“A lady should be seen and not heard” is the noise I hear growing up Barricaded in a society where women’s views are secondary. For the ideal virtuous woman assents to what is being expected of her No queries or reservations – just total submission And so she waits to speak, solely observing Digesting…
Using Tech To Cure Disease: Interview With Medidata President, Glen de Vries
Glen de Vries is the co-founder and president of Medidata, which provides cloud solutions and data analytics for life sciences organizations conducting clinical research. Medidata is approaching a $3B market cap, and its platform, the Medidata Clinical Cloud®, is accelerating hope for patients by powering innovation for over 800 life sciences organizations, including 17 of…
The Funny and Sad Love Story
At 12:30 AM on the dot she collapses onto her bed. It’s been a long day of cooking, preparing for the Thanksgiving feast that is to take place tomorrow. She smells like oats, sugar, and margarine, and her hands are sticky despite having washed them a couple of times. Inhaling deeply, she checks her iPhone.…
An Interview with Sunshine Singer, MBA Career Advisor
Sunshine Singer’s experience gives her a unique perspective on recruiting, and informs how she works with students who come in for advising appointments at MBACM. The Journal sat done with Sunny to get a better sense of what her past experience taught her about recruiting, and what advice she has from working with MBAs –…
An Interview with Michelle Hopping
Even in early October, the MBACM office is buzzing away. The lobby/waiting area reminds me of the 21 Bus that arrives at 17th and Walnut at 8:37AM – there isn’t an open seat to be found. Even though 1Y Recruiting hasn’t even begun in earnest, MBACM is already working with 1Ys and 2Ys to prepare…
Opinion: Women in Entrepreneurship, a challenging reality
At Wharton, female entrepreneurs require a particular brand of courage and resilience to pursue independent ventures. While entrepreneurship is risky overall, women face particular challenges. This begins in the classroom, with professors who inadvertently use male pronouns when referring to hypothetical situations involving successful founders and investors: “The only time you’ll see a VC wear…
Entrepreneur’s Corner: Real Talk from 5 Female Founders
You’ve seen these ladies pitching to audiences with conviction, directing teams with multi-color post-its, smiling from the pages of a beta-version website. But what challenges do entrepreneurs face when nurturing a seedling business as a full-time MBA student? Wharton women in five ventures open up about the not-so-glamorous side of start-up life and what it…
Career Corner: Tips on navigating recruiting
We sat down with MBACM student advisors Jennifer Savoie and Manisha Jain and Director of Employer Services Michelle Hopping this week to get their recruiting tips for first-years, second-years, and international students. Advice for 1Ys AM&CC: What do 1Ys tell you they wish they knew before recruiting for a summer internship? JS: At the end…
Letter from the presidents of WWIB
To the Wharton community, Welcome to the WWIB takeover edition of the Wharton Journal! WWIB Week and the Wharton Women’s Summit are upon us, and we could not be more excited. A word on this issue. Or rather, four: challenge the status quo. We aim to bright to light issues that are not often talked…
Pursuing Love Over Long Distance
You never know when you’re going to meet the love of your life. For me, it was over a greasy slice of pizza at my friend Alex’s apartment in New York. A few of my friends and I were going out that night and I’d picked up dinner on my way over. Cameron was one…