Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

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How middle managers can help make a more equitable workplace

A new report from Wharton shows how companies can make a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace with the help of middle managers, who ultimately shape the environment and daily experiences of employees.

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Penn Professional Staff Assembly talks with Wharton Dean Erika James

In a candid conversation, James opened up about her career, the pandemic, and workplace diversity.

Anti-trans legislation: ‘Game pieces in the culture wars’

With 117 bills proposed across 33 U.S. states, 2021 is a record-breaking year for anti-trans legislation.

Hettie Simmons Love sits on a large ornate chair with daughter Karen Love standing to her left and Wharton Dean Erika James at her right in front of the Brick House statue.

Hettie Simmons Love: The story of a Wharton pioneer

A new book and a visit with Dean Erika James honor Wharton's first African-American MBA graduate.

A Juneteenth parade in Philadelphia streets

How businesses have begun to recognize Juneteenth

This Saturday marks Juneteenth, the oldest known holiday honoring the end of slavery in the U.S. Wharton professor Matthew Bidwell looks at how businesses are recognizing the holiday.

There are too few Latino nurses. COVID showed how important they are

Dean Antonia Villarruel of the School of Nursing, spoke about the structural barriers that prevent many Latino students from pursuing nursing and the important role Spanish-speaking nurses have played during the pandemic.

Black, Latinx and female entrepreneurs are still ignored by most venture capitalists

Katherine Klein of the Wharton School spoke about the lack of diversity in venture capital funding. “The disparity in who the venture capitalists are and where their money goes is just phenomenal,” she said.

For chief diversity officers, a changed landscape after Floyd’s murder

Stephanie Creary of the Wharton School spoke about the challenges faced by chief diversity officers. “They’re spending a lot of time in meetings convincing people that this is important and don’t always have sufficient time to do the work that needs to be done in order to move the needle on diversity,” she said.

Cartoon of medical professionals standing one-on-one with individuals of various races, ages, family structure.

Honing cultural humility skills can improve health care as a whole

At Penn Medicine, medical personnel are adopting cultural humility as an ongoing process of developing a set of skills to approach any individual from any culture at any time.

Camille Gaynus in scuba gear in the water with mountains in the background

Black in Marine Science is building a community

Postdoc Camille Gaynus of the School of Arts & Sciences and colleagues formed a nonprofit dedicated to lifting up Black voices in marine science and inspiring a new generation to follow their curiosity about the ocean.

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