Lauder Institute News

Lauder Summer Immersions Resume After Pandemic

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First-year Lauder students from the Class of 2024 spent the month of July participating in the first Lauder Summer Immersions since 2019. The 2022 4-week summer immersion program took students around the world to study language in informal and formal contexts, visit landmarks, businesses, community and government organizations, and learn…Read More

Special Honor for Ronald S. Lauder

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Lauder Institute Co-Founder and World Jewish Congress President, Ronald S. Lauder, was honored with the title of Commander of the Legion of Honor from French President Emmanuel Macron on June 3, 2022. The title, known to be France’s highest order of distinction, was presented in honor of Lauder’s contribution to…Read More

Lauder Class of 2022 Graduate Profiles

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Clark Brown Jr. Latin America Program – Portuguese "After graduation, I will intern at a Lauder-alum founded startup Félix before traveling to Brazil for two months to study Portuguese. After Brazil, I will begin full-time as a consultant at Boston Consultant Group in Philadelphia. I’m grateful for the community I found…Read More

Death of Stephen Kobrin

Stephen Kobrin, former director of The Lauder Institute and William H. Wurster Emeritus Professor of Multinational Management at The Wharton School, passed away on May 6. He was 83 years old. Kobrin began teaching at Wharton in 1987 and was director of The Lauder Institute from 1994 to 2000 and…Read More

Accepted Podcast: Admissions Q&A with Kara Keenan Sweeney

Linda Abraham from Accepted sat down with the Director of Admissions Marketing and Financial Aid at the Lauder Institute, Kara Keenan Sweeney, to discuss our unique Master’s of International Studies joint degree programs with The Wharton School and with Penn Law. To listen to the full interview and learn more…Read More

Chad Payne wins Audience Choice Award for Penn Grad Talks

We congratulate Lauder Institute student, Chad Payne, who is this year’s Penn Grad Talks Audience Choice Winner for his presentation, “Web 3.0: Embracing the Future of Internet Technologies on the African Continent.” Watch his winning talk below. Chad is a first-year student in the Africa Program (French Language). Penn Grad…Read More

On-campus Information Sessions Resume

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We are excited to announce that on-campus information sessions for the Lauder program have resumed as of March 2022. Register for a campus visit via the Wharton Program Campus Visit website here. Lauder admissions will host small information sessions at 3PM on: March 17 March 31 April 7 April 14 April…Read More

2022 Jacobson Venture Awards Winners Announced!

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The Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies established the Jacobson Venture Awards in 2017 thanks to the generosity of Andrew Jacobson, WG’93, and Lauder alumna Marina Kunis Jacobson, G’93, WG’93. Venture Awards provide Lauder students with resources to focus their energies on their entrepreneurial venture during the…Read More

Deborahl Wahl: 2022 Lauder Graduation Speaker

The Lauder Institute is thrilled to announce our 2022 Lauder Graduation keynote speaker: Lauder alumna Deborah Wahl (G’92, WG’92). Deborah is the Global Chief Marketing Officer at General Motors. Upon graduating from Lauder in 1992, Deborah followed a fellow Lauder graduate to W.L. Gore in Europe, settling in Paris and…Read More

Lauder Global Business Insight Report 2022

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The 2022 Lauder Global Business Insight Report is now available! Produced annually, it showcases research by first-year Lauder students based on group work completed during the summer and fall semesters. It offers a fascinating collection of articles that explore how nations, industries, organizations, and individuals are building toward a better…Read More