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Isenberg Alumni Start Wine Import Business
October 16, 2020
Boston-based Vine Farmer, founded by Jace Chaffee '08 and his brother Kaden Chaffee '10, imports and wholesales wines from growers in Italy and Germany for sale to retailers and restaurants in Massachusetts.
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Isenberg's Master of Finance in Alternative Investments Begins 2nd Year
September 28, 2020
This fall, Isenberg’s pioneering Master of Finance program in Alternative Investments (MFAI) welcomed 18 students in its second year.
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Nikunj Kapadia Named Chair of the Finance Department
September 25, 2020
Following the retirement of Professor Nelson Lacey this past summer, newly named Isenberg Department of Finance chair Nikunj Kapadia has stepped into the role.
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Isenberg Graduation Is a Virtual Celebration
May 15, 2020
Isenberg honored seniors and their families on May 8 with virtual video reflections and praise from professors, alumni, and fellow classmates.
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Meet the 2020 Senior Speakers
May 05, 2020
Read about all seven outstanding senior speakers here.
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Senior Speaker 2020: Colleen Collins, Finance
May 05, 2020
"While there are no roadmaps for this, we, as Isenberg graduates, have the right leadership, technical, and analytical skills to succeed."
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Faculty Research: Isenberg Professor Coleads $2.4 Million Cross-Disciplinary NSF Risk Project
April 10, 2020
Mila Getmansky Sherman is coleader of a new $2.4 million National Science Foundation–funded project that aims to improve the systems allowing for cross-discipline academic collaboration.
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Smart Woman Securities Chapter Takes Off
February 12, 2020
Isenberg students brought UMass Amherst into the ranks of a select group of universities—including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale—by creating a new chapter of a club called Smart Woman Securities (SWS) on campus.
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UMass Amherst Hult Prize Winner Focuses on Food Waste
December 24, 2019
This year’s UMass Amherst round of the Hult Prize, hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, was won by an Isenberg-led venture called Qualtags, which aims to develop stickers that will more effectively show when food has spoiled.
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Finance Class Project Focuses on the Food Future of Western Mass.
December 13, 2019
A student team in Professor Mila Getmansky Sherman’s Alternative Investments course worked with Isenberg finance alumnus Michael Philipp ’82 MBA to evaluate the pros and cons of investing in a local, sustainable food hub in the Pioneer Valley.
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Isenberg Graduate Sheds Light on Investments that Drive Change
November 21, 2019
PhD graduate Stavros Siokos ’98, managing partner of Astarte Capital Partners LLP, was a guest speaker sponsored by the campus student chapter of INFORMS.
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Faculty Research Report 2019
November 01, 2019
This booklet highlights the innovative research of seven Isenberg faculty members—one from every department—over a wide range of business scholarship.
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Faculty Research: Bringing Predictability to Chaos
October 31, 2019
Fousseni Chabi-Yo, associate professor of finance at the Isenberg School of Management, is part of a field of scholars finding new ways to quantify and measure risk.
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Isenberg MBA Alumnus Helps Bring Energy to Developing Nations
October 24, 2019
1990 Isenberg MBA graduate Mikael Karlsson is head of energy and infrastructure at the London-based investment firm Actis, a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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Lawrence Summers Explores Economic Challenges at CISDM Conference
October 10, 2019
"Challenges to the U.S. and Global Economies" was the theme of this year’s annual CISDM conference, on October 4th at UMass Amherst’s Mount Ida Campus.
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Faculty Research: Recent Publications and Awards
October 04, 2019
Isenberg faculty members have been placing papers in top publications and bringing home prestigious awards. Read this sampling of their recent accomplishments.
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2019 Senior Celebration Speaker: Yaseen Gholizadeh
April 29, 2019
Yaseen Gholizadeh, has been chosen to deliver the keynote student address to his classmates and their families at Isenberg’s Senior Celebration ceremony on May 11.
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Isenberg Celebrates Fifty Years of Doctoral Studies
April 17, 2019
Isenberg’s 50th anniversary celebration of its PhD program April 5 attracted several generations of doctoral graduates, current PhD students, and faculty—past and present.
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Finance Professor’s Article Wins Graham and Dodd Scroll Award
February 06, 2019
A paper published in the Financial Analysts Journal in December by a group of researchers that includes Isenberg’s Bing Liang won the 2018 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award from the CFA Institute.
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Global Financial Crisis Revisited: CISDM Conference Examines What We Learned
October 29, 2018
Ten years ago, the globe was gripped in a historic financial crisis. Markets crashed, entire countries defaulted – Greece is still reeling from the effects -- and the event forced major policy shifts that have shaped the financial landscape across the globe. This was the topic of presentations and discussions at the Isenberg School of Management’s annual CISDM conference on October 4.
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