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The future leaders of the business world
Eight high school students smile for the camera on Penn’s campus.

Students in the Global Youth Program converge on campus during Summer 2022. (Image: Wharton Stories)

The future leaders of the business world

Wharton Global Youth Program is the first business school to engage pre-college students worldwide with online, on-campus, and on-site programs.

From Wharton Stories

Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show
six students dancing in a rehearsal room

The Mask and Wig Club will make history when they take the stage Oct. 12-15 in the fall show, “Better Call Y’all,” the first gender-inclusive production since its founding as an all-male comedy group in 1889. The cast rehearsed at the Platt House for the Performing Arts.

Mask and Wig makes history with its first gender-inclusive show

The 133-year-old comedy troupe becomes gender-inclusive, opening auditions to all undergraduates this fall, recruiting 20 new members, 14 of them female-identifying.

Louisa Shepard

Do vaccine lotteries work?
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Do vaccine lotteries work?

Wharton’s Katy Milkman shares the lessons learned from last year’s Philly Vax Sweepstakes, a Penn-funded project designed to evaluate ways of increasing COVID-19 vaccinations in the city.

From Knowledge at Wharton

The significance of Indigenous People’s Day
Two woman in a garden.

Ryly Ziese (left) and Nyair Locklear (right) outside the Greenfield Intercultural Center.

The significance of Indigenous People’s Day

Two Penn students, Nyair Locklear, of the Tuscarora Nation and a member of the Lumbee Tribe, and Ryly Ziese, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, offer their points of view on the significance of Indigenous People’s Day

Kristina Linnea García

Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary
Two student workers behind a bank counter window.

Yomi Abdi (left) and Giselle Gonzaga working at the Student Federal Credit Union on 34th and Walnut.

Penn’s Student Federal Credit Union celebrates its 35th anniversary

The Student Federal Credit Union, the only student-run credit union in the Ivy League, serves the Penn community—students, alumni, and their immediate family members.

Dee Patel

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
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  • 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