The Wharton School Introduces New Undergraduate Concentration and MBA . . . PHILADELPHIA, April 2, 2025 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a new undergraduate concentration and MBA major in Artificial Intelligence for Business Designed to address the world’s growing demand for AI-related skills and expertise, Artificial Intelligence for Business will equip students with a technical understanding of how AI systems can be used to
The Wharton School Launches Master of Science in Quantitative Finance . . . Transformational donation is the largest single gift in School history Dr Bruce I Jacobs, G’79, GRW’86 Photo credit: Hechler Photographers PHILADELPHIA, September 15, 2025 —The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced the launch of the Dr Bruce I Jacobs Master of Science in Quantitative Finance (MSQF) program, the School’s first new degree offering in 50
University of Pennsylvania Launches Penn Center on Media, Technology . . . The Center will bring together six schools at Penn with $10 million in support from Knight Foundation and the University The University of Pennsylvania today announced $10 million in funding dedicated to its new Center for Media, Technology, and Democracy The Center will be housed in the Penn School of…Read More
Sync Labs Wins $50,000 Perlman Grand Prize in Startup Challenge . . . PHILADELPHIA, MAY 8, 2025—The University of Pennsylvania’s Venture Lab is pleased to announce the 2025 winner of its annual Startup Challenge: Sync Labs, founded by Melanie Herbert, EE’25 Sync Labs is a healthtech company building AI-powered monitoring systems to address the caregiver shortage in senior living Its platform, Alice, uses…Read More
Wharton Online Launches AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for . . . New Coursera-Hosted Course Empowers Teachers to Integrate AI into Their Classrooms PHILADELPHIA, November 21, 2024 – Today, Wharton Online, in collaboration with OpenAI, announces the launch of a new course, AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching, available on Coursera, a leading online-learning platform to more than 162 million learners…Read More
Transformative Gift and Matching Challenge from the Leonard and Sophie . . . PHILADELPHIA, January 28, 2025 – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (Penn LDI) are pleased to announce a landmark $3 5 million gift to establish the Davis Family SUMR Program Endowment Fund, with an additional $1 million matching challenge from the…Read More
Wharton Online Launches Entrepreneurship Certificate - News A three-course, self-paced program designed to help professionals turn ideas into action PHILADELPHIA, January 21, 2026 – Wharton Online today announced the launch of its new Entrepreneurship Certificate, a fully online, self-paced credential designed to help professionals cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset, identify high-potential opportunities, and execute ideas that create real-world
Scott Douglass - News The Wharton School is deeply saddened by the passing of former chief financial and operating officer Scott R Douglass, whose leadership and expertise over more than three decades was critical in helping the School and the University achieve new heights Douglass died in Durham, North Carolina, on April 26, 2025, at the age of 76 “It’s tough being ‘the top finance guy at the top finance
The Wharton School Makes Strategic Investment in Artificial . . . School establishes Wharton AI Analytics Initiative, announces first business school collaboration with OpenAI PHILADELPHIA, May 29, 2024—The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a major investment to drastically scale its research and teaching capabilities in the areas of artificial intelligence and data science Under the umbrella…Read More
Nancy Zhang and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen, Professors of Statistics and . . . Nancy Zhang (left) and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen (right) PHILADELPHIA, April 3, 2025 — Three leading mid-career statisticians have been announced as the winners of the David Cox Medal for Statistics, which has been awarded for the first time in 2025 to commemorate the work of the late world-leading statistician and former Royal Statistical Society president, Sir David Cox The three winners are