Subscribe to RSS FeedWharton Executive Education Guides Ultra-High-Net-Worth Families and Their Advisors with New Wealth Management Programs
PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 2024 – “We are at the beginning of the greatest intergenerational transfer of wealth that has ever happened,” says Wharton professor Raffi Amit. The reporting backs him up. Baby boomers and the silent generation are expected to bequeath about $84 trillion by 2045, most of it going directly to their heirs, according ...Read More
Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists To Hold Flagship October 2024 Program in Philadelphia, All-Expense-Paid Fellowships Available
Applications now open, deadline to apply is August 26 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 the National Press Foundation ...Read More
Wharton Professor Jules van Binsbergen Appointed Director of the Lauder Institute
PHILADELPHIA, June 25, 2024—University of Pennsylvania Provost John L. Jackson, Jr. has announced the appointment of Jules van Binsbergen, the Nippon Life Professor in Finance in the Wharton School, as the Lauder Professor and Anthony L. Davis Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies, beginning July 1, 2024. “Jules van Binsbergen ...Read More
Mary-Hunter “Mae” McDonnell Appointed Inaugural Faculty Recipient of Bantwal Family Goldman Sachs Presidential Professorship
PHILADELPHIA, June 4, 2024 – It is with great pleasure that Penn Interim President J. Larry Jameson and Wharton Dean Erika James announce that Mary-Hunter (“Mae”) McDonnell has been named as the inaugural Bantwal Family Goldman Sachs Presidential Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The Bantwal Family Goldman Sachs Presidential Professorship ...Read More
The Wharton School Makes Strategic Investment in Artificial Intelligence Research and Teaching
School establishes Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, announces first business school collaboration with OpenAI PHILADELPHIA, May 29, 2024—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a major investment to drastically scale its research and teaching capabilities in the areas of artificial intelligence and data science. Under the umbrella of the new Wharton AI & ...Read More
Wharton School to Host Global Forum in São Paulo Featuring CEOs of BTG Pactual, Natura, BNP Paribas
400 alumni, faculty, and global business leaders will explore challenges and opportunities at the business conference, June 7-8 What: The Wharton Global Forum will visit São Paulo for the first time from June 7-8. Hosted by the world’s first collegiate school of business, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the business conference will bring ...Read More
Wharton Executive Education Brings Managers a Roadmap for Effective AI Oversight with new Strategies for Accountable AI Program
Live online executive program will run October 16 – December 18, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 2024 – It’s well established that artificial intelligence (AI) has changed and will continue changing the way we work. Yet with so many organizations rapidly adopting AI technologies, risks are growing as well, including well-known concerns such as bias, hallucinations, privacy ...Read More
Knowledge at Wharton
- What Does Your Writing Style Say About You? July 23, 2024Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger discusses his published study, “Topography of Thought,” which was co-authored with Olivier Toubia, business professor at Columbia Business School. The paper examines how someone's writing style can be indicative of their future success, and where generative AI might come into the picture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Stocks for the Long Run | Jeremy Siegel July 9, 2024Wharton finance professor emeritus Jeremy Siegel’s bestselling book, Stocks for the Long Run, was first released in 1994 and is now in its sixth edition. Siegel talks about what has changed in investment strategies, and what remains the same. This Ripple Effect podcast episode is part of a series called “Meet the Authors." Hosted on […]
- How Can We Meet the AI Moment? June 4, 2024Eric Bradlow, the vice dean of Wharton’s new AI and Analytics Initiative, discusses how generative AI can be leveraged in education, companies, and society to enhance our lives — and why the first step to understanding AI is to simply start using it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Marketplace Dignity | Cait Lamberton June 4, 2024Wharton’s Cait Lamberton talks about her new book, Marketplace Dignity, which explains why customers want firms to treat them with respect and dignity above anything else. This episode is part of a series called “Meet the Authors" from the Ripple Effect podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- How Can Minority Employees Be Authentic in a Corporate Workplace? May 21, 2024Wharton’s Stephanie Creary speaks with Dr. Ella F. Washington — organizational psychologist, practice professor at Georgetown University, and founder of Ellavate Solutions — on the indisputable value of DEI and how to be authentic at work while navigating corporate culture.This episode is part of the Leading Diversity at Work series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy […]
- The U.S. Housing Market Has Homeowners Stuck | Lu Liu May 7, 2024Wharton’s Lu Liu discusses what policy changes may be needed to break mortgage lock-in, which is restricting real estate inventory in the U.S. housing market. This Ripple Effect podcast episode is part of a series on “Real Estate.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- How Financial Literacy Helps Underserved Students | David Musto April 12, 2024Wharton’s David Musto talks about Penn’s financial literacy course, which is being taught to high school students across the country. It’s just one of the programs at the Stevens Center to help younger people understand money and make better financial decisions. This Ripple Effect podcast episode is part of a series on “Financial Literacy.” Hosted […]