http://www.wharton.upenn.edu Description of Wharton News Section en-us Copyright (c) 2006 The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/globals/images/logo.gif http://www.wharton.upenn.edu 125 45 Wharton News http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsreleases/2009/p_2009_10_921.html Santa Monica, CA, October 7, 2009 -- A new center dedicated to improving the financial literacy of the American public has been launched by the RAND Corporation, Dartmouth College and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/features/2009/f_2009_9_901.html ]]> http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsreleases/2009/p_2009_10_919.html Philadelphia, PA, October 5, 2009 -- Elizabeth Ellery Bailey is the 2009 recipient of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. This award will be presented at the annual business meeting of the American Economics Association’s (AEA) Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) on Sunday, January 3, 2010, from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. in the M101 room of the Marriott Marquis Atlanta Hotel. A reception in part to honor Professor Bailey will be held in the evening from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. in the M304 room of the Marriott Marquis. It is not necessary to register for the AEA/ASSA meetings to attend these two events. http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/features/2009/f_2009_7_898.html Wharton’s 13th Annual Leadership Conference ]]> http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsreleases/2009/p_2009_10_917.html NEW YORK, September 30, 2009 – Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Ltd., announced today that it has partnered with Knowledge@Wharton to create a global innovation tournament. The objective of this tournament is to select the best and the most innovative technology-based tools that have the ability to help companies gain a competitive advantage by increasing revenues, cutting costs and improving the customer experience. Participants will be asked to submit entries to the competition by November 6, 2009.. The winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony, which will be held in early 2010 on the campus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/features/2009/f_2009_7_877.html Alumnus Gene Falk Works to Prevent Mother to Child AIDS Transmission]]> http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsreleases/2009/p_2009_10_918.html NEW YORK—The South Asian Journalists Association is pleased to announce four outstanding journalists who have won the 2009 Knowledge@Wharton Awards for Business Journalism, sponsored by SAJA, the Wharton School and the Knowledge@Wharton online business journal. http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/features/2009/f_2009_6_870.html Starting up a business during the lazy, hazy days of summer may have unexpected advantages]]> http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/newsreleases/2009/p_2009_9_915.html New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA., September 25, 2009 --ESPN and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today a three-year agreement centering on Wharton’s Interactive Media Initiative (WIMI). The agreement will provide ESPN with access to WIMI’s expert team of academics and help pursue data-driven solutions to digital and integrated media challenges like cross-media measurement and analysis. Students in the WIMI program will benefit from developing statistical and forecasting models based on the information and real-world scenarios presented by ESPN