Blended Executive Program Equips Leaders to Drive Strategic Growth Through AI PHILADELPHIA, October 30, 2025 – Wharton Executive Education today announced the launch of AI in Marketing: Creating Customer Value in an AI-Driven Enterprise, a new blended online and in-person program designed for senior leaders and executives who want to…Read More
Leading employers can now leverage Wharton Online’s world-renowned executive education through Guild’s Learning Marketplace, equipping leaders at every level with the skills they need to thrive through disruption DENVER, October 16, 2025 – Guild, the leading talent development company, today announced a new partnership with Wharton Online, the digital learning…Read More
Transformational donation is the largest single gift in School history Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs, G’79, GRW’86Photo credit: Hechler Photographers PHILADELPHIA, September 15, 2025—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced the launch of the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MSQF) program, the School’s first…Read More
LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, September 12, 2025 – The PRI Academy and Wharton Executive Education are announcing the launch of a new executive education program, the Wharton/PRI Executive Certificate: Impact, Value and the Materiality of Sustainability, designed to equip investment professionals with the tools and insights needed to navigate today’s complex…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, September 10, 2025 – Wharton Executive Education today announced the launch of the Owner/President/CEO (OPC) Program, a new, immersive learning experience designed exclusively for leaders of established, often founder-led or family-owned enterprises who are ready to shape the future of their companies and their legacies. Founders, owners, and chief…Read More
New Coursera-Hosted Course Equips Professionals to Use Creativity as a Strategic Tool Across Industries PHILADELPHIA, August 6, 2025 – Today, Wharton Online, the digital learning platform of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, announced the launch of Creativity in Business and Other Disciplines, available on Coursera, one of…Read More
Self-Paced, Online Executive Program Is Designed for the Next Generation of AI Leaders PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 2025 – Wharton Online today announced the launch of Leading an AI-Powered Future, a self-paced online executive program designed to equip professionals at every stage of their careers with the practical skills and confidence…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2025—Wharton School Dean Erika James has announced the appointment of Cait Lamberton, the Alberto I. Duran President’s Distinguished Professor of Marketing, as Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, effective July 1, 2025. Professor Lamberton succeeds Vice Dean Diana C. Robertson who, having served two…Read More
Applications now open with all-expenses-paid fellowships available, deadline to apply is September 3 What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program, held on Wharton’s Philadelphia campus. There are several funding opportunities available for journalists, including an all-expenses-paid…Read More
500 alumni, faculty, and global business leaders will explore challenges and opportunities at the business conference What: The 57th Wharton Global Forum will return to San Francisco from June 26-27. Hosted by the world’s first collegiate school of business, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the business conference…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 8, 2025—The University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab is pleased to announce the 2025 winner of its annual Startup Challenge: Sync Labs, founded by Melanie Herbert, EE’25. Sync Labs is a healthtech company building AI-powered monitoring systems to address the caregiver shortage in senior living. Its platform, Alice, uses…Read More
BleagLee and Technovation Win $150,000 Each PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2025 – Barbershop Books has been named the grand prize winner of the 2025 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from approximately 150 applicants around the globe, Barbershop Books is the first of its kind community-based model committed to addressing…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2025 — Three leading mid-career statisticians have been announced as the winners of the David Cox Medal for Statistics, which has been awarded for the first time in 2025 to commemorate the work of the late world-leading statistician and former Royal Statistical Society president, Sir David Cox.…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2025 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a new undergraduate concentration and MBA major in Artificial Intelligence for Business. Designed to address the world’s growing demand for AI-related skills and expertise, Artificial Intelligence for Business will equip students with a technical understanding…Read More
Applications now open, deadline to apply is June 12 What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite full-time business journalists to apply for the next one-day Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists program, held on Wharton’s San Francisco campus. The June 2025 program will feature Wharton Profs. Kevin Werbach, Hamsa Bastani,…Read More
Grand Prize Winner will be announced April 24th PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 2025 – Barbershop Books, BleagLee, and Technovation have been named as winners of the 2025 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from an applicant pool of 150 organizations, all three winners are guaranteed an unrestricted financial award of…Read More
NEW YORK, February 20, 2025 — The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the names of the 126 early career researchers who have been selected to receive a Sloan Research Fellowship in 2025. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships honor exceptional researchers at US and Canadian educational institutions, whose creativity, innovation,…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, January 28, 2025 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (Penn LDI) are pleased to announce a landmark $3.5 million gift to establish the Davis Family SUMR Program Endowment Fund, with an additional $1 million matching challenge from the…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, December 10, 2024 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania proudly announces a $5 million gift from Mark J. Pincus, W’88, founder of social gaming company Zynga and a pioneer in generative AI applications. This visionary gift supports the launch of the Pincus Artificial Intelligence Lab for…Read More
The Wieler Family Professorship in the field of philanthropy will hold a primary appointment in Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice and a secondary appointment in the Wharton School PHILADELPHIA, December 3, 2024—The University of Pennsylvania today announced a $5 million gift to create the Wieler Family Professorship, a…Read More
