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At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit
John Swartley

Penn Center for Innovation’s Executive Director John Swartley

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    • At PCI, new discoveries for societal benefit

    John Swartley, managing director of the Penn Center for Innovation, talks about the Center’s success.

    Dee Patel

    Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar
    Vikram Balasubramanian standing in front of a leafy hedge wearing a suit and tie

    Fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian has been selected as one of 12 in the nation to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

    Penn fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian named George J. Mitchell Scholar

    Fourth-year Vikram Balasubramanian, a double-major in statistics and philosophy in the Wharton School and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as one of 12 in the nation to receive a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which covers one academic year of graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland.

    Louisa Shepard

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer
    five people sitting around table with laptops open and one person standing

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program for mid-career professionals has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy (standing). Formerly with General Electric, he graduated from the doctoral program in May. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.

    Learning to be a Chief Learning Officer

    The Graduate School of Education’s Chief Learning Officer program has a new director, Raghu Krishnamoorthy. The program gives working executives new skills, connections, and expertise to become scholar-practitioners.

    Louisa Shepard

    Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Up close with an icon
    Three portraits in a row of Jeremy Siegel.

    Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer professor emeritus of finance. (Image: Philip Vukelich for Wharton Magazine)

    Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Up close with an icon

    With the release of an updated edition of his classic book “Stocks for the Long Run,” the emeritus finance professor reflects on his career, the stock market, and the school he’s called home for more than four decades.

    From Wharton Magazine

    Penn Libraries dedicates Holman Biotech Commons
    From left, Wayne Holman and Wendy Commins Holman, Liz Magill, Constantia Constantinou, and Hannah Rutledge.

    From left, Wayne Holman and Wendy Commins Holman, President Liz Magill, director of the Penn Libraries Constantia Constantinou, and Hannah Rutledge, director of Biotech Commons. (Image: Kait Privitera)

    Penn Libraries dedicates Holman Biotech Commons

    The Commons serves as a collaborative resource for researchers in the health sciences, providing the latest tools and technologies to further health care research and equality.
    Serving student veterans at Penn
    Man in a blue hoodie and baseball hat greets a yellow lab

    Wyatt Frasier, an Army veteran in the Wharton MBA program, greets Byron, a service dog with the Warrior Canine Companion program. The program has recently opened a site at Penn, just above the veteran services office in the Franklin Building.

    Serving student veterans at Penn

    A new office in Student Registration and Financial Services provides support for the growing number of veterans at Penn.

    Kristina Linnea García

    Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories
    View of Fisher Fine Arts Library and College Green through a large window inside Van Pelt library seating area.

    Want a good read? Check out these award-winning stories

    From the opening of the Penn Medicine Pavilion to the intricacies of broadband expansion—read some recent Penn Today stories that won district awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

    Dee Patel

    Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers
    Shoppers in a market.
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    • Novel practices on how businesses relate to customers

    In a new book, Peter Fader, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School, shows business leaders the path toward understanding the health of their overall customer base.

    Dee Patel

    From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health
    Left, Brandon Brooks kisses a Super Bowl trophy in his Eagles uniform, at right, Brooks in a suit.

    Brandon Brooks, an MBA student at Wharton, played for the Philadelphia Eagles, who defeated the Patriots in the Super Bowl in 2018.

    From Super Bowl champion to championing mental health

    Brandon Brooks retired from the NFL in January 2022. He is now at Wharton, pursuing a “major passion for increasing financial literacy in my community.”

    From Wharton Stories

    Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color  
    Two people sit outside on a bench talking

    Closing the tenure gap for business faculty of color  

    Founded by two professors and Wharton alumni, The Tenure Project is on a mission to help more underrepresented junior business faculty receive tenure across the country.

    From Wharton Stories