Next Seminar: Christina Patterson (University of Chicago) Coordinators: Gideon Bornstein and Thomas Winberry Fall 2025 Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:30 pm SH-DH 211 Hosted by the Wharton Finance Department.
Enduring Literacy in the AI World: From Barriers to Breakthroughs by StudyFetch 69% of American fourth-graders can't read proficiently. This event is about solutions; come prepared to roll up your sleeves and be involved Date and time Tuesday, October 14 · 12 – 8pm EDT Location 235 S 33rd St…
Next Seminar: Job Market Talk: Guanyu Zhou (Wharton Finance) "How Much Did Credit Card Banks Benefit from the Covid Checks?" Coordinators: Vincent Glode and Pari Sastry Fall 2025 Wednesdays 12:00 to 1:30 PM SH-DH 211 Hosted by the Wharton Finance Department.
Accountable Artificial Intelligence Lunch Series Summary: The Wharton Accountable AI Lab will host monthly lunches this year for Penn researchers interested in AI governance, ethics, and policy. These will generally be informal conversations around recent business, technology, and legal developments. Bring topics to discuss! Food will be provided. All will be…
Next Seminar: Enrico Moretti (UC Berkeley) "The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications" (with H. Wheeler) Applied Economics Seminar Summary: The Applied Economics Seminar is organized by Ben Sprung-Keyser, Susanna Berkouwer & Jessie Handbury The Applied Economics Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m., with additional seminars on other days when…
Next Seminar: Scott Linderman (Stanford University) Parallelizing MCMC Across the Sequence Length: T samples in O(log2 T) time If you are affiliated with UPenn and are interested in our seminars, please contact stat-seminars@wharton.upenn.edu to join our seminar list-serve so that you can receive our seminar announcements. Hosted by the Wharton…
Join Penn Climate for this seminar during Climate Week at Penn. This monthly series features speakers from around Penn and highlights the effects of climate change on disciplines ranging from health to business and beyond. For this seminar, R. Jisung Park, Assistant Professor in the School of Policy and Practice…
Next Seminar Hector Blanco Fernandez (Rutgers) Title: There Goes the Neighborhood? The Local Impacts of State Policies that Override Municipal Zoning Real Estate Seminar Summary URE Seminars provide a forum for Wharton faculty and graduate students as well as outside speakers to present research of interest to the Wharton community. Seminars…
Next Seminar: Adam Klivans (UT Austin) "A New Paradigm for Learning with Distribution Shift" FOLDS Seminar Summary: What: This seminar features leading experts in optimization, learning, and data science. Topics span algorithms, complexity, modeling, applications, and mathematical underpinnings. Why: Foundational advances in these fields are increasingly intertwined. This seminar serves as a…
Next Seminar Hung Ho, Doctoral Candidate, Quantitative Marketing (University of Chicago) Title: TBA Marketing Department Colloquia Summary: Location: 7th Floor JMHH Time: 12:00 Noon – 1:20 PM (unless otherwise noted) For Colloquia scheduling information and suggestions for additional speakers: Faculty Coordinator: Gidi Nave (Fall 2025) Faculty Coordinator: Zhenling Jiang (Spring…
Inspired by “Iron Chef” and Wharton’s own “Iron Prof” events, this special event will take place during Penn’s Climate Week to showcase the climate-related research of Wharton faculty. Join us to hear from Wharton professors who will each present their cutting-edge research on climate and business in five minutes or…
Next Seminar: Achyuta Adhvaryu (UCSD) The Economic Impacts of Earned Wage Access for Low-incomeWorkers Business Economics and Public Policy Development Workshop Summary: The Development Seminar is organized by Mariaflavia Harari. The Development Seminars are held on Fridays (unless noted otherwise.) The Seminar will meet in person at Dinan Hall B11 (Formerly…
Note: This is a virtual event. Next Seminar: Aviva Musicus (Center for Science in the Public Interest) Christina Roberto (Penn) Lynn Silver (Public Health Institute) Rachel M. Werner (Penn) Title: Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America A Conversation with Aviva Musicus, ScD, Christina Roberto, PhD, and Lynn Silver,…
Join Stefano Puntoni, Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human–AI Research and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, for the next episode of our AI Horizons webinar series. In this conversation, he will speak with Michael G. Jacobides, Sir Donald Gordon Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Professor…
Next Seminar: Rob Metcalfe (Columbia University) Energy Economics & Finance Seminar Summary: The seminar series in Energy Economics & Finance (EEF) is jointly organized by Wharton’s Business Economics and Public Policy Department, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and Wharton’s Business, Climate and Environment Lab. The scope of the seminar…
Next Seminar: Vasco Carvalho (University of Cambridge) Coordinators: Gideon Bornstein and Thomas Winberry Fall 2025 Tuesdays 12:00 – 1:30 pm SH-DH 211 Hosted by the Wharton Finance Department.
Next Seminar: Simon Oh (Columbia University) Coordinators: Vincent Glode and Pari Sastry Fall 2025 Wednesdays 12:00 to 1:30 PM SH-DH 211 Hosted by the Wharton Finance Department.
Next Seminar: Aaron Payne (Wharton Applied Economics) Applied Economics Seminar Summary: The Applied Economics Seminar is organized by Ben Sprung-Keyser, Susanna Berkouwer & Jessie Handbury The Applied Economics Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m., with additional seminars on other days when noted. AEW will meet in person. The location for each talk…
Valuing High-Growth Startups How do you value a company that is growing rapidly but has yet to turn a profit? This session explores the unique challenges of assessing early-stage, high-growth startups where traditional valuation methods often fall short. These businesses operate in fast-moving markets, and their value lies more in…
Next Seminar: Daniel Singer (University of Pennsylvania) "Gaslighting Employees Isn’t (Always) Wrong" To RSVP to an event, please contact Tamara English at englisht@wharton.upenn.edu. In this email, please include the title of the event that you will be attending, your name and affiliation. Hosted by the Wharton Legal Studies and Business…
Next Seminar: Florence Jusot (Paris Dauphine University) "Do financial incentives for smoking cessation during pregnancy reduce social inequalities in health at birth?" Health Economics Seminar Summary: We are pleased to announce the speakers for the upcoming Health Economics Fall Workshop, hosted by the Wharton Health Care Management Department. Please mark…
On October 27, 2025, at 11am ET, the Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation (WIFPR) will host a webinar on the differences between decentralized and traditional finance. WIFPR Director Itay Goldstein will moderate a virtual discussion with Andreas Park (University of Toronto) on his new WIFPR white paper, “DeFi…
Term Sheet Fundamentals The term sheet is the foundation of every venture capital deal. In this session, we explore how these documents define the structure, economics, and governance of startup investments. Understanding term sheets is essential for both entrepreneurs seeking funding and investors deploying capital. We will walk through the…
The Penn community is invited to this lunchtime panel with Wharton professors Zeke Hernandez and Britta Glennon, who will answer your most pressing questions about immigration. Discussion may range among such topics as: the economic effects of immigrant and foreign-born labor, the truth about immigration and economic prosperity, the implications…
Next Seminar Ingrid Gould Ellen (NYU) Title: TBA Real Estate Seminar Summary URE Seminars provide a forum for Wharton faculty and graduate students as well as outside speakers to present research of interest to the Wharton community. Seminars with one presenter typically feature developed research projects, while those with two presenters…
Join Stefano Puntoni, Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human–AI Research and Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing, Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School, and Sonny Tambe, Faculty Co-Director of Wharton Human–AI Research and Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School, for this special episode of our AI Horizons webinar series. They will…
