In the News Archives

Fintech lures MBAs away from banking and consulting

Financial Times profiles Lauder student Neha Goel (WG’17), who will be joining the world of Fintech “because it offers fast-moving innovation with dramatic and rapid results.” Click through to read more: http://on.ft.com/2q2zH1o

2017 Jacobson Venture Awards Winners Announced!

The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies has established the Jacobson Venture Awards thanks to the generosity of Andrew Jacobson, WG’93, and Marina Kunis Jacobson, G’93, WG’93. This new program seeks to provide Lauder students with the opportunity to focus their energies on their entrepreneurial venture during…Read More

Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program – Go To Launch

2017 January Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program Announcement

Learning a foreign language and preserving endangered ones

From WHYY’s Radio Times. Americans are losing their foreign language fluency. Fewer of us speak a second language with any proficiency. This hour we’ll discuss why language requirements in schools have been declining and why learning a different language matters with ROSEMARY FEAL, executive director of the Modern Language Association…Read More

Dr. Mauro Guillen Discusses China’s Role in the Global Economy

China Daily interviews Mauro Guillen on China’s role in the global economy. Read article here.

Lauder Alum Akshay Khanna honored in Forbes 30 Under 30: Sports

Alum Akshay Khanna (Lauder/WG’15) was honored in Forbes 30 Under 30 Sports for his work as Vice President of Strategy at the Philadelphia 76ers. Click here to read more: http://bit.ly/2ivShur

Wharton’s Novel Bay Area Option For MBAs

Poets & Quants profiles Lauder student, Miguel Gonzalez, who is finishing up his exchange to the Wharton San Francisco campus. Read the full story here.

Trade: A rundown on who wins and who loses

Dr. Mauro Guillen of the Lauder Institute shares his perspectives on NAFTA, international trade, and the job market. Check out the article in USA Today here.

Dr. Jim McGann Interviewed for Article in Shanghai Daily

Dr. Jim McGann, Senior Lecturer in International Studies at the Lauder Institute, and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program offers his thoughts in the article titled: “US professor lays out top policy priorities, possibilities as Trump enters White House.” Click to read more!

Trump Surfed to Victory Riding a Big Political Wave

Check out the latest LinkedIn post by Wharton Dean Geoffrey Garrett on the presidential election.