News & Views #2

March 2025 • Edition 42

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

An Afternoon at the Joiner Fair: Building Connections at Venture Lab

At the Joiner Fair, hosted by Venture Lab, students connect with early-stage venture teams seeking help with engineering, marketing, and more. An Afternoon at the Joiner Fair: Building Connections at Venture Lab Wednesday, February 12 was a gloomy day in Philadelphia, but on the second floor of Tangen Hall —…Read More

Six Future Alumni Highlight the Value of the Wharton Network

Six Future Alumni Highlight the Value of the Wharton Network For Wharton MBA students, networking isn’t just a skill — it’s a mindset. In this video, hear how alumni interactions are already making an impact on their perspectives and aspirations. These six future alumni know that being part of the…Read More

The Business Case for Immigration: What Happens to Your Company When You Hire Foreign-Born Talent?

Feedback Survey Tell Us How We Did The Business Case for Immigration: What Happens to Your Company When You Hire Foreign-Born Talent? Led by: Exequiel (Zeke) Hernandez, Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Associate Professor at the Wharton School Most of us are used to hearing about immigration as a…Read More

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

Mexico 2025 – A Global Conversation on Leadership and Impact

Dean Erika James and Antonio Carrillo WG'93

Wharton in Focus: Mexico 2025 A Global Conversation on Leadership and Impact On February 13, members of the Wharton community gathered at the Offices of Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza y Enriquez Abogados in Mexico City for an evening of insightful discussion and meaningful connections. From the moment guests arrived, the sense…Read More

Exploring Careers and Envisioning Futures with the Wharton Industry Exploration Program (WIEP)

Exploring Careers and Envisioning Futures with the Wharton Industry Exploration Program (WIEP) At Wharton, school breaks aren’t only a time to relax and recharge — they’re also a time for some students, like those who participate in the Wharton Industry Exploration Program (WIEP), to explore their professional goals. Camila Moreno…Read More

Wharton on the Markets: Insights from Faculty Research

Feedback Survey Tell Us How We Did Wharton on the Markets: Insights from Faculty Research Led by: Nikolai Roussanov, Moise Y. Safra Professor, Professor of Finance at the Wharton School Joao Gomes, Howard Butcher III Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics; and Senior Vice Dean of Research, Centers, and Academic…Read More

January 2025 • Edition 40

Picture of Scott A. Wieler, WG’87, and his wife, Mary Baily Wieler

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

2017 – Challenge Winners and Nominees

crandall challenge winner receiving award

2017 - Crandall Challenge Citation Winners Charles Decker, WG'64Michael Wallace, WG’65Charles Decker, WG'64 Charles Decker, WG'64 New York City and Dominican Republic Charlie had a notable career in advertising and marketing with BBDO Advertising, Quaker Oats and Warner Brothers.Upon ‘retirement’, he started living in the Dominican Republic half-time in 2004…Read More