Igniting Minds, Transforming Markets: Jacobs Scholars Impact at Wharton and Beyond This is the first in a periodic series that highlights the impact of student support programs. The venture capitalist Marc Andreesen once described software as “eating the world.” He might as well have been talking about data: According to…Read More
Philadelphia 2023 – Dean Erika James and Adam Grant, the Saul P. Steinberg Professor of Management
Wharton Impact Tour: Philadelphia 2023 Adam Grant and Dean James energized the crowd at the Philadelphia stop of the Wharton Impact Tour On the first night of MBA Reunion Weekend, hundreds of alumni gathered at the Loews, in downtown Philadelphia, to celebrate the impact of Wharton on their lives and…Read More Retail With Purpose: The Business of Doing Good
Retail With Purpose: The Business of Doing Good Employees of Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc., volunteer on Halloween at children's hospitals, a culture fostered by CEO Steven Silverstein, WG'85. The business of doing good is an ever-present — and increasingly urgent — theme in retail research, teaching, and practice. Forward-looking retail…Read More
Women & Work: Does Diversity Training Work?
Women & Work: Does Diversity Training Work? FEATURED FACULTY: Katherine Milkman, Operations, Information, and Decisions Department Go back to Wharton Women Wharton Women: A Conversation on Community with Wharton Women in Business (WWIB)
A Conversation on Community with Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) Go back to Wharton Women Wharton Women: Re-imagining Cancer Care
Re-imagining Cancer Care Go back to Wharton Women Wharton Women: GM’s Marketing Chief on Going All-In on Electric Vehicles
GM’s Marketing Chief on Going All-In on Electric Vehicles Go back to Wharton Women Will Salary Transparency Become Standard?
Will Salary Transparency Become Standard? FEATURED FACULTY: Matthew Bidwell – Xingmei Zhang and Yongge Dai Professor, Professor of Management Go back to Wharton Women Alma Katherine Ledig WG’31 the first woman to earn a Wharton MBA
1931 Alma Katherine Ledig WG'31 becomes the first woman to earn a Wharton MBA, ten years after first MBA class was enrolled in 1921. She completed a 139-page thesis entitled “Training of Salespeople for Ready-to-Wear Departments” Wharton’s First Alumna: A Champion of Inclusive Education Go back to Wharton Women How National Politics Are Impacting DEI in the Workplace
How National Politics Are Impacting DEI in the Workplace FEATURED FACULTY: Stephanie Creary – Assistant Professor of Management, Faculty Fellow of the Coalition for Equity & Opportunity Go back to Wharton Women