Penn Club of San Diego

06/02/2026

Also Wharton SD is looking for volunteers to assist with event planning. Please reach out to them if interested.

Wharton Club of San Diego 2026 Events

We are looking forward to offering the following networking events this year including :

Rescheduling Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing to share his latest research and insights
Evening of Pickle ball, potentially in June or July 🙂
Weekend hike at Torrey Pines (Done)
Happy hours at local bars
Speakers and more...
Lastly, please reach out if you are interested in helping to plan the above events or have other ideas to explore.

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06/02/2026

Here are some events from Wharton!
MBA Happy Hour—
Wharton San Diego.

Time flies, it is already June 2026!

We have upcoming MBASD events hosted by Yale and INSEAD in coming weeks, please join if you available 🙂

Date & Time : Thursday, June 18th & 5:30-7:30pm
Venue: White labs Brewery at 9495 Candida Street, 92126

05/28/2026

The next Ivy+ happy hour and networking event will be held at Stone Brewery at Liberty Station hosted by the Dartmouth Club of San Diego.

We will be meeting in the back area on the patio.

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DATE: Thursday, June 4, 2026
TIME: 6-8pm
LOCATION: Stone Brewery | Liberty Station
ADDRESS: 2816 Historic Decatur Rd, Unit 116, San Diego, CA 92106
WEBSITE: https://www.stonebrewing.com/visit/bistros/liberty-station
KEY CONTACT: Stuart Yee - [email protected]

05/18/2026

Fireside chat event with Mike Nowak

We are excited to announce our next biotechnology pharmaceuticals and life sciences event featuring Dr. Michael J. Nowak. Dr. Nowak is an experienced venture capitalist and healthcare institutional investor, serial entrepreneur, and licensed investment banker.

He received his BA in Physics from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he was a College Scholar, a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara and went on to complete post-doctoral fellowships at Bell Labs (Bellcore), Princeton University, and at the CEA research labs in Saclay and the University of Paris VI (Jussieu, now Sorbonne University), in Paris, France. Mike also earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mike has held numerous CEO positions in early-stage startups, including spinouts from Xerox PARC and Stanford University. His experience includes work at McKinsey & Company and the Advanced Technology Program at NIST, US Department of Commerce. He is currently Managing Director at BJC Capital Advisors where he works with early-stage life sciences companies to raise institutional capital (Series A, B, etc.) and/or facilitate strategic partnerships with pharma or execute M&A.

We look forward to learning about Mike's journey from academia to entrepreneur and life science/healthcare investing and an engaging discussion about the current state and future of biotech.

Come join us Wednesday June 17, 5:30-8pm at Mintz Law Firm 3580 Carmel Mountain Rd Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92130.

05/10/2026

New Event this week from Yale Club!

Seats still available! Don't Miss Out!
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In Conversation with Benjamin Bernard (YC11)

You’re invited to an In Conversation event on Thursday, May 14 featuring Benjamin Bernard (YC11), a postdoctoral associate in Yale University’s Department of History. Bernard’s work sits at the intersection of intellectual and institutional history, with a focus on how institutions of higher learning have claimed, defended, and periodically lost public trust—especially during moments of technological, political, and epistemic upheaval. At Yale, he is affiliated with President McInnis’s faculty Committee on Trust in Higher Education, whose recent report on public confidence in colleges and universities helps inform current efforts to rebuild trust. His work brings historical depth to contemporary questions many alumni continue to grapple with today.

In conversation, Bernard will explore crises of legitimacy from the medieval world to the present, examining how shifts in media, expertise, and public participation have repeatedly unsettled academic authority. Drawing on his research and teaching on early modern French history, with cases ranging from Parisian theologians and Enlightenment satirists to modern research universities such as Yale, he will explore a tension at the heart of universities: that they are indispensable producers of knowledge yet always vulnerable to skepticism. The discussion offers a historically grounded approach to understanding today’s debates about trust, legitimacy, and the future of the university.

This event will take place in North County (92127). Specifics will be emailed a week ahead. There are no physical tickets for the event.

RSVP Today!

Yaleclubofsandiego.org

04/25/2026

Secretary & Past-President, Oxford & Cambridge Society of San Diego

Wednesday, June 24th, Measure for Measure at the Old Globe outdoor theater at 8.00pm with a pre-performance talk in the Craig Noel Garden at 7.15pm.

Justice and desire collide in Shakespeare’s timeless tale of power and hypocrisy. When Vienna’s Duke suddenly disappears, his morally rigid deputy Angelo takes control—determined to rid the city of vice. But when he condemns a young man to death and then propositions the man’s sister, his actions reveal the cracks in his facade of authority. Filled with rich characters, surprising twists, and a comic group of seedy grifters on the make, Measure for Measure explores who holds power, who gets punished, and what it truly means to be virtuous.

Heavily discounted tickets in Area A and Premium seats are available HERE. Scroll down to June 24th on the Calendar, click on MORE and select the number of seats you wish, then Choose My Seats. The 35% discount is included in the ticket price shown.

04/22/2026