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The Wharton School Expands MBA Early Admission Program

Students outside the University of Pennsylvania eligible for Wharton’s MBA Advance Access Program, deadline to apply is April 1, 2020 PHILADELPHIA, September 24, 2019 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced that it is expanding its MBA deferred admissions program to students outside the University of…Read More

Ambassador Joseph Westphal Named Inaugural Chang Sun Term Professor at the Lauder Institute

PHILADELPHIA, September 19, 2019 — The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania announced the appointment of Ambassador Joseph Westphal as the inaugural Chang Sun Term Professor. Chang Sun, G’89, WG’89, PAR’10, PAR’14, PAR’22 generously endowed the faculty chair to expand the Lauder…Read More

Wharton-Jacobs Levy Prize to Honor Ray Ball and Philip Brown for Financial Innovation at September Conference

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PHILADELPHIA, September 10, 2019 — The Wharton-Jacobs Levy Prize for Quantitative Financial Innovation will be awarded to Ray Ball and Philip Brown at a conference hosted by the Jacobs Levy Equity Management Center for Quantitative Financial Research at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The event will be…Read More

Mohamed A. El-Erian Named a Senior Global Fellow at the Lauder Institute and Part-Time Professor of Practice at the Wharton School

PHILADELPHIA, September 4, 2019 — Mohamed A. El-Erian has been named a Senior Global Fellow at the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies and part-time professor of practice at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The appointment, effective July 1, 2019, was announced by Martine…Read More

Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists Announces Funding Application Deadline: Nearly All Expenses Covered for Selected Reporters Attending Oct. 2019 Program

Deadline to apply is September 16 What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for funding opportunities for the flagship Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists program in Philadelphia. Three journalists who cover aspects of public policy will be selected to receive Penn Wharton Public Policy Funding,…Read More

Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists Announces Two All-Expenses-Paid Fellowships for Oct. 2019 Program, Courtesy of the National Press Foundation

Applications now open for NPF fellowships, deadline to apply is August 23 What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite U.S.-based business journalists to apply for an all-expenses-paid fellowship to the flagship Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists program in Philadelphia. Each year, the National Press Foundation offers two fellowships that…Read More

Gift from Barry and Marie Lipman to Expand Lipman Family Prize and Provide Three Six-Figure Prizes to Social Impact Organizations

Applications open July 1, 2019 PHILADELPHIA, June 28, 2019 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today a new gift from 1970 undergraduate alumnus Barry Lipman and his wife Marie Lipman to expand the Lipman Family Prize. Building on the prize they originally established in 2011, their…Read More

Angela Bostick Named Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

PHILADELPHIA, June 19, 2019 — Dean Geoffrey Garrett has announced that Angela Bostick will join the Wharton School on Monday, August 5 as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. In that role, Bostick will lead the Marketing and Communications Department, which contributes to the growth of Wharton revenue and brand reputation.…Read More

Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett to become Dean of USC Marshall School of Business in 2020

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PHILADELPHIA, June 11, 2019 — Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Wendell Pritchett today announced that Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett will be leaving Penn at the end of the 2019-20 academic year to become dean of the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles effective July 1, 2020. “Geoff has…Read More

Wharton School Professor Nancy Zhang Named Vice Dean of Wharton Doctoral Programs

PHILADELPHIA, June 10, 2019 — Wharton School Dean Geoffrey Garrett has announced the appointment of Professor of Statistics, Nancy Zhang, as the Vice Dean of Wharton Doctoral Programs (WDP), effective July 1, 2019. In her new role, Professor Zhang will oversee the operations and management of the nine academic areas of…Read More

Wharton to Offer Online Courses in Fintech

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PHILADELPHIA, May 30, 2019 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce a new online program: “Fintech: Foundations and Applications of Financial Technologies.”…Read More

Aditya Mittal, Will Shu, Marisa Drew Among Business Leaders and Renowned University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School Faculty Assembling in London for Wharton Global Forum, June 28

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Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett and Penn President Amy Gutmann to open conference that explores global business challenges What: The 54th Wharton Global Forum London will bring together hundreds of leaders in business and government along with Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania professors and alumni to explore the most critical…Read More

Wharton School Professor Diana C. Robertson Named Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division

PHILADELPHIA, May 22, 2019 — Wharton School Dean Geoffrey Garrett has announced the appointment of Diana C. Robertson, the Samuel A. Blank Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, as Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, effective July 1, 2019. Professor Robertson succeeds Vice Dean Lori Rosenkopf who,…Read More

Wharton Associate Professor Martine Haas Appointed Director of the Lauder Institute

PHILADELPHIA, May 16, 2019 — University of Pennsylvania Provost Wendell Pritchett has announced the appointment of Wharton Associate Professor of Management Martine Haas as the Anthony L. Davis Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management & International Studies, effective July 1, 2019. Professor Haas, who joined Wharton in 2007, is…Read More

Wharton School Forms Analytics at Wharton

Brings together state-of-the-art analytical teaching, research, and industry engagement initiatives, funded by an anonymous $15 million gift PHILADELPHIA, May 7, 2019 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today the establishment of Analytics at Wharton, uniting the School’s trail-blazing teaching, research, and industry engagement initiatives that use big…Read More

India Cool: Aerate Wins $30,000 Startup Challenge Perlman Grand Prize with First-of-its-Kind Air Conditioner Technology

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PHILADELPHIA, May 6, 2019 – Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the winner of the third annual Startup Challenge, sponsored by Eric Aroesty, C’92: Aerate, founded by six Wharton and Penn Engineering undergraduate students. …Read More

Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists to Hold No-Cost Program on “Scaling Businesses for Profit” and “Globalization of Business” in London, June 27, 2019

What: 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 through intensive lectures and hands-on exercises. This no-cost, one-day program will feature Wharton Prof. of Operations, Information and Decisions Gad Allon and Prof. of Management…Read More

World Bicycle Relief Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Prize

AÇEV and The Global FoodBanking Network Win $50,000 Each PHILADELPHIA, April 29, 2019 — World Bicycle Relief has been named as the winner of the 2019 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from more than 100 applicants around the globe, Chicago-based World Bicycle Relief mobilizes people through the Power…Read More

Third Annual Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship Startup Showcase: Nearly 30 of the Top Startups Across Penn Compete for Over $135,000 in Prizes

PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 23, 2018– Penn Wharton Entrepreneurship is delighted to announced the third annual Startup Showcase, sponsored by Eric Aroesty, C’92, on Friday, May 3, 2019. This annual exposition showcases 28 of the best student-founded ventures from across the Penn community. The presenting teams are semifinalists of the annual Startup…Read More

Design For New Tangen Hall Offers Game-Changing Student Entrepreneurship Space

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PHILADELPHIA, April 18, 2019 — The University of Pennsylvania today released architectural renderings of the design for the transformative Tangen Hall. The new building, made possible through a $25 million gift from the AKO Foundation on the recommendation of Wharton School alumnus Nicolai Tangen and his wife, Katja, will be Penn’s first dedicated space for cross-campus student entrepreneurship and innovation activity.…Read More