The Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania are delighted to announce the expansion of the Penn Media Accountability Project (PennMAP), an interdisciplinary, nonpartisan research project dedicated to enhancing media transparency and accountability. Its growth is made possible by a new leadership gift from Richard Jay Mack, W’89.…Read More
Are you interested in recruiting top data and analytics talent from Wharton and Penn? We have pulled together resources from across the University that will provide you with information on how to gain visibility, find the perfect candidate, and how to attract students to join your organization.…Read More
Technology is a critical component of Félix, a chat-based platform for sending money from the United States to Mexico that will launch later this year. However, founders Bernardo Garcia and Manuel Godoy believe trust in the product is just as essential.…Read More
Rajen Sheth, VP, Google Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google, joins Wharton Business Daily to discuss the impact of AI on business. …Read More
The philanthropic foundation will grant Professor Knox $200,000 to fund his research using policing data. …Read More
Demand for data scientists is exploding. At such a time, what can women do to build successful careers in this fast-growing field? A panel of industry experts, moderated by Mary Purk, Executive Director of AI and Analytics for Business and AIB for Business, discussed this issue at the recent Women in Data Science @ Penn conference. …Read More
When Barkha Saxena, WG’11, came to Wharton’s EMBA program in San Francisco, she was working in sales and strategy at FICO. Having started her career as a hands-on data scientist, she hoped to transition into an executive-level data science role, focusing on technology. Today, she is chief data officer of Poshmark and an advisory board member of AI and Analytics for Business (AIAB). She also was a featured speaker at the Women in Data Science @ Penn Conference, where the theme was “This is what a data scientist looks like.”…Read More
Brett McClung, President & CEO of Baptist Health, joined Wharton Marketing Professors Raghu Iyengar and David Reibstein for “Markets in Motion,” a series that examines how marketing leaders and others are pivoting their business strategies and innovating in a time of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.…Read More
The American Jobs Plan (AJP) proposed by President Biden on March 31 would spend $2.7 trillion and raise $2.1 trillion dollars over the 10-year budget window of 2022–2031, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), a nonpartisan initiative that analyzes the economic impact of public policy proposals.…Read More
