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Wharton students set community values
Students walking outside on Penn's campus.

Wharton students set community values

An undergraduate-led effort at Wharton has identified six core values that students want the school to embody.

Dee Patel

‘The Prepared Leader’: Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten
Wharton Dean Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten.

Wharton Dean Erika James (left) and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten. (Image: Knowledge at Wharton)

‘The Prepared Leader’: Erika James and Lynn Perry Wooten

Wharton Dean Erika James and Simmons University President Lynn Perry Wooten discuss their new book, 'The Prepared Leader,' and how they found the motivation and the staying power during the pandemic to write it.

From Knowledge at Wharton

Undergraduate research on display
rows of posters on easels with groups of people around them in a historic hall
  • By the Numbers

    • Undergraduate research on display

    Showcasing undergraduate student research with Penn faculty, a record 361 posters were on display with students presenting their work at the Fall Research Expo sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships in Houston Hall.

    Louisa Shepard

    Why livestream commerce is on the rise
    Person selling clothing and filming themselves holding up shirts on a smartphone.

    Why livestream commerce is on the rise

    Wharton’s Tom Robertson explains livestream commerce, one of the hottest trends in digital sales. There are great benefits to using the medium, but only if retailers can get it right.

    From Knowledge at Wharton

    Digital assets and the future of finance
    Rostin Behnam and Sarah Hammer sitting on stage.

    Sarah Hammer, managing director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School, and Rostin Behnam, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), lead a discussion about “Digital Assets and the Future of Global Financial Stability” at the Perry World House. (Image: Perry World House)

    Digital assets and the future of finance

    Perry World House and the Wharton School co-hosted a lecture that examined how digital assets have grown in recent years.

    Dee Patel

    What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?
    A sign calls for the cancellation of student debt at a rally

    A sign calls for the cancellation of student debt at a rally at the Department of Education on April 3, 2022. (Image: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto via AP)

    What is the impact of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan?

    A Graduate School of Education expert and faculty director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model’s take a look at the budgetary costs and distributional impact of the U.S. President’s initiative.

    Dee Patel