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2002 News Releases

The Wharton School and IRRC Deliver Corporate Takeover Data via the Web
December 2002 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Investor Responsibility Research Center, Inc. (IRRC) announce that Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) now includes IRRC's Takeover Defenses Database - a comprehensive database on corporate takeover defenses developed by faculty at the Wharton School and Harvard University and researchers at IRRC. By making these data available through Wharton's WRDS service, researchers at educational institutions around the world will be able to use a Web-based system to identify companies that have poison pills, anti-greenmail, classified boards, golden parachutes, and other devices that are designed to prevent hostile takeovers and weaken shareholder rights.

The Wharton School Announces Establishment of Jay H. Baker Retailing Initiative
$10-Million Gift to Promote Crossdisciplinary Focus on Retailing
December 2002 — The Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference team announces that the theme of this year's 6th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference is "Driving Innovation in Business." Keynote addresses will be delivered by two highly respected entrepreneurs and captains of industry — David Neeleman, Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue Airways and Leslie Vadasz, Executive Vice President of Intel Corporation and President of Intel Capital.

6th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference To Feature JetBlue Airways Founder, David Neeleman and Intel Corp.'s Leslie Vadasz
Day's events include "Philadelphia Breakfast" networking session
November 2002 — The Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference team announces that the theme of this year's 6th Annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference is "Driving Innovation in Business." Keynote addresses will be delivered by two highly respected entrepreneurs and captains of industry — David Neeleman, Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue Airways and Leslie Vadasz, Executive Vice President of Intel Corporation and President of Intel Capital.

CEOs, CMOs Differ on Marketing Focus and Funding
Presentation at CMO Summit at Wharton School indicates that marketers need to be driving marketing productivity, business strategy and development
November 2002 — CEOs and their chief marketing officers (CMOs) hold differing views of the roles that marketing can and should play in a company's overall business strategy. Further, there is significant discrepancy between CEOs' and CMOs' expectations about marketing budgets, with marketers believing their budgets will be increased, while CEOs leave no doubt that they expect marketing to "do more with less" in an effort to boost profitability.

Wharton Receives 2003 CIO Magazine Enterprise Value Award
Wharton's WRDS Data System Recognized for its Impact on Research and Society
November 2002 — The Wharton School has announced that Wharton Research Data Service (WRDS) has been awarded a 2003 CIO Magazine Enterprise Value Award. Now in its eleventh year, the CIO Magazine Enterprise Value Award program is highly selective, honoring a small group of organizations for their IT (information technology) systems that prove over time their ability to transform companies, industries and society as a whole.

Dedication of Jon M. Huntsman Hall at Wharton Included U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney and President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Gordon B. Hinckley
October 2002 — More than 300 business associates, family members, friends, academic representatives, and students attended a ceremony today to honor Jon M. Huntsman, the namesake of the new $139.9-million state-of-the-art academic center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

University of Pennsylvania Announces New Dual Degree for Biotechnology Management
October 2002 — The University of Pennsylvania announced the creation of a new dual degree program in business and biotechnology. Students will earn an MBA from the Wharton School and a Master's of Biotechnology. The Biotechnology Master's is jointly offered by Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and its School of Arts and Sciences.

The Wharton School's New Academic Center Combines Best of Technology, Traditional Classroom Instruction, Team Learning
Jon M. Huntsman Hall "Raises the Bar" in the Delivery of Management Education
September 2002 — After a decade of planning, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will begin classes today in Jon M. Huntsman Hall, the School's new, technology-packed academic center that integrates the best attributes of technology-enhanced learning, traditional classroom instruction, and team-based learning.

Peter Degnan Named Director of Wharton MBA Career Management Services
August 2002 — Following an extensive search, Peter Degnan was appointed director of MBA Career Management Services at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, effective Aug. 15, 2002.

The first annual Directors' Consortium will be held in Chicago and will feature leading faculty from the three schools plus outside experts
August 2002 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and Stanford Law School have joined together for the first time to offer a three-day intensive program for corporate directors and senior executives to explore the fundamentals of corporate governance and board service.

Web-Based Collaboration Enriches Learning at Wharton
99% of Wharton MBAs Use the School's Unique "webCafé" Groupware with a 97% Satisfaction Rating
June 2002 — The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania is reaping the rewards of its early adoption of web-based collaborative groupware into its MBA curriculum.

Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards Salute Enterprises and Individuals
Capital One, Warner Home Video, GreenPoint Mortgage, NTT DoCoMo, National Stock Exchange of India and Schlumberger Winners
May 2002 — Infosys and the Wharton School have announced the winners of the inaugural Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards. The awards recognize Global 2000 organizations and leading visionaries who have revolutionized their business or industry through the creative application of technology in three categories: Organization-wide Transformation, Initiative-led Transformation and Technology Change Leader.

David S. Pottruck, President Of The Charles Schwab Corporation, To Speak At Wharton's 2002 MBA Commencement
May 2002 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has announced that David S. Pottruck, president and co-chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of The Charles Schwab Corporation, will be the featured speaker at the School's MBA Commencement on May 12 in Philadelphia. The 1:00 p.m. ceremony will occur at Franklin Field, located at Spruce and 33th Streets on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.

Penn Professor Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 2002 — Robert Boruch, a professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania and a statistics professor at Penn's Wharton School, has been named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Class of 2002.

Bone Biopsy Innovators Envisia, Inc. Win Wharton Business Plan Competition
Part Of "Back to Basics" Trend Among Student Entrepreneurs
April 2002 — In a sign that student business plans are reaching new heights of sophistication, the Wharton Business Plan Competition awarded its $25,000 grand prize to bone biopsy innovators, Envisia, Inc. at the annual Wharton Venture Fair Monday, April 22. In all, the Competition distributed over $80,000 in cash prizes this year.

Wharton Business Plan Competition Announces "Great Eight" Finalists
Biopsy Technology And Jet Powered Hammers Part Of Trend Toward Diverse, Market-Driven Innovation
April 2002 — The Wharton Business Plan Competition has announced the eight finalists who will vie for a $25,000 grand prize at the annual Wharton Venture Fair on Monday, April 22 from 1:00-7:00 p.m.. The Venture Fair and the awards ceremony will take place at the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall on the Penn camputs and are open to registered guests.

Knowledge@Wharton Announces Collaboration With Universia.net
Award-Winning Business Journal To Reach Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Readers
March 2002 — Knowledge@Wharton, an online research and business analysis journal published by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, announced that its content soon will be available to Spanish and Portuguese speaking readers around the world through a collaboration with Universia.net, a leading scholarly Web portal with more than 450 partner universities in Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

Directors of Pfizer Inc Selected for Sixth Annual Wharton/Spencer Stuart Board Excellence Award
Award Recognizes High Standards in Corporate Governance
March 2002 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Spencer Stuart, the international executive search firm, have jointly selected the board of directors at Pfizer Inc to receive the sixth annual "Board Excellence" Award. Pfizer, based in New York, is the world's largest pharmaceutical company, marketing seven of the world's 25 largest-selling medicines.

Wharton Business Plan Competition Adds Business 2.0 and Johnson & Johnson as Sponsors
Surprising increase in student entries also noted
February 2002 — The Wharton Business Plan Competition, now in its fourth year, has added Johnson & Johnson and Business 2.0 magazine as sponsors, it announced. Johnson & Johnson joins as a Silver Level sponsor. Company executives will participate as mentors to several student teams. At the same time, Business 2.0, a magazine about insight, tools and advantage in business and an AOL Time Warner property, becomes a Media Sponsor providing marketing support services. Ned Desmond, editor and president of Business 2.0 will also assume a judging role.

Wharton and Gartner Form Panel of Business Leaders To Participate in Research Projects
Collaboration Will Yield New Studies of Critical Business Topics
February 2002 — The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) have created a research alliance to study a range of business topics. The alliance will combine the thought leadership of Wharton's world-renowned business faculty and Gartner's more than 700 analysts to produce academic research on current business issues that provides actionable advice for business leaders.

The Wharton School Announces Establishment of Lawrence S. Bloomberg Fellowship Fund
January 2002 — The Wharton School has announced the creation of the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Fellowship. Endowed by Lawrence S. Bloomberg, the $250,000 Bloomberg Fellowship is the first fellowship to specifically provide financial support to Canadian MBA students at the Wharton School.

Humana and the Wharton School Join Forces to Create Health Care Policy Research Project
January 2002 — Humana Inc. and the Wharton School have announced that Humana has become a corporate partner of the School's Center for Health Management and Economics. Humana joins a select group of firms representing employers, payers, providers, distributors, and manufacturers that will create a living laboratory for leading-edge research on health care management, health economics, and policy.

Infosys and Wharton to Salute Excellence in Business Transformation
Call for Nominations of Global 2000 Organizations Making Innovative Use of Technology
January 2002 — Infosys Technologies and the William and Phyllis Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School are joining forces to present the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Award, to recognize organizations that have transformed their business or industry through the creative application of technology. Cutting across industries, these awards will showcase best practices of using technology to create new paradigms and change the way business is done by influencing companies' bottom lines.