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
PHILADELPHIA– Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the leading data research platform and business intelligence tool for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, is pleased to announce the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) as the winner of the WRDS-SSRN Innovation Award™ for the Asia Pacific region. The award, created…Read More
First Ivy League Institution to Host Free World-Class STEM-Business Program for Students from Underrepresented Communities Oakland, CA (October 26, 2017) -The Summer Math and Science Honors (SMASH) program for high school students announces the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will become the sixth institution to partner with Level…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, October 24, 2017 — The Wharton Global Family Alliance (Wharton GFA), a world-leading forum for engagement between major global families with substantial resources and preeminent Wharton faculty, is pleased to announce a unique collaboration with Northern Trust’s Global Family and Private Investment Offices Group. As the Wharton GFA…Read More
What: With Mayor James Kenney, civic leaders and Wharton deans in attendance, two teams of University of Pennsylvania students co-won the Amazon HQ Case Competition at a finals event that supported the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. The finals event aimed to showcase the Wharton School’s entrepreneurial,…Read More
The Wharton School is pleased to harness its entrepreneurial, analytical and communications talent to support the City of Philadelphia’s efforts to bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. Two complementary contests for students are now launched: a Writing Competition conceived by the Wharton Communication Program and the Amazon HQ Case Competition developed by Wharton undergraduate students. …Read More
The Wharton-Jacobs Levy Prize for Quantitative Financial Innovation will be awarded to the late Stephen A. Ross at a conference hosted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research. …Read More
The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative (WCAI), of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will launch its new Analytics Accelerator Challenge on September 5, 2017, accepting applications through September 25. …Read More
Just weeks to apply before Wharton Public Policy Initiative Funding deadline What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for the Penn Wharton Public Policy Funding, which will allow up to five business reporters who cover aspects of public policy to attend the Wharton Seminars for…Read More
The Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) is pleased to announce a $6.6 million commitment from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) to develop new, high-quality tools to evaluate the economic and budgetary impact of federal policy proposals. …Read More
Women Against Abuse has been named as the winner of the 2017 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from more than 100 applicants around the globe, the organization is Philadelphia’s leading domestic violence service provider and advocacy organization, and one of the largest in the US. …Read More
Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Startup Challenge: Twine, founded by Wharton MBA students Joseph Quan and Nikhil Srivastava (both WG’17). The Showcase took place on April 28 on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Twine makes internal mobility within a company seamless.…Read More
Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the inaugural Startup Showcase on Friday, April 28, 2017, a new event showcasing the best student-founded startups from across the University of Pennsylvania. The event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Wharton School’s Jon M. Huntsman Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus.…Read More
The Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists, a program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, offers journalists an opportunity to expand their business knowledge base and increase their exposure to leading experts in a stimulating, collegial environment. …Read More
Philadelphia, PA, April 12, 2017 — Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the award-winning data research platform and business intelligence tool for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, is excited to announce a first of its kind collaboration with SSRN, the world’s leading preprint server and working paper repository, and Elsevier, a…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, April 11, 2017 -- Students from the world’s top business and policy schools gathered on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia Saturday for the culmination of MIINT—the MBA Impact Investing Network & Training program. Three winning teams secured a total of $100,000 in potential investment for the…Read More 
Philadelphia, PA, April 4, 2017 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce the establishment of the Grayken Program in International Real Estate, a major new asset to the School’s Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center and Real Estate Department. With his leadership…Read More
Philadelphia, PA, March 28, 2017 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that Ken Moelis, W’80, WG’81, and Julie Taffet Moelis, W’81, have made a $10 million gift to establish the Ken Moelis and Julie Taffet Moelis Advance Access Program, a deferred admission opportunity…Read More
The Penn Wharton Public Policy Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania and the OSET Institute announce the release today of a new study that provides a comprehensive business analysis of the structure and outlook of the voting machine industry. …Read More
Geoffrey Garrett, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has announced that Harlan Sands has joined the School as Vice Dean of Finance and Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. …Read More
