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May 14, 2012 | Press Releases
Dr. Oz Offers Wharton School MBA Graduates “Top Ten Tips for Success and Happiness”
Graduation Keynote, Host of the Emmy® Award-Winning “The Dr. Oz Show,” Provides Lessons for Work, Life
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May 8, 2012 | Press Releases
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists to Hold “Buzz, Engagement & Connectivity” Program at Wharton | San Francisco, June 27, 2012
Through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises, the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, led by the Wharton School’s most prominent professors, help reporters gain a better understanding of key business and economic issues.
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April 26, 2012 | Press Releases
The Right Stuff: RightCare Solutions Wins Wharton Business Plan Competition Michelson Grand Prize with a Diagnostic to Reduce Hospital Readmission Rates
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced that student team RightCare Solutions won the $30,000 Michelson Grand Prize of the 2012 Wharton Business Plan Competition (BPC).
April 24, 2012 | Press Releases
At Wharton, Working in Business and Doing Social Good
Students at Wharton can take a secondary concentration in Social Impact and Responsibility, which is offered through Wharton’s Legal Ethics and Business Ethics Undergraduate Program.
April 13, 2012 | Press Releases
iDE Wins the $100,000 Lipman Family Prize of the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today the winner of its inaugural Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize – iDE, a social enterprise that has pioneered innovative, market-based approaches to safe water and sanitation access.
April 5, 2012 | Press Releases
2012 Wharton Business Plan Competition “Great Eight” Finalists Announced will Compete for over $115,000 in Prizes, VC Interest
The Wharton Business Plan Competition has announced the eight finalists who will vie for $116,000 in prizes at the annual Venture Finals taking place Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall, on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
April 4, 2012 | Press Releases
“Emerging Market Nations Will Get More Power”: IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde Gives Wharton School’s Knowledge@Wharton Exclusive Interview
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, who rarely gives interviews, sat down with Knowledge@Wharton, the Wharton School’s online journal of research and analysis, for an in-depth discussion of the European recession.
April 2, 2012 | Press Releases
Knowledge@Wharton High School Looks to Miami-Dade High School Students for Innovative Solutions
Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS), a member of the Wharton School’s Knowledge@Wharton network at the University of Pennsylvania, hosted an Entrepreneurship Competition for high school students in Miami-Dade Public Schools.
April 2, 2012 | Press Releases
Wharton School Hosts 4th Annual Women’s World Banking Advanced Leadership Program
The Wharton School announced today that it expects strong attendance at the fourth cohort of the Women’s World Banking (WWB) Advanced Leadership Program.
April 2, 2012 | Press Releases
2011 List of Top Ten Most Cited Spanish Social Scientists Released
The Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School today announced the release of its bi-annual ranking of the most cited Spanish social scientists, measuring the impact of their research activities worldwide.
March 29, 2012 | Press Releases
Wharton Venture Award, Early Supporter of Past Recipients Invite Media, Milo.com & Warby Parker, Selects Wharton School Student Entrepreneurs to Receive $50,000 in Summer Venturing Support
Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce recipients of the 2012 Wharton Venture Award (WVA). The $10,000 award supports students financially over the summer so that they can concentrate on developing their own entrepreneurial ventures instead of pursuing traditional full-time internships.
March 26, 2012 | Press Releases
The Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania Select Lipman Family Prize Finalists Vying For $100,000
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced its selection of three finalist organizations vying for the Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. The Lipman Family Prize recognizes and amplifies the work of organizations devoted to positive social impact and the creation of sustainable solutions to significant social and economic challenges.
March 22, 2012 | Press Releases
Carol Bartz, Former CEO of Autodesk and Yahoo!, to Keynote 2012 Wharton MBA Program for Executives Graduation at Wharton | San Francisco
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Carol Bartz, former President and CEO of both Yahoo! and Autodesk, will be the featured speaker at the School’s 2012 graduation ceremony for the MBA Program for Executives at Wharton | San Francisco.
March 22, 2012 | Press Releases
Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD, Two-time Emmy® Award-Winning Host of the Emmy® Award-Winning “The Dr. Oz Show,” To Keynote 2012 Wharton School MBA Graduation
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Wharton MBA and Perelman School of Medicine alumnus Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD, will be the featured speaker at the School’s MBA graduation in Philadelphia.
March 15, 2012 | Press Releases
Penn Prof on March Madness: Can Losing Lead to Winning?
Jonah Berger, an assistant professor of marketing at the Wharton School, has more than just March Madness. He’s scored a three-pointer with his research studies surrounding motivation and performance in basketball.
March 12, 2012 | Press Releases
The Wharton School Announces Executive Education Program to Help New Business Leaders Transition Into Management Roles
The Aresty Institute for Executive Education at the Wharton School today announced a new program, The Leadership Edge: Strategies for the New Leader. Developed to meet the needs of executives transitioning into management roles, the program brings faculty who teach the core content in Wharton’s MBA program to its new San Francisco campus June 4-7, 2012.
February 28, 2012 | Press Releases
Rebuilding the Global Banking Industry: Ernst & Young and Knowledge@Wharton Release Video eBook Detailing Scenarios for the Next Decade of Banking
In the industry’s first-ever interactive eBook published by Ernst & Young and Knowledge@Wharton, “Global Banking 2020: Foresight & Insights,” banking leaders explore a spectrum of potential scenarios – including some extreme possibilities – that could develop in the coming decade, along with strategies to help global banks thrive.
February 27, 2012 | Press Releases
Wharton Executive Education Program Celebrates 60-Year Financial Services Industry Partnership
Next week nearly 800 executives in the financial services industry will join more than 40 Wharton School faculty members on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania for the 60th annual Securities Industry Institute (SII).
February 21, 2012 | Press Releases
Wharton School & HCT launch MENA edition of global innovation tournament
Aspiring innovators, entrepreneurs and trailblazers will have the opportunity to implement their ideas on a global scale with the launch today of the Innovation Tournament 2021.
February 15, 2012 | Press Releases
NFL Player Engagement announces NFL-Wharton Prep Leadership Program
NFL Player Engagement and the Wharton Sports Business Initiative will host the inaugural NFL-Wharton Prep Leadership Program for student-athletes entering their senior year of high school, it was announced today.

