Mr. and Mrs. Trone’s gift will establish the Trone Family Public Policy Initiative Fund, providing funding for research and other critical support promoting clear, fact-driven, accessible knowledge to stimulate policies that benefit the American public.…Read More
The winning organization will receive $250,000 in unrestricted funds, as well as executive training and support from Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania.…Read More
The NPD Group Inc., a global information company, has partnered with the Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center on a study analyzing purchasing behavior of Millennials, Generation X and Boomers.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Wharton MBA alumna, Ruth Porat (WG’87), Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet, formerly Google, will be the featured speaker at the School’s MBA graduation in Philadelphia.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that Anthony Noto, (Wharton MBA for Executives Class 23, Wharton MBA ’99), a Wharton MBA for Executives alumnus, will be the featured speaker at the School’s MBA for Executives graduation ceremony in Philadelphia.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is delighted to announce a $10 million commitment from Anne Welsh McNulty, (Wharton MBA Class of 1979), which will drive the expansion and global reach of the current Wharton Leadership Program, building on a foundation of over 20 years of innovation and impact in leadership development.…Read More
The University of Pennsylvania announced that student team Fermento won the $10,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 Y-Prize Competition, which includes rights to commercialize their application of Penn-owned biomedical engineering technology.…Read More
Germany is viewed as the best country in the world, according to the inaugural Best Countries report, a joint rankings and analysis project of U.S. News & World Report, WPP’s BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. …Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced it will offer two new Specializations through Coursera: a Specialization in “Entrepreneurship” and a Specialization in “Business and Financial Modeling.”…Read More
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2016, undertaken in conjunction with the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the University of Pennsylvania for the past 11 years, reports opinions of 750 experts who assessed 29 global risks for both impact and likelihood over a 10-year time horizon and is being released today in advance of the Forum’s annual meeting taking place next week in Davos.…Read More
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 better understanding of key business and economic issues. This free, one-day program will feature Wharton Profs Peter Conti-Brown and Sam Chandan on Fed Policy and Real Estate trends respectively. …Read More
U.S. News & World Report president and chief executive officer William D. Holiber today announced a new collaboration with Y&R and the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to create Best Countries, a new U.S. News site to serve engaged citizens, business leaders and policy makers from around the world.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today the release of a new report, “Great Expectations: Mission Preservation and Financial Performance in Impact Investments.” The new study provides an objective, rigorous look at two of the most important aspects of impact investing: financial returns and long-term impact.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced it will offer a “Business Analytics” Specialization through Coursera: the first comprehensive set of courses to teach not just what Big Data is, but how data is used to make real business decisions.…Read More
The 2015 Seminars for Business Journalists in Philadelphia, which follows the Pope’s visit by less than two weeks, may provide a special opportunity for journalists to explore issues surrounding his visit—such as transportation challenges, economic impact, public policy, etc.–with Wharton faculty.…Read More
Wharton School Dean Geoffrey Garrett was invited to attend a convening of business schools hosted by the White House Council on Women and Girls and the Council of Economic Advisers August 5, 2015. …Read More
This year’s Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize winner and two finalists will take home twice the amount of their predecessors, thanks to a significant investment from prize founders Barry & Marie Lipman.…Read More
Philip Tetlock, Wharton Prof. of Management and Penn Prof. of Psychology, is named by Carnegie Corporation to its inaugural class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows, a major annual fellowship program that will provide support for scholars in the social sciences and humanities. …Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced Riders for Health as the winner of the fourth annual Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize.…Read More
Knowledge@Wharton’s Cuba Opportunity Summit: High-Velocity Growth will feature Wharton faculty, present and former U.S. government leaders, U.S. and multinational business leaders and economists from Havana who will discuss the challenges and opportunities of business in Cuba.…Read More
