A pioneering initiative that will change the face of a Wharton education has officially launched in part thanks to an anonymous, transformational gift
A pioneering initiative that will change the face of a Wharton education has officially launched in part thanks to an anonymous, transformational gift.
Why it matters
Business in the 21st century relies on ever-more complicated decisions made with insights gleaned from data and analytics. No longer just the domain of computer science or statistics, world-changing policies and decisions are driven by data — and by leading business schools like Wharton.
How does this impact Wharton?
- Offers students access to new courses and innovative curricular opportunities
- Provides more resources to faculty to pursue novel research paths
- Attracts leading researchers, including doctoral students and professors, at the cutting edge of this field
- Creates a collaborative hub with Penn Medicine, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Penn Vet, the Annenberg School of Communication, and other schools at Penn
- Connects students with industry leaders through internships, visiting fellows, and networking and career events.
- Extends knowledge to new audiences through Executive Education programs and Wharton Online courses
- Sharpens analytics thought leadership disseminated through Wharton Digital Press, Knowledge@Wharton, and Wharton Business Radio
“My hope is data science can become an engine for our students to go out and do well and do good in the world.”
– Eric Bradlow, W’88, Vice Dean of Analytics at the Wharton School,
in TopMBA.com
What will Analytics at Wharton do?
Analytics at Wharton brings together existing initiatives at Wharton:
- Customer Analytics, which for the past few years has put students to work solving real-world problems through the Analytics Accelerator
- Penn Wharton Budget Model, which visualizes answers sound bites can’t provide — view the impact of immigration, social security, and tax policy on the U.S. economy
- People Analytics, whose annual conference attracts heavy hitters including elite athletes, bestselling authors, Nobel Prize winners, and CEOs of major global companies
- Wharton Neuroscience, a novel area that fuels business discoveries by cutting across disciplines — anthropology, psychology, economics, medicine, and even primatology
- Wharton Research and Data Services (WRDS), the gold standard in data management that offers more than 40,000 global clients access to over 250 terabytes of data.