Monica Volodarsky, a senior at the Wharton School, argues that the US should transition from its current electrical system to the smart grid, a network that utilizes digital communication technology to react to changes in electricity usage, in this blog post.…Read More
With the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-change induced natural disasters, urban food systems are at growing risk, further threatening the food security of vulnerable residents.…Read More
“In order to minimize wildfire risk, California’s electric utilities will sometimes de-energize lines in high risk conditions” Derek Nong, an undergraduate in the Vagelos Integrated Program for Energy Research at the University of Pennsylvania, writes in this blog post.…Read More
From Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13, the third annual the Hack-for-Resilience competition (“H4R”) was hosted by Wharton Risk Center and the Insurance Information Institute’s (“Triple-I”) Resilience Accelerator as part of the PennAppsXXI hackathon. …Read More
This year, the Wharton Risk Center and the Insurance Information Institute once again teamed up to sponsor a “Hack-for-Resilience” at PennApps. Prizes were awarded to the teams with the best overall Hacks-for-Resilience and the teams that made the best use of “Insurtech” to advance resilience.…Read More
The University of Pennsylvania is home to the world’s first and one of the largest student-run hackathons. Over one weekend in early September roughly 1,200 students converged for PennApps. Over 3,000 students had applied to attend. This year, the Wharton Risk Center’s Policy Incubator and the Insurance Information Institute teamed up to sponsor a “hack-for-resilience” route. …Read More
