The Wharton Journal

05/09/2021

Read Jukta's story at

The story starts in India and it begins a long time ago in the year 2000. I could barely reach till my Dad’s waist. It was a usual evening in Kolkata. We were gathered around the dinner table as my…

05/09/2021

Optimize your credit card rewards with Card Curator. To learn more about this one-of-a-kind App, read the article by John Taylor Garner, WG'22

In 2018, I quit my job as a successful volatility trader to build an app that helps people earn as much money as possible from credit card rewards. Fast forward to 2021 and my app, Card Curator, is…

05/09/2021

From the author of the Springboard, the book that is the backbone of the Wharton School’s renowned P3 program, The Conscience Code provides great insights into the concept of responsible leadership. It presents compelling talking points for professionals of all age groups, and I highly recommend it for young professionals, especially those considering career advancement through MBA and other leadership development programs.

How to Speak Truth to Power Work In the epoch of a global crisis, when uncertainty reigns supreme, workers fear job cuts, and reopening offices are driven by ambitious business mandates that may l…

04/26/2021

TL;DR: The Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club (WUEC) is hosting a speaker event with the Co-founder & co-CEO of WARBY PARKER, Neil Blumenthal tomorrow (04/27). MBA students are invited to join this event.
Please find the details below:
RSVP (Zoom link will be emailed): http://tiny.cc/wuecwarbyparkerrsvp & press "Going" on the Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/events/1928918937286825)

Currently valued at $3 billion, Warby Parker is an online D2C pioneer that revolutionized the glasses market.

Started with a $2,500 seed investment at Wharton’s Venture Initiation Program (VIP) and Venture Lab’s $10,000 Summer Venture Award, Warby Parker has since distributed >8 million pairs of glasses under their “Buy a Pair, Give a Pair'' program. Through this program, the glasses distributed thus far will unlock more than $1 billion in earning potential for low-income households.

Before launching Warby Parker, Neil also served as director of the nonprofit social enterprise VisionSpring. Neil currently serves on the board of RxArt and on the United Nations Foundation Global Entrepreneurs Council. He was recognized as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum and “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young.

03/29/2021

Read about Wharton's in-person (limited) / hybrid model in an article by Soumi Biswas, WG'21, at

With the onset of the Spring Semester, 2021, long drawn-out months of waiting to return to the classrooms finally came to an end; the MBA students could now set foot in the Jon M. Huntsman Hall to …

03/29/2021

A Look Back at the Hardest 12 Months ... Read about socializing in times of social distancing in the article by Soumi Biswas, WG'21, at

Now that in-person events have started (with precautions) in the Wharton campus and beyond, it is hard to believe what we survived the dreadful year of 2020. This article is about the year 2020’s m…

03/29/2021

Vimal Vaderah, WG'22, has an interesting take on 'A Sense of Place'. Read his article at

When I was promoted to Associate at the investment bank I worked at, for the first time in years, I had leisure time. During these new reprieves I found myself cooking. I urgently wanted a taste of…

03/29/2021

Read about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 25th Annual Community Involvement Graduate Student Honoree, Ashley Betts, WG'22 at

Each year, during the month of January, the University of Pennsylvania and surrounding communities come together to commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The commemoration …

05/31/2020

https://whartonjournal.com/2020/05/31/johns-quarantine-lide/

It has been a wild couple of months, but I have been trying to make the most of quarantine life! I spent the first several weeks after spring break hunkering down with my wife, Ji Won, in Rittenhou…

05/31/2020

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“I learned from my mom that these challenges are worth overcoming, and because of her I pushed forward and started school not knowing where I would land”

09/19/2019

Throwback Thursday!!! Take a look at Wharton from 33 years ago this week. Course match was conducted in person in a tent, the rugby team vowed to out drink its opposition (not much has changed), and grade non-disclosure was apparently not a thing since a B in CorpFin apparently wouldn't get you a BCG interview

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09/13/2019

All, after a brief hiatus, the Wharton Journal is BACK! Check out some great new content on our website:

FEATURES September 4, 2019 Natalia Villarman, Olivia Moore, Timka Lockheart, and Kate Goldenberg WGs'20 Five Reasons Why You Can’t Afford to Miss Out on the Wharton Human Capital Club The Wharton Human Capital Club is looking forward to seeing you join. Why? Because it’s free! See how that makes...