The Year In Review — Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center

Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
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2019-2020: The Year in Review

In the Fall we welcomed the Class of 2023 to campus.

We hosted our second annual Grayken Program in International Real Estate event in Hong Kong.

This year's Ballard Executive Speaker Program brought 14 industry leaders to campus.

Research Sponsors enjoyed a private dinner and talk at the Museum of the American Revolution.

Members gathered for a day of exceptional programming at our Fall Meeting.

Our Career Mentor Program connected students with industry leaders.

We hosted two Argus trainings this year; one in-person and one virtually.

Research Sponsors dined at Le Bernardin in New York City with speaker Jeff Shell, CEO at NBCUniversal.

Asuka Nakahara was appointed Practice Professor of Real Estate.

Our 19th Annual Career Fair brought 88 companies to campus.

We launched the Helfand/Bluhm Career Fellowship.

The Center funded five student real estate clubs which hosted numerous events.

We hosted our first virtual Spring Members’ Meeting.

We congratulated this year’s student scholarship and award winners.

Our faculty produced 7 new working papers.

The Real Estate Department welcomed new faculty member Sophie Calder-Wang.

In May we said farewell to the Class of 2020.

The Center established new virtual programming for members.

The Center established new virtual programming for students.

Center members provided additional support to students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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