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February 2025 • Edition 41

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

Leveraging Data Analytics and AI to Drive Business Forward

Feedback Survey Tell Us How We Did Leveraging Data Analytics and AI to Drive Business Forward Led by: Raghuram (Raghu) Iyengar, Miers-Busch, W’1885 Professor, Professor of Marketing, and Faculty Director of Innovation, Experiential Learning and Research Initiatives, Analytics at Wharton Firms across industries (e.g. finance, retail, distribution) are rapidly adopting advanced…Read More

Entrepreneurship, Wharton Style

Feedback Survey Tell Us How We Did Entrepreneurship, Wharton Style Led by: Lori Rosenkopf, Simon and Midge Palley Professor of Management and Vice Dean of Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School As vice dean of entrepreneurship since 2021, Professor Lori Rosenkopf promotes a “Wharton narrative” of entrepreneurship that reframes the stereotypical portrayal…Read More

Keeping up with ESG: New Research in Environmental Economics and Green Policies

Feedback Survey Tell Us How We Did Keeping up with ESG: New Research in Environmental Economics and Green Policies Led by: Sarah E. Light, Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor, Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School, and Faculty Co-Director of Wharton’s Climate…Read More

Wharton School Announces New Executive Board Appointments 2024

Wharton School Announces New Executive Board Appointments The eight Wharton Executive Boards are comprised of highly dedicated and deeply engaged alumni and friends. Through their service, counsel, generosity, and outreach, board members keep Wharton ahead of the curve in business education, innovation, and global reach. The School congratulates the following…Read More

Global Forum Singapore 2023

Revisit Highlights from Singapore Thank you to all of our Forum attendees, speakers, and sponsors! Three years ago, the world changed — borders closed and events were delayed, including the Singapore Global Forum. We had no idea that it would take three years to bring the Wharton family back together.…Read More

Wharton Magazine Spotlight Caren Byrd WG’70

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Dean Calls for Collective Solutions to Global Problems

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Dean Calls for Collective Solutions to Global Problems Dean Erika H. James welcomed almost 900 alumni and guests to the first Wharton Global Forum to be held in three years. The event, which highlighted the insights of worldwide business and thought leaders, convened in Singapore. James — who has recently…Read More

Masterclass on FinTech and Decentralized Finance

Masterclass on FinTech and Decentralized Finance “Finance is always being advanced by technology,” says Professor Itay Goldstein, Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor and Professor of Finance at Wharton. However, “the pace of technological change in the last few years in finance has been much faster than we have seen before.”…Read More

Fireside Chat between Dean Erika James and Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

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Fireside Chat between Dean Erika James and Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. Dean Erika James engaged in a lively, thought-provoking conversation with Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. C’87 HON’10, former U.S. Ambassador to China, Russia, and Singapore and former Governor of Utah. Before diving into the formal questions and answers, the pair…Read More