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The Wharton School Launches Master of Science in Quantitative Finance with $60 Million Gift from Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs
Transformational donation is the largest single gift in School history Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs, G’79, GRW’86Photo credit: Hechler Photographers PHILADELPHIA, September 15, 2025—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced the launch of the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MSQF) program, the School’s first...Read More
PRI Academy and Wharton Executive Education Launch Global Program on Responsible Investment Leadership
LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, September 12, 2025 – The PRI Academy and Wharton Executive Education are announcing the launch of a new executive education program, the Wharton/PRI Executive Certificate: Impact, Value and the Materiality of Sustainability, designed to equip investment professionals with the tools and insights needed to navigate today’s complex financial landscape. The course is ...Read More
Wharton Executive Education Launches Owner/President/CEO Program For Established Business Leaders
PHILADELPHIA, September 10, 2025 – Wharton Executive Education today announced the launch of the Owner/President/CEO (OPC) Program, a new, immersive learning experience designed exclusively for leaders of established, often founder-led or family-owned enterprises who are ready to shape the future of their companies and their legacies. Founders, owners, and chief executives face a set of challenges ...Read More
Wharton Online Launches Creativity in Business and Other Disciplines
New Coursera-Hosted Course Equips Professionals to Use Creativity as a Strategic Tool Across Industries PHILADELPHIA, August 6, 2025 – Today, Wharton Online, the digital learning platform of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, announced the launch of Creativity in Business and Other Disciplines, available on Coursera, one of the world’s leading online learning platforms. ...Read More
Wharton Online Launches Leading an AI-Powered Future
Self-Paced, Online Executive Program Is Designed for the Next Generation of AI Leaders PHILADELPHIA, July 9, 2025 – Wharton Online today announced the launch of Leading an AI-Powered Future, a self-paced online executive program designed to equip professionals at every stage of their careers with the practical skills and confidence to lead in an era defined ...Read More
Wharton School Professor Cait Lamberton Named Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division
PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2025—Wharton School Dean Erika James has announced the appointment of Cait Lamberton, the Alberto I. Duran President’s Distinguished Professor of Marketing, as Vice Dean and Director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, effective July 1, 2025. Professor Lamberton succeeds Vice Dean Diana C. Robertson who, having served two successful terms, will return to the ...Read More
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists To Hold Flagship October 2025 Program in Philadelphia
Applications now open with all-expenses-paid fellowships available, deadline to apply is September 3 What: The Wharton School is pleased to invite business journalists to apply for the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists flagship program, held on Wharton’s Philadelphia campus. There are several funding opportunities available for journalists, including an all-expenses-paid fellowship for U.S.-based journalists offered by ...Read More
Wharton School to Convene Top Business Visionaries at Global Forum in San Francisco, June 26-27
500 alumni, faculty, and global business leaders will explore challenges and opportunities at the business conference What: The 57th Wharton Global Forum will return to San Francisco from June 26-27. Hosted by the world’s first collegiate school of business, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the business conference will bring together more than 500 ...Read More
Sync Labs Wins $50,000 Perlman Grand Prize in Startup Challenge presented by Venture Lab at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 8, 2025—The University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab is pleased to announce the 2025 winner of its annual Startup Challenge: Sync Labs, founded by Melanie Herbert, EE’25. Sync Labs is a healthtech company building AI-powered monitoring systems to address the caregiver shortage in senior living. Its platform, Alice, uses proprietary edge-based computer vision to detect ...Read More
Barbershop Books Wins $250,000 Lipman Family Grand Prize
BleagLee and Technovation Win $150,000 Each PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2025 – Barbershop Books has been named the grand prize winner of the 2025 Barry & Marie Lipman Family Prize. Chosen from approximately 150 applicants around the globe, Barbershop Books is the first of its kind community-based model committed to addressing literacy disparities with culturally responsive solutions. ...Read More