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The future of business is here.

This is an exciting time for educators and students in the business world. With the rapidly changing culture and increased expectations from society to be good corporate citizens, Isenberg is proud to be leading innovative initiatives, programs, and curriculum to be sure our graduates are prepared to be successful professionals and industry leaders.

Read about our faculty research, student experiences, alumni profiles, classroom innovation, and much more below.

Faculty Research & News

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Faculty Research: Can Technology Enhance Workplace Inclusion?

As primary investigator on the study, Tarafdar and her team set out to explore the multiple nuanced roles that ICT can, and does, play in an

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Faculty Research: The Future of Risk and Returns

Finance Professor Sanjay Nawalkha's most recent paper—published in the October issue of The Journal of Finance —provides the first rigorous

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Supporting Ukraine Through Academic Partnership

When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, Isenberg School of Management Professor Anna Nagurney—the daughter of refugees who fled Ukraine during World

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Student Experience

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First-Year Students Take Isenberg Pledge

“Maybe you want to work on Wall Street, maybe you want to work for a Big 4 firm, maybe you want to use an analytic model to understand consumers,”

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Women of Isenberg Conference Shares Advice and Optimism

At the February 26 event, more than 40 alumni speakers, 10 corporate sponsors, and 400-plus attendees participated in online panel discussions

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Business Leaders Visit Isenberg Students on Campus During Fall 2021

Distinguished alumni, business leaders, and experts in a variety of fields visited the Isenberg building, assisted with class projects, and offered

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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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First-Year Students Take Isenberg Pledge

“Maybe you want to work on Wall Street, maybe you want to work for a Big 4 firm, maybe you want to use an analytic model to understand consumers,”

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Isenberg Celebrates 2022 Graduates

Approximately 900 of the 1,180 members of the Class of 2022 (including on-campus and University Without Walls students) attended the Senior

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Alumna Kristin Dorm '98 Is Making an Impact in Business

Kristin Dorm, a 1998 Isenberg marketing graduate, has been promoted to Individual Life and Financial Services vice president of agency growth and

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Innovation at Isenberg

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Isenberg Innovation Continues with Teaching Fellows

One of online teaching’s greatest challenges is getting students to feel engaged. It’s also a prime area for innovation. In 2021, Isenberg announced

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Isenberg Names Five Faculty Fellowships

This fall, Dean Anne Massey announced that five members of Isenberg’s faculty have received new fellowships recognizing their outstanding research

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Innovative Isenberg Class Focuses on D&I in Business

Two years in the making, Introduction to Diversity and Inclusion in Business debuted in January. The seminar attracted fifty students from all seven

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