Edith Wharton knows houses. Her first published book was “The Decoration of Houses,” written with Ogden Codman, Jr., which argued for “house-decoration as a branch of architecture,” and against “the indifference of the wealthy to architectural ...

When Vernon Hargreaves III first learned he was rated as the No. 1-ranked defensive back in the nation by ESPN earlier this spring, he thought someone could be playing a prank on him. ''Someone sent me a link to it on Twitter and I clicked on it.

The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on May 23, 2012. In the 1987 movie Wall Street, the character Gordon Gekko famously declared that “greed is good,” a line that has come to symbolize the darkest aspects of materialism.

It's easy to see how the lasting legacy of Edith Wharton's life, work and spirit could overshadow her husband, Teddy Wharton. Painted with the narrow brush-strokes of history as somewhat of a nitwit, Teddy seems to take his place in the story of Edith as a ...

Six people were sentenced Thursday for their involvement in a conspiracy to harbor and transport illegal immigrants, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Thursday in a news release. The sentences were handed down by Senior U.S. District Judge ...

I'm not one of those men who wears his feminist credentials on his sleeve. (Were you to talk to the women who share my life, they'd probably mutter: "What feminist credentials?"). However, I'm reasonably confident in stating that if Edith ...

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announced today that it has established a new Wharton/ Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The Program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on risk and insurance at the ...

The following post was published on the Arabic Knowledge@Wharton website on May 14, 2012. Ahmed Zahran couldn’t have been more excited when he received the email confirming that his startup was selected as a semi-finalist for the first ...

Wharton pitcher Collin Woody committed to the College of Central Florida, a junior college in Lecanto, Fla., he said Saturday in a text message. Along with fellow senior hurler Shaun Rubin, Woody led Wharton (21-9) in its most successful season in program ...

Deep Run soccer star Todd Wharton may have preferred a shot at the Colonial District title, but he will have to settle for being named by ESPN as Virginia's Gatorade Boys Soccer Player of the Year. Wharton received the news in a text message ...