Soon-to-be-graduate hopes to deliver primary care to rural communities nocred News 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.
Brewing business: A Wharton undergrad who manages Penn’s student-run café Image: Courtesy of Wharton Stories News 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.
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
The economic impact of tariffs The economic impact of tariffs Sweeping tariffs would raise new revenue, but they would also depress GDP, wages, and Treasury bond demand and prices, according to the nonpartisan Penn Wharton Budget Model.
Using satellites, drones, and AI for more sustainable and efficient agriculture nocred Using satellites, drones, and AI for more sustainable and efficient agriculture Piotr Lazarek, a fourth-year Penn Engineering and Wharton student from Pawłowice, Poland, won the 2025 President’s Sustainability Prize for Nirby, a real-time farmland management system addressing inefficiencies in fertilizer usage. 5 min. read