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Wharton School
The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The future of AI: How Wharton is leading the charge
The AI at Wharton Initiative and AI in Focus podcast series highlight the evolving and growing role of artificial intelligence in all areas of life, with Wharton as a global focal point for its study.
Thanksgiving meal program provides food, family, friends, and fun
Thanksgiving meal program provides food, family, friends, and fun
Penn’s Assembly of International Students is matching international undergrads and graduate students with a faculty or staff partner who invites them to a Thanksgiving meal.
Who, What, Why: Lifelong learner Bernadette Butler
Who, What, Why: Lifelong learner Bernadette Butler
Bernadette Butler, a student in the School of Arts & Sciences, leapt into her studies later than most, but with just as much eagerness to learn.
Serving service members
Serving service members
There are more than 18 million veterans and an additional 1.6 million service members in the United States. Around 297 of them are students at Penn. In a Nov. 9 event, the University honored these students with an event coordinated by the Veteran and Military Affiliated Students program.
Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
Nine honored at Alumni Award of Merit Gala
At the 2023 Alumni Award of Merit Gala, eight distinguished alumni will receive Awards of Merit, the Creative Spirit Award, and the inaugural Penn Alumni Social Impact Award, and Camille Z. Charles will receive the Faculty Award of Merit.
The economy and you
The economy and you
The latest episodes of the Wharton School’s faculty research podcast, ‘Ripple Effect,’ delve into the economics of the U.S. housing market, public policy, the possibility of recession, and the Federal Reserve.
Tricks, treats, retail feats: Wharton’s Halloween insights
Tricks, treats, retail feats: Wharton’s Halloween insights
For expert retailers and marketers, Halloween is the perfect opportunity to explore the marketing learnings of psychological consumer behavior.
Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years
Milestone Penn versus Brown matchup marks 50 years
The 1973 Penn vs. Brown football game at Franklin Field was the first in Ivy League history to feature two African American starting quarterbacks.
2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn
2023 Presidential Ph.D. Fellows announced at Penn
The Fellows come from the nine schools at Penn that offer Ph.D. programs, and will receive a three-year fellowship, including funds to support their research.
Understanding the brain via a molecular map
Understanding the brain via a molecular map
PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.
In the News
Reuters
Trailblazer Elon Musk pushes a profane new frontier
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that Elon Musk wishes to see himself as a rock star, not a business leader who needs to take account of many constituencies.
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Business Insider
The hidden expense that’s sucking $74 billion out of the economy
Mark Pauly of the Wharton School says that insurance companies are raising premiums because they’ve already suffered substantial losses in their homeowners business or are trying to protect against that happening in the future.
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USA Today
Why do millennials know so much about personal finance? (Hint: Ask their parents.)
Mauro Guillén of the Wharton School says that the Greatest Generation generally didn’t discuss money with their children, shielding the baby boom generation from the horrors of war and poverty.
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Marketplace (NPR)
Facing pushback and government scrutiny, ESG investing may be headed for change
Witold Henisz of the Wharton School says that an annual letter in 2015 by Larry Fink, CEO of investment firm BlackRock, shifted the tone of ESG investing.
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Investor’s Business Daily
How much money you need to be happy—and how to get there
A joint research project by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School found that people who are well-off but unhappy only show more happiness up to a certain income threshold and then plateau.
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