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Gift from Barry and Marie Lipman to Expand Lipman Family Prize and Provide Three Six-Figure Prizes to Social Impact Organizations

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The Lipman Family Prize at the University of Pennsylvania celebrates leadership and innovation in organizations creating positive social impact. …Read More

Wharton School Forms Analytics at Wharton

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This instrumental gift will accelerate Wharton’s innovations in applying sophisticated analytical tools to solve challenges.…Read More

Design for New Tangen Hall Offers Game-Changing Student Entrepreneurship Space

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The new building was made possible by a $25 million gift through the AKO Foundation by the recommendation of Wharton alumnus Nicolai Tangen and his wife Katja. …Read More

Wharton School Establishes the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance

The pioneering center will analyze how technology is transforming the business models of financial services.…Read More

Wharton School Receives $10 Million Gift from Josh and Marjorie Harris to Advance Learning and Engagement in Alternative Investments

The Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program will bring together alumni and industry experts through events and dynamic programming. …Read More

William P. Lauder Endows the William P. Lauder Wharton Leadership Fellows Program with $4 Million Gift

William P. Lauder Philadelphia, PA, March 27, 2018 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce that William P. Lauder, W’83, has committed $4 million to endow the William P. Lauder Wharton Leadership Fellows Program. Mr. Lauder is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Board…Read More

Wharton School Receives $25 Million Gift from Nicolai Tangen and AKO Foundation to Establish Transformative New Tangen Hall and International Student Scholarship Fund

Tangen Hall will house a new Venture Lab and, for the first time, centralize student entrepreneurship at Penn Nicolai Tangen, W'92 PHILADELPHIA, October 25, 2018 — The University of Pennsylvania announced today a $25 million gift that will spearhead construction of a transformative new campus building to be named Tangen Hall…Read More

Commemorating the Lauder Institute’s Building Expansion and Renovation

Penn President Amy Gutmann (right) dedicated the new renovation of the Lauder Institute building with (from left) Provost Wendell Pritchett, brothers and Penn alumni Leonard A. Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder, and Institute director Mauro Guillén on Tuesday, Oct. 23. The work is expected to be completed by fall of 2019.…Read More

Ronald S. Lauder and Leonard A. Lauder Dedicate the Home of the Lauder Institute

The remodeled building is now entirely dedicated to the Lauder Institute, which was founded by Wharton alumni Ronald Lauder and Leonard Lauder.…Read More

Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen Named Inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School

Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen,Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2018 — Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen has been named the inaugural Luddy Family President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Thomas M. Luddy, WG’76 and Janice Hotra Luddy, WG’77 generously endowed the Luddy Family President’s…Read More