BARBARA E. KAHN’S NEW BOOK, THE SHOPPING REVOLUTION, REVEALS A FRAMEWORK THAT ANY COMPANY CAN USE TO CREATE A POWERFUL RETAIL STRATEGY PHILADELPHIA, PA, MAY 3, 2018—A quick look at the headlines reveals the challenges facing retailers… Retail defaults are at a historic high, with Toys R Us, Claire’s, and…Read More
Two-day event will explore how companies leverage analytics with keynote addresses and hands-on seminars PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiatives (WCAI), a part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will host its annual conference, Successful Applications of Customer Analytics, May 9-10, 2018 at the Inn…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Wharton Research Data Services, SSRN and Elsevier are pleased to announce Illinois Institute of Technology, Stuart School of Business as the winner of the 2018 North America WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award™, honoring emerging business schools. Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the leading data research platform and business intelligence…Read More
Startup Showcase A Huge Success, Featuring Startups From Across Penn PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 30, 2018—Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winner of the second annual Startup Challenge, sponsored by Eric Aroesty, C’92: Sanguis, founded by Divyansh Agarwal, GR’23, M’23, Prateek Agarwal, M’19, WG’20, and Daniel Zhang, GR’23, M’23.…Read More
Operation ASHA and Ubuntu Pathways Win $50,000 Each Philadelphia, PA – myAgro has been named as the winner of the 2018 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from more than 100 applicants around the globe, myAgro is a pioneering mobile layaway saving model that enables smallholder farmers to invest…Read More
Philadelphia, PA and Baltimore, MD, April 20, 2018 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces that it has entered into a collaboration with Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management focused on faculty and student academic programs. This is the first collaboration of…Read More
Startup Challenge Finalists vie for over $135,000 in prizes; student ventures demo; in-elevator elevator pitches: open to the public on April 27, 2018 PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 19, 2018—Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the second annual Startup Showcase, sponsored by Eric Aroesty, C’92, on Friday, April 27, 2018, a…Read More
Philadelphia, PA; Beijing, China: With the U.S. – China relationship top of mind among business leaders worldwide, the Penn Wharton China Center is launching three timely new conferences for executives in Beijing with support from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Presented by renowned Wharton experts, the three…Read More
Program Aims to Create Lasting Life-Changing Health Habits SAN RAMON, CA – April 16, 2018 – 24 Hour Fitness and the University of Pennsylvania’s Behavior Change for Good Initiative (BCFG) announce a game-changing science-based partnership and research study to explore what really motivates gym-goers with the goal of creating lasting…Read More
What: 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. This no-cost, one-day program will feature Wharton Assistant Prof. of Legal Studies & Business Ethics Peter Conti-Brown and Associate…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, March 27, 2018 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that William P. Lauder, W’83, has committed $4 million to endow the William P. Lauder Wharton Leadership Fellows Program. Mr. Lauder is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees, the Lauder Institute Board of Governors, the Wharton Leadership Advisory Board, and a lecturer in the Wharton School.…Read More
Winning Honoree will be announced April 20 Philadelphia, PA, March 2, 2018 – myAgro, Operation ASHA, and Ubuntu Pathways have been named as honorees for the 2018 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from an applicant pool of more than one hundred organizations, all three honorees are guaranteed an…Read More
New York, NY, February 15, 2018 – The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announces the selection of 126 outstanding U.S. and Canadian researchers as the recipients of the 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships, awarded yearly since 1955, honor early-career scholars whose achievements mark them as among the very best scientific…Read More
We are pleased to announce our 2018 Graduation speakers, four visionary business leaders who exemplify the qualities that we imbue in our students throughout their Wharton education — innovation, global awareness, collaboration, and responsible leadership. Wharton undergraduate alumna Safra Catz, W’83, L’86, Chief Executive Officer of Oracle Corporation Wharton MBA…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2018 — Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen has been named the inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Luddy, WG’76 and Janice Hotra Luddy, WG’77 generously endowed the Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professorship for faculty appointments at the…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, January 30, 2018 — Penn President Amy Gutmann and Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett are pleased to announce the appointment of Ingrid Nembhard as the inaugural Fishman Family President’s Distinguished Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, effective January 1, 2018. The Fishman Family President’s…Read More
Washington, D.C. – January 23, 2018 — Switzerland held its position as the No. 1 country in the world, according to the 2018 Best Countries report, a rankings and analysis project by U.S. News & World Report, VMLY&R’s BAV Group and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In its third…Read More
What: 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. This no-cost, one-day program will feature Wharton Professor Gad Allon and Adjunct Professor David Wessels on “Scaling Firm…Read More
Intensive Program will Expand Financial Acumen of Senior-level Executives Philadelphia, PA – Dec. 14, 2017 – The Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has launched the Advanced Finance Program, a new, first of its kind program for finance professionals looking to accelerate…Read More
PHILADELPHIA – The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI) of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will host an inaugural Analytics Accelerator Summit, a complimentary afternoon event for companies seeking resources and insight on doing better business with their data. The Summit will serve as the culminating event of WCAI’s pilot…Read More
