Wharton Stories

Wharton School Announces New Executive Board Appointments The boards are comprised of highly dedicated and deeply engaged alumni and friends. The School thanks them for their leadership. Wharton congratulates the following new members and current members with new appointments whose terms began on July 1, 2023: Ravi Ahuja, W’92, WG’97...

Brothers in Arms and Entrepreneurship WHO THEY ARE: Chase Hobby, WG’20, and Evan Seale, WG’20, armed forces veterans who agree that their time in the military played a pivotal role in their desire to pursue entrepreneurship at Wharton. WHAT’S THEIR STORY: Hobby and Seale are co-founders of VRB Labs, a...

Cait Lamberton Named Inaugural Alberto I. Duran President's Distinguished Professor at the Wharton School Philadelphia, PA, October 23, 2019 — Penn President Amy Gutmann and Wharton Dean Geoff Garrett are pleased to announce the appointment of Cait Lamberton as the inaugural Alberto I. Duran President’s Distinguished Professor at the Wharton...

New Professorship Established by Nancy Yang, W’92 to be Awarded to Angela Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, May 4, 2020 — Penn President Amy Gutmann, Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett, and Penn Arts & Sciences Dean Steven J. Fluharty are pleased to announce the establishment of the Rosa...

Ellen L. Hanson and Richard E. Perlman Commit $10 Million to Create Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA, March 24, 2022—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce a $10 million commitment from Ellen L. Hanson and Richard E....

Judd B. Kessler appointed inaugural recipient of Howard Marks Endowed Professorship Howard S. Marks, W’67 PHILADELPHIA, February 17, 2022—Judd B. Kessler has been named the inaugural Howard Marks Endowed Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. The professorship, which has been generously funded by Howard S. Marks,...

For those on a journey from the battlefield to the boardroom, the Wharton School helps its MBA student veterans as they transition into the private sector. Active duty personnel also receive tuition benefits and the support of the School as they embark on their studies while remaining in service. The...

Penn Media Accountability Project (PennMAP) Research and Outcomes to Expand Thanks to Leadership Gift PHILADELPHIA, September 30, 2021—The Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania are delighted to announce the expansion of the Penn Media Accountability Project (PennMAP), an interdisciplinary, nonpartisan research project dedicated to enhancing media transparency and accountability....

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 20, 2021 – The University of Pennsylvania (“the University,” “Penn”) is delighted to announce a new anonymous gift of $5 million in the form of Bitcoin – the largest cryptocurrency gift the University has ever received. Facilitated by NYDIG, an industry leader in providing Bitcoin technology and...

To mark International Women’s Day, the More Than Ever Tour hosted a wide-ranging conversation on the transformative power of women’s leadership in Rwanda — and how lessons learned in that country can be applied globally. In 2003, the country’s newly passed Constitution declared the country was committed to “equality between...