PHILADELPHIA – Utpal Sandesara, who is pursuing a medical degree and doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, will present archival research and first-hand accounts of India’s 1979 Machhu Dam disaster at the Penn Bookstore at 36th and Walnut streets Friday, June 17, at 5 p.m.
Sandesara, the son of a Machhu flood survivor, is co-author of "No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods."
PHILADELPHIA — Research from the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania indicates that community-based enterprise models can be effective in alleviating poverty, despite changing political and economic climates.
Vice Dean Karl Ulrich of the Wharton School discusses innovation within academia and business-school curriculums.
Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication comments on Indian society.
When Rohit Bhasin recently arrived in India after eight years away, he was taken aback by the number of homes, roads and bridges being built.
Devesh Kapur of the School of Arts and Sciences is cited for co-authoring “Rethinking Inequality: Dalits in UP in the Market Reform Era.”
Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh and Mike Useem of the Wharton School co-author an op-ed on “jugaad,” a term referring to innovation in India.
Nine University of Pennsylvania students and five Penn alumni have been awarded scholarships to participate in Fulbright international educational exchange program. More than 1,500 U.S. citizens will travel abroad for one year of foreign study in one of 155 foreign countries, sponsored by the U.S. State Department and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Michael Useem authors an op-ed discussing “The India Way,” a book he and Wharton professors Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh and Jitendra Singh co-authored.
Eric Pierce of the School of Medicine is cited for his research on treating inherited blindness.
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