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Thousands of members of the University of Pennsylvania community — including Wharton School students and alumni — received a series of profanity-laced emails on Friday morning in what officials are calling a “fraudulent and highly offensive” cyber incident. The emails carried the same message, sent to some recipients repeatedly — one told Poets&Quants she received…

Pepperdine Graziadio students are using virtual reality to learn business Immersive technology is reshaping the way people interact with the world. Among the estimated 171 million virtual reality users globally are students from Pepperdine University’s Seaver College business who are exploring new topics via the virtual world. Leading them is Steve Bauer, assistant professor of…

At most elite MBA programs, the pitch is familiar: future global leaders, entrepreneurs reshaping industries, changemakers tackling climate and inequality. For many students, those promises are galvanizing.  For others, they can be alienating. That tension is at the heart of new research on institutional exclusion by Stanford sociologist Michelle Jackson and emlyon professor Christof Brandtner.…

The Kelley School Artificial intelligence has moved from talk to action at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. This summer, Kelley rolled out the Kelley AI Playbook, a working guide that shows faculty how to weave generative AI into teaching, grading, research, and service — and how to do it responsibly. The school revised the…

Pat Hopkins, dean of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business: When Patrick Hopkins became dean of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in March, he knew the stakes were high. Business schools face what he calls “tremendous headwinds” — from public skepticism over the value of a degree, to the accelerating disruption of artificial intelligence,…

Amazon was reported to be preparing to lay off 30,000 workers on Tuesday (October 28). Instead, the mega-corporation announced 14,000 layoffs, which amounts to about 4% of its corporate workforce Amazon was reported to be preparing to cut as many as 30,000 corporate jobs beginning this week in what would be the company’s largest layoff…

Young Americans overwhelmingly report not receiving any AI education in high school, according to a major new survey Nearly three in four young Americans believe that learning to use artificial intelligence responsibly is essential preparation for both their careers and their lives. Yet most say they never received such training in high school, according to…

Effective leaders need more than technical ability, they need the skills to translate knowledge into results in ambiguous and fast-changing environments. Through a collaborative, adaptive approach to business education, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School puts these skills at the center to prepare students to navigate uncertainty and deliver results with impact. This approach fuels innovation across…

Back in March, the PhD Project found itself facing an unprecedented attack. The 31-year-old nonprofit — credited with creating a crucial and widely respected pipeline for diversifying business school faculties — was threatened with a federal investigation by the Trump administration’s Department of Education, accused of engaging in race-exclusionary practices that violated Title VI of…

At Copenhagen Business School, Assistant Professor Julia Bodner helps MBA participants explore the human side of strategy – developing the skills to lead people in a world shaped by social changes, technological evolution, and geopolitical complexity. At a time when no two months – let alone quarters – are the same in business, leadership is…