Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship (clockwise from top left): fourth-year Aravind Krishnan; 2021 graduate Carson Eckhard; and 2020 graduates Meera Menon and Jun Hou Shin.(Images: Courtesy of Knight-Hennessy Scholars / Carolyn Fong Photography) Penn fourth-year and three recent alumni named 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars Four Penn affiliates each have been awarded a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, receiving financial support for as long as three years to pursue a graduate degree and global leadership training at Stanford University. 3 min. read
A celebration of creativity and innovation for social good nocred A celebration of creativity and innovation for social good Nine graduating students were recognized at an annual reception for the President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability prizes. 4 min. read
Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities nocred Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities Fueled by his faith, Chip Chambers, a fifth-year M.D./M.B.A. student in the Perelman School of Medicine and Wharton School, has always looked for ways to serve.“My faith is a huge motivator of everything that I do. I just believe that I’ve been blessed with a lot of things that I didn’t earn and that I have a responsibility to steward those for the good of other people and not for myself,” Chambers says. 4 min. read
Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café Image: Courtesy of Wharton Stories Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café How third-year Wharton undergrad Olivia Turman finds community, leadership, and clarity through Williams Café. 2 min. read
Lauder Class of 2025 graduate showcase Lauder Class of 2025 graduate showcase Four Lauder Institute students reflect on their journeys through the Wharton and School of Arts & Sciences joint-degree program, which weds international politics, economics, history, culture, and language.
Class of 2026 prepares for ‘iconic’ year during annual Hey Day nocred Class of 2026 prepares for ‘iconic’ year during annual Hey Day Marking a 109-year-old tradition, Penn third-year students united to celebrate their rise to fourth-year status. 5 min. read
How to teach your child about financial literacy How to teach your child about financial literacy Wharton’s Olivia S. Mitchell offers tips for raising a generation of smart spenders and savers. 2 min. read
Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years (from left) Inaya Zaman, Rashmi Acharya, and Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia and use behavioral economics principals to encourage healthier food choices.nocred Nourish to Flourish Fourth-years Rashmi Acharya, Imani Nkrumah Ardayfio and Inaya Zaman created Nourish to Flourish, winner of a 2025 President’s Engagement Prize. The trio will work with community partners at the Benjamin B. Comegys School in West Philadelphia to encourage healthier food choices. 7 min. read
Can we still detect AI-generated content? Can we still detect AI-generated content? As models like GPT-4 and Claude get better at mimicking humans, researchers at the Wharton School offer a new way to test watermarking—the hidden markers used to identify machine-made text.
Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Melanie Herbert (center), a fourth-year in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, created Sync Labs—an innovative AI solution that addresses caregiving in senior care. Joined by Nami Lindquist (left) of the Wharton School and Penn Engineering and Alex Popescu of Penn Engineering (right) their technology, which has earned them the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize, allows caregivers to see three times more seniors while providing more personalized care.nocred Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care 8 min. read