Research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues found that teenagers who attended school virtually fared worse than classmates who went in person, results that held even when accounting for variables like gender, race, and socioeconomic status.
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Wharton Dolphin Tank winners create opportunities for impact The virtual pitch contest, held in March, focused on ways to improve student wellness at the business school. Top: Gratitude @ Wharton, a platform for students to express gratitude towards one another in order to create a more caring culture at Wharton. Bottom: Penn-Wharton Recovery, a recovery program for students dealing with drug and alcohol abuse. (Image: Wharton School)
The Wharton Undergraduate Division worked with Wharton Wellness, the Wharton Dean’s Undergraduate Advisory Board, and the Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board to host the first-of-its-kind Wharton Dolphin Tank, a virtual pitch contest in March that centered on ways to improve student wellness at the business school.
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Talk about the passion
Grit expert Dr. Angela Duckworth discusses tactics for success in Todd Lecture Series address
Angela Duckworth knows Norwich University students strive for a Baskin-Robbins flavor list of excellence scholarship, leadership, kindness among them. Achieving any of these takes passion and perseverance for long-term goals, a combination she calls grit.
On Feb. 15, as part of Norwich University’s Todd Lecture Series, Duckworth, author of the New York Times bestseller “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance” and the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, led a virtual talk. Head men’s lacrosse coach Neal Anderson moderated.