In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
Wharton’s Stephanie Creary talks with John W. Rogers Jr., founder of Ariel Investments, about why board diversity matters and the wealth gap between whites and Blacks in America, which is widening despite decades of progress.
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Partial or full student loan forgiveness is “regressive,” according to a recent working paper by Wharton’s Sylvain Catherine, who argues that any policy that is a universal loan forgiveness policy or a capped forgiveness policy is going to give most of the dollars in forgiveness to upper-income individuals.
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Wharton Latino and La Casa Latina joined the Wharton Undergraduate Division to organize and host the LatinX Student Forum, shortly after the conclusion of National Hispanic Heritage Month, an open conversation for students, staff, and faculty to come together and discuss the issues that have been particularly impactful for the Latinx student community, especially over the last year.
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The Behavior Change for Good Initiative at the Wharton School and School of Arts and Sciences has partnered with Walmart to conduct the largest-ever communication research study aimed at increasing flu vaccinations during the Fall 2020 flu season. The results of the study will be well-timed to assist with encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations.
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The debut of Beyond Business, a series of discussions streamed live on Wharton’s LinkedIn page, covers the topic of investing capital in a time of systemic racism, and how venture capitalists can create new patterns for investing and analysis.
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Led by Wharton Asia Exchange with support from Wharton Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Group, Wharton China Association, and Wharton Korean Undergraduate Business Society, student organizations teamed up with the Wharton Undergraduate Division to organize, “Being Asian in the U.S.”, a forum for students to share their experiences and offer support for their peers.
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Each year, hundreds of students travel to Philadelphia to participate in summer high school programs through Wharton’s Global Youth Program. This year, the program revamped its high school offerings this summer by combining online learning with community support.
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Wharton’s Stephanie Creary speaks with Kwasi Mitchell from Deloitte Consulting LLP about how company leaders and employees can contribute to diversity initiatives.
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The Friends of Israel MBA Fund will provide full tuition over the course of the two-year Wharton MBA program for a cohort of over sixty students over the next decade. The fellowship is dedicated to Israeli students.
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Wharton’s Thomas S. Robertson discusses his research on how returns are affecting the retail industry.
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