News from Wharton Social Impact: Spring Semester In Review

This weekend, more than 150 Wharton alumni gathered to talk with us about business strategies for a better world. As part of Wharton Reunion Weekend, we were honored to host an alumni panel moderated by WSII Managing Director Sherryl Kuhlman, WG’01.  The session—featuring panelists Abigail Bach, G’86 WG’86, Dawn Hines, WG’91, andRead More

Recap: Liesel Pritzker Simmons Takes Residence at Wharton

This November, Wharton Social Impact Initiative had the honor of hosting Liesel Pritzker Simmons through the Angella and David Nazarian Social Innovators in Residence program, an annual series that hosts leaders who leverage business-based solutions to solve economic and social challenges in communities around the globe. Simmons is the co-founder andRead More

Recap: Mining Big Data and the Social Impact

Leaders in big data and technology explored their impact on the greater good at a gathering at Wharton’s San Francisco campus. Anand Raghavan, WG’13, recaps the “Social Impact Through Crowd Sourcing and Big Data” workshop for Wharton Magazine. One of the best outcomes of Wharton’s first student-run social impact conference that weRead More