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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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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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Dean and Professor Receive Endowed Faculty Roles
October 02, 2019
Dean Anne Massey has been honored with an endowed chair, and Sport Management Chair and Professor Janet Fink has received an endowed professorship.
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Faculty Research: Isenberg Professors Dig Deep on Technology and Privacy
October 01, 2019
A special issue of the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing that tackles questions of tech and privacy from multiple angles was the brainchild of Isenberg’s George Milne and Bruce Weinberg.
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New Master of Finance in Alternative Investments Kicks Off With 20 Students
September 19, 2019
After extensive recruiting on the UMass Amherst campus and overseas, the on-campus MFAI program welcomed its first class in September.
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Students Learn the Value of Giving Back at Dean's Seminar
September 16, 2019
Two weeks into the fall semester, several hundred Isenberg students—including freshmen—explored the critical role of philanthropic support in a seminar hosted and moderated by the school’s new dean, Anne Massey.
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Faculty Research: The Price of Transformational Leadership
September 11, 2019
New research by Isenberg School of Business Assistant Professor of Management Joanna Lin suggests that leaders who engage in “transformational” behaviors often pay a personal cost.
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