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
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Invested in Wharton’s Future Alice Yin Hung, C'90, W'90 (left), and Marissa King, the inaugural Alice Y. Hung President’s Distinguished Professor Alice Yin Hung, C’90, W’90, Wharton graduate, entrepreneur, daughter, and mother, knows that planting seeds of success with certainty and love, will make things happen. How those things work…Read More In Conversation: Wharton Chief Advancement Officer Sam Lundquist
In Conversation: Wharton Chief Advancement Officer Sam Lundquist Sam Lundquist, Chief Advancement Officer Following a year of global travels with Wharton Dean Erika James, Lundquist reflected on the expanding access to Wharton educational content; a world of change for students and alumni; and holding onto the School’s traditions while welcoming…Read More WiDS Conference Shines Light on Advances for Women in Data Science
WiDS Conference Shines Light on Advances for Women in Data Science Wharton students Sarah Hu, W’23, and Joanna Yang, W’24, GEN’24, presented their research at the Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference. With an increasing number of degrees awarded in data science each year, women in analytics are…Read More
Creating Transformation Through Courage, Empathy, and Inclusion
Creating Transformation Through Courage, Empathy, and Inclusion Kate Johnson, WG’94, former president of Microsoft U.S. and now president and CEO of Lumen Technologies, is helping create empathetic leaders. Kate Johnson, WG’94, former president of Microsoft U.S. and now president and CEO of Lumen Technologies, believes timing is everything. Her pre-spring…Read More
New Fund Expands Opportunity for African American Students
New Fund Expands Opportunity for African American Students Dean Erika James, in red, with WMYC Co-chairs Heather Jones, Erika Lawrence, Sierra Martin, and Elon Cornelius, WG'23, at left; and board members Larry Bailey, WG'76, and Lana Woods, WG'90, at right In 1971, President Richard Nixon delivered the eulogy for Whitney…Read More
Wharton Celebrates Hettie Simmons Love with Named Award
Wharton Celebrates Hettie Simmons Love with Named Award Hettie Simmons Love, WG'47, at left, and Tori Orr, WG'23, at right History entered the W Philadelphia hotel wearing a gold and black dress. Hettie Simmons Love, WG’47, Wharton’s first African American graduate, had come to the 49th Whitney M. Young, Jr.…Read More
Going Globetrotting with Wharton!
Going Globetrotting with Wharton! Wharton has been making its way around the world on its Impact Tour with Dean Erika H. James, where she has been in conversation with Wharton’s faculty and alumni. The School is bringing these expert-to-expert insights to audiences as a way of saying “thank you” to…Read More Keeping People at the Forefront of People Analytics
Prasad Setty, WG'99, leading how organizations leverage data-driven people solutions. Prasad Setty, WG’99, has pioneered what we know today as “people analytics.” In his 15-year career at Google, as vice president of People Analytics, he helped the organization attract and retain top talent and infused rigor and objectivity in how…Read More Wharton CEO: A Sustained Effort for Creating Change
Kenneth L. Shropshire, newly appointed director of Wharton's Coalition for Equity and Opportunity. Wharton’s newly convened Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (CEO) is set to become a go-to resource for identifying data-driven solutions to equity and opportunity issues, ranging from closing the wealth gap to defining workplace diversity, equity, and…Read More