Just less than a month ago, I was feasting on a vegetable, meat, potato, almost-everything-great-in-life filled empanada in one hand and a peculiar tart ice cream sample from a local vendor in the other, chatting with a local guard on the streets of Medellin. This doesn’t even capture 1/1000th of…Read More
When we first learned about the Hult Prize @ UPenn through fellow Jerome Fisher M&Ts, the opportunity was too go to pass up. Working on an entrepreneurial venture geared towards social change, backed by seed-funding and expert mentorship, seemed like a dream come true. The guiding question that drove us…Read More
In the city of the radioactive spider, I met its the well-fed cousin: the entrepreneurial bug. Many times, when I should have been studying for a math midterm, I’ve indulged in the fantasy of starting a company. This summer, as a member of blockchain startup elphi, I embarked on an…Read More
Earlier this month, current Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology (known as M&T) students took a bus from Penn’s campus out to the Penn Club of New York for our annual Student-Alumni Networking event. First-year student Selin Hepiseri shares her experience from the event below. M&T is a very…Read More
This post adapted from this posting on the Penn Engineering blog. For the last three years, Claire Donovan (ENG, ’20) and Adele Li (M&T, ’20) have worked in the logistics and outreach committees at PennApps, Penn’s first-of-its-kind collegiate hackathon. The two rose to the executive board, and now both serve as directors of…Read More
Thanksgiving is a time to get together, eat, relax, and give thanks for the abundance around us. Each year, the Jerome Fisher M&T community is lucky to host its own Thanksgiving due to the generosity of AQR Capital Management. Current student Will Morgus (M&T, ’21) reflects on this favorite tradition. Among…Read More
It’s no surprise Wharton School Dean Geoffrey Garrett has risen to the ranks of LinkedIn Influencer. Dean Garrett now has over 75 articles on topics ranging from US-China relations to tackling diversity in the workplace. These short insights pack a punch – with each article leaving the reader inspired to find out more.…Read More
My freshman fall came and went in a blur of campus events, classes, and meeting new people. It overwhelmed me in the best sense of the word. But, I felt something was missing. I had come to Penn Engineering because of the school’s focus on an interdisciplinary education, yet I…Read More
We asked a few Jerome Fisher M&T Program students to share why they chose the Program. Hear why below! During my junior year, I co-founded a company with a few friends for the Young Enterprise competition. We created VenturePad, a durable waterproof notebook that encouraged outdoor exploration. As an aspiring engineer, I participated…Read More
Recent graduate Nico Kage Akiba shares how he moved from Microsoft program manager to mindfulness teacher, following the Jerome Fisher Program spirit of innovation and risk-taking all along the way. When the clock struck midnight to welcome 2017, I counted my many blessings. I had a good job with a…Read More
