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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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OIM Students Lend Support to Berthiaume Startups
December 18, 2019
During the fall semester, a course in project management taught by Radu Vlas, an operations and information management lecturer, married student teams with local venture founders vetted through Isenberg’s Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship.
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Faculty Research: OIM Professor Shares Work on Improving Society Through Better Operations
December 17, 2019
During the fall 2019 semester, six faculty members presented “30,000-foot overviews” of their research projects to their Isenberg colleagues in the spirit of promoting collegiality and cross-departmental collaboration.
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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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Faculty Research: Maintaining Auditor Independence
December 11, 2019
Professor Christopher Agoglia explores the relationship between auditors and clients in a recent paper, published with Associate Professor Bradley Bennett.
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Isenberg Online MBA Empowers Physicians in Leadership Roles
December 05, 2019
Imparting business skills to physicians has been a priority for Isenberg’s online program throughout its twenty-year history. Currently, 375 physicians comprise about 26 percent of the program’s 1,500 students.
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Celebrating Innovation Challenge and Hult Prize Winners
December 04, 2019
Hosted by the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, a Celebration of Innovation Challenge: The Seed Pitch and Hult Prize was held on Wednesday, November 20. An audience of more than 100 students, faculty, staff, and community members were on hand as the top four Seed Pitch teams and the Hult Prize winner and runner-up were recognized and gave minute-long pitches of their ventures.
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Insights from a Sport Management Change Agent
December 04, 2019
Isenberg sport management graduate Dennis Mannion ’81 spoke to McCormack students about his work as a change agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Ravens, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and Philadelphia Phillies.
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Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian Begins Isenberg Office Hours
December 03, 2019
The W.E.B. Du Bois Library’s Business and Entrepreneurship Librarian Alison Messier has started holding office hours in the Isenberg building.
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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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Video: Dean Massey on the Future of Work and Isenberg
November 04, 2019
Anne P. Massey has focused on aligning academic programs with the technical, social, and cultural changes happening outside campus walls throughout her career. Watch her video to learn about her perspectives on business education in the context of the fourth industrial revolution.
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Isenberg Summit Focuses on Inclusivity
November 01, 2019
Most of the 350 participants at Isenberg's first Inclusive Leadership Summit were students who learned about the vital nature of the diversity and inclusion work at American companies.
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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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First-Year Engineering Student Wins Minute Pitch
October 29, 2019
The four-part Innovation Challenge began with The Minute Pitch on Wednesday, Oct. 16. In front of an audience of nearly 200 students, faculty, staff and supporters, 26 ventures gave 60-second pitches of their startup idea.
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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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David Stern Revisits Three Decades of Innovation in Basketball
October 22, 2019
As commissioner of the NBA for 30 years (1984-2014), David Stern reshaped professional basketball. Stern delivered a keynote address October 16 in his role as Executive in Residence with Isenberg’s Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management.
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Isenberg’s Online MBA Rises to #6 Poets & Quants Ranking
October 16, 2019
The business-school news site Poets & Quants announced its 2020 rankings of Top Online MBA Programs this week, awarding spot number six to Isenberg.
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Recent Isenberg Graduate Makes Diverse Connections
October 15, 2019
Jonathan Bekele ’18, who founded Isenberg's Advancement of Diversity in Business club as a senior, continues focusing on D&I in his professional life at MullenLowe.
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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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Career Peer Program Gives Isenberg Students a New Edge
October 08, 2019
Chase’s walk-in Career Peer Program offers peer-to peer advice from strategically trained juniors and seniors who help fellow students navigate career skills and resources.
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