What: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced plans to launch an exciting new morning show on Business Radio, SiriusXM Channel 132. The show, called Wharton Business Daily, will air Monday through Friday from 10am to 12 noon ET, and will be hosted by veteran radio host Dan…Read More
PHILADELPHIA, October 17, 2019 — The Lipman Family Prize is putting another $500,000 on the table, in the form of the Beacon Awards, to reward and support previous Lipman Prize honorees who have demonstrated success in scaling up their social impact efforts. During the Wharton Global Forum in October 2020,…Read More
“Wharton School Press” Heralds Timeless Demand for Trusted Content and Enduring Presence of Digital Publishing Technologies PHILADELPHIA, October 15, 2019—The book publishing arm of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is changing its name from Wharton Digital Press to Wharton School Press. “Wharton School Press has made a…Read More
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 
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
