Wharton Announces 2017 Graduation Speakers
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business has announced its 2017 graduation speakers for the EMBA and MBA programs on both the Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses.
As in the past, Wharton’s ceremony will feature an exemplary roster of graduate alumni along with renowned faculty.
Wharton Announces the Newly Named Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School honored alumna Anne McNulty (MBA ’79) with a renaming ceremony of its renowned leadership program on September 12th.
The program will now be called the Anne and John McNulty Leadership Program. Anne and John were high school sweethearts at Philadelphia’s Cardinal O’Hara High School, but it was their time at Wharton that turned them into leaders. Before his sudden death of a heart attack in 2005, John rose through the ranks at Goldman Sachs to become partner, then co-head of the asset management division and ultimately to lead the creation of its investment management division. Anne, previously a managing director at Goldman and a senior executive of its hedge fund strategies group, today is the co-founder and managing partner of JBK Partners, an investment management firm and private philanthropic foundation.
Wharton Professor Offers Advice on a Vital Tool – Résumé Optimization
Peter Cappelli, Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania recently offered some sound advice that could be invaluable to MBAs in the throes of a job hunt.
Cappelli, the author of “Why Good People Can’t Get Jobs” says simply in a New York Times ‘Workologist’ column, “Write the résumé around the job description.”
Wharton School Examines Effects of Emotional Connection in the Workplace
Sigal Barsade, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business’ Bernstein Professor of Management, specializes in the influence of emotional intelligence within organizations.
Professor Barsade’s recent study on the business outcomes of a ‘compassionate workplace’ was recently mentioned in Inc. magazine.
Professor Profile: Adam Grant, Wharton
When attending Ivy league schools like The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, students are guaranteed to have professors with impressive resumes leading lectures and projects. One such professor at Wharton is Adam Grant, 34, who is a New York Times best-selling author as well as the youngest tenured professor at the renowned business school. Continue reading…
Wharton Entrepreneurs Dive into the Shark Tank
Entrepreneurs at The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business will again have a chance to hatch their ventures with another swim in the Shark Tank.
The popular show held auditions exclusively for Wharton students in June 2016 at Huntsman Hall on Penn’s campus.
