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Faculty Research: How to Go Viral
July 12, 2019
Marketing Assistant Professor Francisco Villarroel Ordenes studies the intersection of social media marketing, services, and machine learning for textual data.
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Isenberg Graduate Appointed to FBI’s Top Financial Post
June 27, 2019
The FBI has announced that accounting graduate Jeffrey Sallet ’93 will oversee its finances, facilities, and logistics activities in his new role as associate executive assistant director of its Finance and Facilities Division.
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Nefertiti Walker Honored by NASSM
June 21, 2019
Nefertiti Walker, Isenberg’s associate dean for an inclusive organization and a professor of Sport Management, received a Research Fellow Award from the North American Society for Sport Management at its annual conference on June 5 in New Orleans.
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IBLA Banquet Celebrates Inspirational Isenberg Graduates
June 21, 2019
The 2019 Isenberg Business Leadership Award (IBLA) banquet brought together hundreds of attendees to celebrate Paul Carney '82, winner of the IBLA, and Michele Equale ’13 MBA, winner of the Driven Leadership Award.
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Sport Management Graduate Program Earns Top International Ranking
June 06, 2019
The McCormack Department of Sport Management's graduate program ranks first in the world in its discipline, according to a survey by the British-based publication SportBusiness.
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Commencement Festivities Salute 2019 Isenberg Graduates
May 16, 2019
Two Isenberg finance majors served as keynote speakers at commencement events: Yaseen Gholizadeh represented his classmates at the school’s Senior Celebration, and Daniella Iannuzzi was chosen to be the UMass Amherst Undergraduate Commencement's student speaker.
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Isenberg Senior Thesis: The Robots Are Coming
May 10, 2019
In May, Isenberg students Jenny Quan and Jessica Morrison and five other Isenberg student teams presented their thesis topics, arguments, and recommendations in Anurag Sharma’s Honors Thesis Seminar.
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Isenberg Professors Receive Research and Teaching Awards
May 09, 2019
Isenberg gave special recognition to faculty members who have made notable contributions through effective teaching methods and cutting-edge scholarly research during the 2018-2019 academic year.
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From an Undergraduate Nutrition Degree to an MSA
May 03, 2019
Sylvia Wu '19 MSA completed Isenberg's accelerated 15-credit Accounting Transition Program to prepare her to earn her master's degree.
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Isenberg MBA Team Places Second in International Competition
May 02, 2019
A team of Isenberg MBA students (Paige Hill ’19, Allison O’Neill ’19, Mike Cook ’19, and Yosh Schulman ’20) placed second in the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Business & Society International Case Competition in April.
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Agha Iqbal Ali Honored with Faculty Professorship
April 30, 2019
Professor Agha Iqbal Ali has been named the Karen and Chuck Peters Family Endowed Professor at Isenberg.
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Isenberg Graduate as Change Agent
April 30, 2019
“Change must be systematic and sustainable,” emphasized Dennis Donovan ’71, ’72 MBA in a 90-minute presentation and workshop for MBA students in April.
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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 OIM Students Excel in C&S Case Competition
April 26, 2019
On February 13, Isenberg student teams placed first and second in the C&S Wholesale Grocers Supply Chain Case Competition.
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Isenberg Graduate Talks Sports Analytics
April 24, 2019
Mike Tannenbaum ’91 visited Neil Longley's graduate seminar in sports analytics to explain how NFL teams use data to improve player performance.
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Grand Opening of the Business Innovation Hub
April 19, 2019
Isenberg’s April 12th ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Business Innovation Hub was a milestone. Students, faculty, and alumni celebrated the 72,000-square-foot, publicly and privately funded building that has nearly doubled Isenberg's usable space.
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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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Academic Departments Celebrate Students and Alumni
April 11, 2019
Annual awards banquets thrown by the Departments of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sport Management, and Accounting honor Isenberg's outstanding students and alumni.
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Homework Assignment: Making Cities Smarter
April 10, 2019
Making the most of solar power in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, solving sewage and water issues in Pittsburgh, maximizing traffic flow in Istanbul—these case studies illustrate how dynamic models and hands-on insights can come together in smart and wannabe smart cities, observed IBM’s Jurij Paraszczak in a lecture on March 8 at Isenberg.
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Innovation Challenge Lives up to its Name
April 08, 2019
Let's Talk About It won top honors among the six ventures competing for seed money at the 2018-2019 Innovation Challenge Final.
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