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From the Archives: Raymond and Sadie Alexander family home movies
The University Archives’ Alexander Family Papers document the professional and personal lives of Penn trailblazers Raymond and Sadie Alexander, as well as some of their family members. Included are more than 100 home movies, dating from 1930 to 1961.
Stentix wins the 2025 Y-Prize
The winning team of Penn Engineering’s annual award for entrepreneurial technology have created a noninvasive mechanism to adjust medical stent positioning using magnetic reconfiguration.
Four from Penn named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
Jason Altschuler, César de la Fuente, Liang Wu, and Anderson Ye Zhang have been honored as early-career researchers and scholars for their accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in their fields.
Finding the rhythm behind business fundamentals
Wharton undergraduate Grace Gramins finds harmony between music production and business.
Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is making an impact around the world
Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati co-founded the international microfinancing nonprofit Sustaining Women in Financial Turmoil while in high school, and, as a student at Penn, he continues as executive chairman.
How will the workplace change in 2025?
The Wharton School’s Peter Cappelli expects incremental changes in the workplace this year, a continuation of bigger trends that began during the pandemic.
Perry World House student fellows explore global policy solutions
Through global trips and weekly seminars, the program centers students’ interests in global policy to help solve real-world problems, and the students gain one-of-a-kind experience along the way.
Two Penn alumni named 2025-26 Schwarzman Scholars
Two members of the Class of 2023, Chuanyuan (Suzanne) Liu and Habib Salim, have each received Schwarzman Scholarship funding for a one-year master’s degree in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
What’s the future of cities?
Before COVID-19, major U.S. urban centers were enjoying a resurgence. Now decreased occupancy has downtown economies and municipal budgets feeling the pinch. Wharton faculty research suggests that how cities navigate the next few years could be crucial.
Wharton MBA student is out of this world
Jameel Janjua discusses his interest in spaceflight, the fastest aircraft he has flown, the effect of supersonic speed on the body, attending Wharton, and his first time in space.
In the News
Walmart self-checkout: How retailer’s DIY lanes don’t check out with some shoppers
Santiago Gallino of the Wharton School says that too few staffed registers in a retail operation can frustrate customers who prefer traditional checkout, while an over-reliance on self-checkout can introduce inefficiencies and revenue loss.
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What is happening to the availability of mortgage insurance in disaster areas?
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School discusses the availability of mortgage insurance in regions where disasters like fires and floods make insurance costly or scarce.
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Trump’s plan to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits would help high-income households, report finds
According to a new analysis by the Penn Wharton Budget Model, eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits may reduce U.S. government revenues by $1.5 trillion over 10 years and increase the federal debt by 7% by 2054.
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Gen Z is ‘de-influencing’ on social media
According to a collaborative report by the Wharton School’s Baker Retailing Center, 75% of Gen Z consumers say that sustainability is more important to them than brand name when making purchase decisions.
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Wharton tops 2025 FT MBA ranking despite strong European competition
The Wharton School was rated No. 1 in the FT Global 2025 rankings for its MBA program and for academic research.
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