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March 2025 - Edition 42 Rick Bates, WG’96, founder and CEO of RxSense, shares how AI is revolutionizing health care; three Lauder Institute startups win $15,000 each at the 2025 Jacobson Global Venture Awards; and Venture Lab hosts the Joiner Fair to connect students from across Penn with opportunities at…Read More

February 2025 - Edition 41 Lauder students race through Morocco, Wharton undergraduates explore careers with WIEP, and a gift from the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund fuels the future of health care research. Visiting Morocco With the Lauder Institute This December, 50 students from the Lauder Institute traveled across Morocco…Read More

January 2025 - Edition 40 Explore Wharton programs that support future leaders and the impact of two recent leadership gifts — one from Mark J. Pincus, W’88, to Wharton’s Generative AI Labs, and one from Scott A. Wieler, WG’87, and his wife, Mary Baily Wieler, to establish the Wieler Family…Read More

December 2024 - Edition 39 MBA fellowship recipients share their personal definitions of “giving back,” Wharton Magazine recaps this fall’s Wharton in Focus events in LA and Asia, and the Lauder Institute spends a week in Mongolia studying the local business landscape. We Asked Seven MBA Fellowship Recipients What ‘Giving…Read More

November 2024 - Edition 38 Students thank donors to The Wharton Fund, the Managing Director of the Lauder Institute discusses his Zuni heritage, and Huntsman Hall gets a makeover aimed at enriching MBA student life. Thank You — Today and Every Day Today is Thank A Donor Day, and we're…Read More

October 2024 - Edition 37 Dean Erika James underscores the importance of supporting The Wharton Fund, Wharton Magazine highlights the experiences of four Moelis Fellows, and the Summer Undergraduate Mentored Research Program (SUMR) celebrates 25 years. The Wharton Fund is the Foundation of the Wharton School Dean Erika James points…Read More

September 2024 - Edition 36 Wharton's CAO Bill Bole shares his passion for philanthropy and how it shapes the School's future, a Roy & Diana Vagelos Scholar shares how financial aid changed her life, and a Lauder student details his summer in Mexico with the Lauder Leadership Immersion Internship program.…Read More

August 2024 - Edition 35 Bob Hernandez, WG'68, honors his late brother by backing student aid, a Wharton alumnus's photo essay captures the Successful Transition and Empowerment Program (STEP), and Dean Erika James and Professor Ethan Mollick represent Wharton in London. Q&A with Bob Hernandez, WG’68: Forwarding Success and Enriching…Read More

July 2024 - Edition 34 The School appoints Mary-Hunter “Mae” McDonnell the inaugural faculty recipient of the Bantwal Family Goldman Sachs Presidential Professorship, the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees approves record undergraduate financial aid budget, and Wharton Magazine chronicles recent strides made by Wharton experts in AI innovation. Mary-Hunter…Read More

June 2024 - Edition 33 A Wharton graduate reflects on how his fellowship helped shape his journey, student-led startups receive donor-funded prizes, and three Wharton seniors detail their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) involvement. Temitope Akande, WG'21, Recalls His Journey from Africa to Wharton Temitope Akande, WG'21, grew up in…Read More