June 2023 • Edition 22
This month’s edition highlights the significance of the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance program; the dynamism of Dean Erika James and Professor Adam Grant at the Wharton Impact Tour’s Philadelphia stop; and reflections by alumnae in celebration of this year’s newly graduated MBA class, the first to achieve gender parity.
Igniting Minds, Transforming Markets:
Jacobs Scholars Impact at Wharton and Beyond
Today, the amount of information online can be counted in zettabytes — each of which is one hundred billion times the amount of storage on a typical laptop. For participants in the Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholars in Quantitative Finance program, that wealth of data has been a boon. Thanks to the program’s emphasis on rigorous analysis, students and alumni are finding success in fields ranging from cloud computing to finance.
Impact Tour: Adam Grant Takes Wharton to School
Touching on topics as varied as the changing world of work and innovative problem-solving, Professor Adam Grant and Dean Erika James delighted alumni with insightful comments and humorous anecdotes at the Philadelphia stop of the Wharton Impact Tour during MBA Reunion Weekend.
Alumnae Impact: The Path to Gender Parity
Two years ago, the MBA Class of 2023 made Wharton history as the first to enroll more than 50 percent women. At the Philadelphia stop of the Wharton Impact Tour, Wharton Magazine spoke to four women — Helena Wong, WG’83; Jill Schildkraut-Katz, WG’93; Christine Harada, G’03, WG’03; and Shawnette Rochelle, WG’08 — about their own professional paths and advice for new alumnae.