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Business Intelligence Practitioners Share Best Practices with Isenberg Operations & Information Management Majors
April 16, 2013

Three Isenberg alumni from Bose Corporation's Business Intelligence Group shared business and career insights with Isenberg students in Business Intelligence & Analytics, an undergraduate course taught by Traci Hess, an associate professor in Isenberg's Department of Operations & Information Management.

McCormack Executive in Residence Brian Burke Casts Light on Contemporary Sport Management
April 12, 2013

"The business model [for professional sports] has changed 100% since I got in," emphasized hockey uber-executive Brian Burke in a lecture to the UMass Amherst community on April 16. Burke's lecture was a highlight of his week-long visit to Isenberg as this spring's Executive in Residence with the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management.

Gift of Twelve Bloomberg Terminals Energizes Finance Education at Isenberg
April 11, 2013

A gift of twelve Bloomberg terminals to Isenberg from the investment management firm, Babson Capital Management, is giving Isenberg students a competitive edge and convenient, hands-on access to the investment industry standard in navigating financial and news data bases. Isenberg's finance department and the School's Technology Support Services are offering training sessions on the machines to all Isenberg students and faculty.

Isenberg Sophomore's National Scholarship Emphasizes Community Responsibility
April 5, 2013

Stephanie Menezes, an Isenberg sophomore majoring in management, is one of five 2013 national recipients of a $10,000 scholarship from the Liberty Mutual Responsible Scholars program. The scholarships recognize students who "initiate a service or volunteer program that directly impacts or actively engages their campus community." Menezes created Run4Fun, a program that promotes running among children, ages 8-13.

Dennis Hanno is Isenberg Accounting Alumnus of the Year
April 4, 2013

Dennis Hanno'90 Ph.D. CPA, Graduate Dean and Vice Provost at Babson College and former Associate Dean for Undergraduate Matters at Isenberg, will be honored on April 18th by Isenberg's Department of Accounting as its Alumnus of the Year. Since leaving the School, Hanno has remained true to his accounting and Isenberg roots.

Isenberg Welcomes Susan M. Schor as Executive in Residence
March 29, 2013

Susan M. Schor '89 Ph.D., Facilitating Leader & Chief Culture Officer with Eileen Fisher, Inc., a high-profile designer and retailer of women's clothing, will visit Isenberg as Department of Management Executive in Residence, April 1st-4th. During her residency, Schor will share management insights in Isenberg classes and give a lecture to the Isenberg community on April 1 at 4 p.m. in Isenberg room 210.

Isenberg Achieves National Prominence in New Undergraduate Rankings
March 22, 2013

For the first time, the Isenberg School of Management is a top-fifty school in BusinessesWeek's annual undergraduate rankings.

Isenberg Students Create an Exercise Club for the Homeless
February 26, 2013

This semester, students in Isenberg's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management are engaging members of Northampton's homeless community in a new student initiative, the Northampton Exercise Club for the Homeless.

Anna Nagurney Is UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar
May 24, 2012

Anna Nagurney, John F. Smith Memorial Professor of Operations Management, is featured on the UMass Amherst website as a campus-wide Spotlight Scholar.