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In Brief
Locust Walk Entryway Dedicated in
Honor of Jeff Sutton
On May 11, Wharton dedicated the newly
named Sutton Doors and Entryway
at the Locust Walk entrance of Jon M.
Huntsman Hall. At the naming ceremony, Jeff Sutton, W’81, was recognized
by Dean Patrick Harker, Vice Dean
Barbara Kahn, and Associate Dean Steven
Oliveira, for his gift in support of the
School. Sutton is Principal at Wharton
Realty in New York City.
Jean-Pierre Rosso Appointed Chair of
the Lauder Institute Board of Governors
The Lauder Institute has named Jean-Pierre Rosso, WG’67, executive chairman
of the World Economic Forum, USA, as
Chairman of the Lauder Institute’s Board
of Governors. Rosso joined the Lauder
Institute’s Board of Governors in 2001.
Professor Bradlow Wins Award for Best
Internal Medicine Paper
Eric Bradlow, K.P. Chao Professor of
Marketing, and Rachel Werner, Assistant
Professor of Medicine, are recipients of the
Society for General Internal Medicine’s
Best Published Research Paper of the Year
award. Their paper,
“Relationship Between
Medicare’s Hospital
Compare Performance
Measures and Mortality
Rates,” appeared in the
December 13, 2006,
issue of the Journal of
the American Medical
Association.
Professors Pauly
and Volpp Honored
for Health Services
Research
This year two of the
four awards given by
AcademyHealth went
to Wharton professors.
Mark V. Pauly,
Bendheim Professor,
Professor of Health
Care Systems, Business and Public Policy,
Insurance and Risk Management, and
Economics, received the Distinguished
Investigator Award and Kevin Volpp,
Assistant Professor of Medicine and
Health Care Systems, received the Alice S.
Hersh New Investigator Award. The honorees
were elected by leaders in the fields
of health services research and health policy
for research that advances policy and
practice to improve health and health care.
Undergraduate Cohort Projects
Help Community
Wharton Undergraduate Cohorts
partnered with Rebuilding Together
of Philadelphia to improve a West
Philadelphia neighborhood on March 24.
The group donated their time to paint
houses and clean up outside areas as part
of an ongoing Rebuilding Together of
Philadelphia project to help a local community.
On March 30, the nine Wharton
Undergraduate Cohorts participated
on teams in the Relay for Life event
on Franklin Field to raise money for the
American Cancer Society.
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