Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) and PwC today announced the convening of the PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators on Business and Financial Responsibility. The all-expenses-paid financial literacy conference for 150 educators will be held Sept. 28-30 on the Philadelphia campus of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has been recognized for excellence in leadership development training by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The EFMD honored Wharton and Merck & Co., Inc., with an Excellence in Practice Award for a custom program in executive development.…Read More
Retailing in a Global, Multichannel World, a conference to be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City on June 20-21, is co-sponsored by the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School, the Marketing Science Institute, and the Fashion Institute of Technology.…Read More
Through Penn’s UpStart program, Kathryn Bowles and co-inventor Mary Naylor, licensed the Discharge Decision Support System to RightCare Solutions, a company co-founded by Penn and Wharton MBA graduate Eric Heil, who serves as the company’s CEO.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today that it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The Program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on risk and insurance at the University of Pennsylvania.…Read More
The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies today announced a new program focused on preparing future global leaders to solve complex business problems in an inter-connected world.…Read More
Graduation Keynote, Host of the Emmy® Award-Winning “The Dr. Oz Show,” Provides Lessons for Work, Life…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 a better understanding of key business and economic issues.…Read More
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).…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
The Wharton School announced today that it expects strong attendance at the fourth cohort of the Women’s World Banking (WWB) Advanced Leadership Program.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
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.…Read More
