Each week we collect all the MBA news that’s fit to print and provide a quick overview of the latest trending topics from top business schools around the world.
Here’s your MBA News You Need digest for the week of April 22, 2019.
Wharton Unveils New Facilities for Student Entrepreneurship
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania just unveiled plans for Tangen Hall, the first on-campus space dedicated to student entrepreneurship and innovation activities.
Tangen Hall is a seven-story, 68,000-sqft hub developed by the Hankin Group, designed by KSS Architects, and funded by a $25 million gift from the AKO Foundation. Tangen will offer incubator spaces, maker spaces, a test kitchen, a new Venture Lab, and an Integrated Product Design Program operated by Wharton, the School of Engineering, and the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Tangen Hall, aerial perspective looking Northeast
“Tangen Hall is one of those dreams come true. The real motivator for this is the amazing entrepreneurial and innovative spirit of our undergraduate and graduate students who are working to do great things in the world,” said President Amy Gutmann. “I want to thank Dean Geoff Garrett and Wharton for taking the lead and driving this project forward, bringing the finest of business, engineering, and design together.”
Read the full press release from Wharton here.
Yale Wins MBA Impact Investing Competition Two Times Running
Team members (from left) John Palfreyman ’20, Vincent Caruso ’20, Emma Broderick ’21, and Leah Yablonka FES ’19
For the second year in a row, a team of Yale SOM students took home first place at the MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT) competition this month.
Starting at Yale five months prior, two MBA students, Susannah Burrage ’19 and Jake Harris ’19, selected five teams from an initial applicant pool of 50. After months of due diligence, research and weekly meetings, the five teams were whittled down to one in a pitch-off. To determine which team would represent Yale at the MIINT competition, judges chose the winners based on which idea had the most potential for strong financial returns and scalable impact.
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