September 2025 • Edition 49

Erika H. James, dean of the Wharton School, poses for a portrait on campus. September 2025 - Edition 49 Dean Erika James highlights The Wharton Fund as the School’s foundation that fuels its next chapter; Wharton Magazine catches up with the leaders of the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM); and Lauren Nelson Hyppolite, managing director of research, centers, and academic initiatives at Wharton, discusses herRead More

Regional Class-Planned Pre-Reunion Events

Regional Class-Planned Pre-Reunion Events A class-planned Pre-Reunion Event is a great opportunity to gather as a class, focus on networking with fellow classmates, and create excitement for MBA Reunion Weekend. Class-planned events are for all current reunion-year alumni sponsored and planned by the class Committee, with some support from Wharton.Read More

August 2025 • Edition 48

Howard Butcher III Professor Emeritus of Financial Management Marshall Blume wears a pinstripe suit; behind him is a tree-lined pathway with lampposts. August 2025 - Edition 48 Ksenia Bobrik, WG’25, reflects on her experiences as a Dr. Bruce I. Jacobs Scholar in Quantitative Finance; a new course in financial research honoring the late Howard Butcher III Professor Emeritus of Financial Management Marshall Blume launches this fall; and Michelle Shan-Jeschelnig, WG’02, shares whyRead More

It’s an Age of Exploring”: Michelle Shan-Jeschelnig, WG’02, on Supporting Young People Through the Wharton Global Youth Program

Michelle Shan-Jeschelnig, WG’02 and Richard Jeschelnig “It’s an Age of Exploring”: Michelle Shan-Jeschelnig, WG’02, on Supporting Young People Through the Wharton Global Youth Program “It’s important to empower young people,” says Michelle Shan-Jeschelnig, WG’02 (right, with husband Richard Jeschelnig). “That’s why we’ve chosen to support the Wharton Global Youth Program.” For Alumni Executive Board member MichelleRead More