate). This program, for more experienced professionals, has the same campus classroom time and credit hours as the full-time program by having longer classroom hours during residential periods and running full terms during summers (when full-time students are interning). Wharton admits only one class with a single entry point every year.
In July 2009, Wharton School announced that they would also accept the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) for future admission to its MBA program in addition to GMAT scores.[24]
San Francisco campus[edit]
In 2001 Wharton launched a new campus in San Francisco. Located in the Hills Brothers Plaza, the San Francisco campus will serve as a hub on the West coast for its students and alumni.[25] As of 2012, the campus is open to Executive MBA students exclusively, and through an experimental pilot program to MBA students, who can decide to spend the second year of the MBA program in either San Francisco or Philadelphia campuses.
The campus accommodates about 100 MBA students and 90 executive MBA students, along with the staff of the Wharton Executive Education and Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs.
Wharton doctoral program[edit]
Wharton offers Ph.D. degrees in finance, applied economics and managerial science (as opposed to some schools, which grant DBAs.) However, unlike other programs at Wharton, "the Wharton School name will not appear on your diploma", as "the University of Pennsylvania awards all research Ph.D. and master's degrees."[26] It takes approximately four to six years to complete the doctoral program.
The admissions process for the Wharton doctoral program is extremely competitive. In 2010 the Ph.D. program received over 1,300 applicants for 35 spots. Applicants are expected to demonstrate exceptional quantitative abilities and most matriculants have perfect GRE Quantitative scores. Although verbal skills are somewhat less emphasized, matriculants average close to the 90th percentile on GRE Verbal scores. Most graduates of the Wharton doctoral program pursue academic careers after graduation, though some graduates choose to work in public or private sectors as well.[27]
Nine fields of specialization are offered by the program: Accounting, Applied Economics, Ethics & Legal Studies, Finance, Health Care Management & Economics, Management, Marketing, Operations & Information Management, and Statistics. The entering class of 2010 contained 35 students, more than half of whom were U.S. citizens. The average age of the entering student was 26. Three fourths of the 2010 class were men.[28] All Wharton doctoral students are fully funded.[29]
International study[edit]
Options for international study and experience include the Lauder Institute, the Global Immersion Program, Leadership Ventures, Global Consulting Practicum, and exchange programs with schools in 11 countries, including the alliance with a leading international business school, INSEAD.
Dual and joint degrees[edit]
Wharton MBA students may pursue a dual degree with the Lauder Institute, Johns Hopkins University's Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, or in one of the graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania:
- Bioethics – MBA/MBE with Perelman School of Medicine Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy
- Biotech – MBA/MB with the School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Design – MBA/MArch, MBA/MLA, MBA/MCP, MBA/MHP with PennDesign
- Education – MBA/MS with the Graduate School of Education
- Engineering – MBA/MSE with the School of Engineering and Applied Science
- Environmental Studies – MBA/MES with the School of Arts and Sciences
- International Studies – MBA/MA with the Lauder Institute
- Medical Sciences – MBA/MD with Perelman School of Medicine, MBA/DMD with School of Dental Medicine, and MBA/VMD, MBA/PhD,and MBA/MS with the school of Veterinary Medicine
- Law – MBA/JD with the law school.
- Nursing – Nursing and Health Care Management, MBA/MSN, MBA/PhD with the School of Nursing
- Social Work – MBA/MSW with the School of Social Policy and Practice
Wharton undergraduates may pursue joint degrees in engineering through the Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology, international business through the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, Nursing & Health Care Management, and a joint program in life sciences and business through the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management. Undergraduates may also, independent from these programs, pursue dual degrees with any of Penn's three other undergraduate schools.
Wharton lists three types of degrees on their interdisciplinary lineup: Undergraduate programs, MBA programs and the Executive Masters in Technology Management Program. Wharton co-sponsors the EMTM Program with SEAS. This degree prepares engineers and scientists for leadership roles in technology-based organizations. Graduates receive a master's of science in engineering (MSE) in the management of technology from Penn Engineering.
Non-degree programs[edit]
Aresty Institute[edit]
The Wharton School operates the Aresty Institute of Executive Education, a highly regarded center for post-graduate and professional advancement.[30] Sharing its faculty with the full-time Wharton degree programs, the institute offers open-enrollment, semester, and custom programs in Executive Development, Advanced Management, Financial Wealth Management, and a wide variety of evolving fields.[30]
Founded in 1987,[31] the Aresty Institute has expanded its reach from the Wharton campus to a worldwide network of programs offered under its "Global Wharton" umbrella in Asia, India, Europe, and the Middle East.[32]
Leadership in the Business World program[edit]
"Leadership in the Business World" is a summer program for high school seniors. The program is four weeks in length, held in the month of July. All of the classes are taught by Wharton faculty.
LBW gives students an introduction to undergraduate business education at Wharton. Through in-class discussions, lectures, team projects, site visits, and the final business plan project, high school students gain a business education foundation before entering college.
Wharton Sports Business Academy[edit]
The Wharton Sports Business Academy is a summer program for high school students sponsored by the Wharton School and the Wharton Sports Business Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. The program, which is for high school juniors and seniors, is 4 weeks long and held in the month of July.
WSBA provides students with an introduction to ownership, sports agents, and celebrity endorsements in the sports industry. The program links general business education to topics within the sports industry, including the collegiate, professional, and Olympic levels.
General academics[edit]
The school has 304 standing and associated faculty, 11 academic departments and 20 research centers and initiatives.
School rankings (overall) | |
U.S. undergraduate business | |
Bloomberg Businessweek[33] | 4 |
U.S. News & World Report[34] | 1 |
Bloomberg Businessweek[35] | 3 |
U.S. News & World Report[36] | 3 |
Worldwide MBA | |
América Economía[37] | 3 |
Business Insider[38] | 3 |
CNN Expansion[39] | 4 |
Economist[40] | 13 |
Financial Times[41] | 3 |
On December 5, 2003, Wharton enacted a policy of declining to actively participate in the rankings of business school programs,[42] citing concerns for alumni and students' privacy.[43]
The popular and financial press has consistently ranked Wharton as one of the world's top institutions for business education.[4] Its MBA program has been ranked the best in the world by the Financial Times from 2000 to 2009, and was again ranked No. 1 in 2011 (tied with London Business School).[5] Wharton usually receives the highest reputation scores from academics and recruiters.[6] According to Forbes, approximately 90% of billionaires with MBAs who derived their fortunes from finance, obtained their master's degree from one of three Ivy League schools: Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, or Wharton.[44]
In the 2010 QS Global 200 Business Schools Report[45] the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was placed second in North America, maintaining its 2009 position.
In the most recent aggregated "ranking of rankings" of US business schools, Wharton ranked #3 in the Financial Times and #4 with Poets&Quants. Each of these rankings is a composite of five major MBA rankings published by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes, Wall Street Journal and/or U.S. News & World Report which is meant to eliminate anomalies and other statistical distortions that are often present in any single ranking.[46][47]
Alumni network[edit]
Wharton alumni network has over 88,000 members in 150 countries[48] Alumni have formed 82 alumni clubs. In addition to the annual campus-based Wharton reunion, Wharton partners with its alumni clubs to mount two or three annual Global Alumni Forums around the world. Wharton organizes the Global Alumni Forums in selected locations, and the events include public conferences and debates on particular themes or economic topics. Past sites have included Milan,[49] Jakarta,[50] and Paris.[51]
See also[edit]
- List of Ivy League business schools
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
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- ^ a b "Executive Education Programs at Wharton: Premier Executive Education". Executiveeducation.wharton.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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- ^ "Business School Rankings and Profiles: Undergraduate". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2012. Retrieved 2011-1-19.
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- ^ "Best Business Schools". U.S. News & World Report. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "Ránking Global de las Mejores Escuelas de Negocios". América Economía. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ^ "The World's Best Business Schools". Business Insider. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ "Ranking:Los Mejores MBA en el mundo 2013". CNN Expansion. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
- ^ "Which MBA". The Economist. 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
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- ^ "Why Harvard And Wharton Are Wrong". Businessweek. Bloomberg LP. 2004-04-19.
- ^ Di Meglio, Francesca (2005-09-29). "Why Wharton and Harvard Are Missing". Businessweek. Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ Greenberg, Duncan (2009-04-02). "Billionaire Clusters". Forbes.
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- ^ "The Wharton Global Alumni Forum Milan". Whartonmilan12.com. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ "The Wharton Global Alumni Forum Jakarta". Whartonjakarta12.com. Retrieved 2012-10-04.
- ^ http://www.whartonparis13.com/paris/default.aspx
Books on Wharton[edit]
- Nicole Ridgway, The Running of the Bulls: Inside the Cutthroat Race from Wharton to Wall Street, Gotham, 2005.
- Steven A. Sass, Pragmatic Imagination: A History of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Press,1983.
- Emory Richard Johnson, The Wharton school: Its fifty years, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1931.
External links[edit]
- The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
- Wharton's Timeline
- Wharton San Francisco Campus


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It is officially the holiday season and for the last two months, the Stillman College Choir has been rigorously preparing for their annual Christmas Candlelight Concert. The concert will be held on Sunday, December 11 at 6 p.m. in Birthright Auditorium and will consist of 20 selections between both the Stillman College Choir and the Stillman College Wind Ensemble.
" We're excited about the concert. The audience can expect a lot of jazzy Christmas songs this year," said soprano and senior vocal performance major Anna Moore. "We just want to create a home-like setting just to put everyone in the mood for the holidays this season."
Selections such as "What Sweeter Music", "Carol of the Bells" and the "Christmas Song" will be performed by both the choir and the wind ensemble. Robert Nickerson, Assistant Band Director, will also accompany the choir in a special selection.
Alto and junior elementary education major By-Faith Fuqua believes this concert will be a memorable one. "It's going to be a bittersweet performance because a lot of our leaders in the choir are graduating seniors. So this unfortunately will be their last concert with us."
"Every year is different because every choir is different. The students bring their own personalities within the Choir and make it their own. So every concert is always different," said Dr. Phillip Westgate, Associate Professor and Director of the Choir.
The concert will be held at 6 p.m. in Birthright Auditorium on the Stillman College campus. Seating will begin at 5 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and free for children 12 and under. For more concert information, contact the Office of Marketing and Public Relations at (205) 247-8018.
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The Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday to restrict traffic on East Chop Drive to one lane this winter out of concern for the unstable condition of the eroding bluff beneath the road. The vote came as the town continues to wrangle for funding to fix the bluff, and as East Chop residents press for a complete closure of the road this winter.
At a meeting nearly two weeks ago, the East Chop Association voted to recommend that the road be closed between Brewster and Munroe avenues.
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To Be Loved is the eighth studio album from Canadian crooner Michael Bublé. Featuring a mix of classic covers ("You Make Me Feel So Young", "Have I Told You Lately", "To Love Somebody") and special guest appearances from Reece Witherspoon, Bryan Adams and The Puppini Sisters, this is a charming return to form for the popular singer and will surely delight his legions of fans. It also includes the original composition "It's A Beautiful Day".
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1 | You Make Me Feel So Young |
2 | It's A Beautiful Day |
3 | To Love Somebody |
4 | Who's Loving You |
5 | Something Stupid |
6 | Come Dance With Me |
7 | Close Your Eyes |
8 | After All |
9 | Have I Told You Lately |
10 | To Be Loved |
11 | You've Got A Friend In Me |
12 | Nevertheless (I'm In Love With You) |
13 | I Got It Easy |
14 | Young At Heart |
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Label | Warner Bros. |
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Parental Advisory | N |
Number Of Discs | 1 |
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Genre | Easy Listening, Pop |
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Moe Larry a is a dreadful problem they had nowhere more so of course then in Africa.
And malaria no more is an organizer nation dedicated.
To trying to eradicated David -- it is the CEO of malaria no more.
And ambassador mark Green is the former ambassador to Tanzania and of course a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin.
They could both be -- it -- malaria policy and that malaria no more gentlemen great to see it.
Are -- -- afternoon I thank you for having asked mr.
-- let me come to you first.
It seems an extraordinarily.
Can we do it.
-- humanity has that taken on and succeeded in ambitious undertakings before we've managed to wipe out smallpox.
And this is indeed an ambitious undertaking but the scale of the response matches the scale of the problem.
Around Africa there are tens of millions of the hundreds of millions of bed nets being distributed in the bed nets will protect children and adults.
From the bite of the mosquito that carries malaria.
There are treatments being distributed testing kits and ultimately we -- a vaccine all of which are being deployed on a massive scale.
And all of which are having a demonstrable positive impact.
In the lives of people across the world.
ambassador I'm I'm guessing that you saw the effects of malaria during your time.
-- -- How what kind of effect did that how -- you witnessing that.
Up close.
Well there's -- -- -- survivor myself from my years ago being a volunteer teacher.
And it as ambassador I saw the results of the investments we've made -- fighting malaria.
The islands of Zanzibar part of war I served the prevalence rate of malaria is down one -- below 1%.
You know I'd met with the doctors -- -- -- hospital in just a few years ago there would have been three patients to a bed just on malaria alone.
Now you go to some of those same wars and you see no malaria patients so.
We've seen extraordinary progress and with that progress great help.
David won't Kendall what are you are asking ordinary citizens to do to make a difference here.
I think it's crucial to make your voices heard to let people know whether in your community or here in Washington.
That you care about America's involvement in this in this fight.
That you care that we're investing the best of ourselves in saving lives and making progress and making friends around the world.
And of course there are opportunities to donate directly donate your time donate your resources.
But most of all donate your compassion and -- will to succeed you will to end this to win this fight positively.
And and certainly we welcome people going to our website malaria no more dot org to learn more.
All right we'll pop up Leo website him from malaria no more -- all -- but ambassador and it's it's not just a question of citizens acting obviously.
Government -- need to help is the US government doing enough.
Well of the US government is leading the way in so many ways you know I think this is a marvelous success story showing what Americans can do in this world -- -- leadership.
Tremendous credit goes to President Bush for launching the president's malaria initiative but that would not have been possible without great bipartisan support.
So in so many ways American leadership American investment is changing the course of human history in Africa where most of as you pointed out.
Most of -- is victims are yes it's working very well -- making a big difference.
Let me were involved Bryson of conversation about -- you we talked about Ted -- this organization.
Promote sold these.
Big thinking ideas.
This was one of the big ideas that you you talked about that the last ten yeah I -- exactly right Ed Vick in this this is sort of thing.
As a -- for just pointing out that really burnish is America's reputation I mean I think one of the great things about America is it's clearly the most Philanthropic.
Big power I mean China is buying influence by going around in literally buying up -- local.
But it's and it's all America that is produces these kinds of -- half.
Passing wonderful initiatives that make such a profound difference in people's lives.
In these or accomplished -- goals -- -- people have to remember it's very difficult to really really really really eradicate these diseases you've been unfairly low incidence PeopleSoft paying attention.
And they explode back onto the scene again so it's not something you can give appointments of mr.
-- you're.
Have a sort of target date for when you would like to get it that the levels of malaria at least down to what Paul was talking about minimal levels.
We're impatient so no time would be too soon the world has set itself a goal of getting the death rate from malaria down -- zero.
By the end of 2050 N and we're working very very hard.
With partners across the world from donor countries.
Two local volunteers in the villages to try and meet that goal.
And we remain optimistic.
But you're absolutely right we need to be in this.
We need to keep that the fight going and we need to two couldn't get down to to final victory on this.
ambassador there's you know a lot of people probably watching now.
Who would does sort of look away say why do I need to be involved in this we have so many problems in our own country.
What is your message to those people.
Well this is an.
Rebuild Europe after World War II in so many ways we're providing hope and troubled lands and Africa.
Fragile nations nations that have known.
Despair and hopelessness by being on the side of families as they take com they're great poverty enhance global health challenges.
We're offering hope it's good for America's brand but we're also building partners and allies that will help us in the years ahead.
All right ambassador of not -- former ambassador to Tanzania and former congressman nickles Republican of Wisconsin.
And David Boeing's CEO of malaria no more once again the web site is malaria.
No more dog all of we urge you all to go check it out gentlemen thank you so much for being here today.
Thank thank you Jonathan and there's one -- look at the web's.
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SpringHill Suites by Marriott St. Louis Chesterfield features an indoor pool and a fitness facility. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. This 3-star property offers access to a business center, audiovisual equipment, and a meeting/conference room. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measure 304 square feet (27 square meters). This family-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in the lobby, a fireplace in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness facility.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
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