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Bitcoin Foundation's Chief Scientist Speaks at Isenberg
November 06, 2014
October 31 conference "Financial Innovations, Sustainable Investments, & Social Entrepreneurship" coordinated by the Center for International Securities & Derivative Markets (CISDM) features four speakers, including Gavin Andresen, chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation.
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Blake Frohnapfel Knows the Value of Teamwork
November 04, 2014
Blake Frohnapfel talks about doing double-duty as the UMass starting quarterback and as a first-year full-time MBA/MS dual degree candidate and how teamwork is a big part of both experiences.
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Hospitality Students Earn Scholarships; Help Manage Tournament
October 27, 2014
On October 20, four Hospitality & Tourism Management students received scholarships at the New England Club Managers Association's (NECMA) annual awards Ceremony. Isenberg HTM students also played a key role in the October 7 David Meador Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament, a NECMA-run event that raises money for these student scholarships.
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MBA Student Advocates Gender Inclusiveness
October 22, 2014
After being interviewed by BusinessWeek at the annual Reaching Out LGBT MBA Conference, first-year full-time MBA student (and former Navy lieutenant Corey Hodges spoke to us further about what it's like to be a LGBT person in the world of business.
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New Course Gives Sophomores Professional Development Edge
October 17, 2014
Developed by Isenberg's Director of Internships Kim Figueroa and her colleagues at the school's Chase Career Center, the course "Career and Professional Development," is equipping students with a roadmap for professional development success, giving them a competitive edge in job interviewing, networking, and skills for researching employers and industries.
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New UMass Provost Values Marketing as an Administrator and Author
October 16, 2014
UMass Amherst Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Katherine Newman was a guest speaker in our Fundamentals of Marketing class. She spoke about how university leaders need to think about marketing because they are in a competitive landscape to attract the best and brightest students.
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MBA Alumnus Sees Finance as a Positive Force for Change
October 10, 2014
During a two-day visit to Isenberg in October, MBA alumnus Michael Philipp '80, the former Chairman and CEO of Credit Suisse Europe, Middle East, and Africa, described some of his current ventures students and faculty. In his presentations, Philipp described the activities of his merchant bank, Ambata, where as chairman and managing partner he helps capitalize and bring best practices to projects in developing nations.
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Management Professors Honored at International Conference
October 06, 2014
Management professors Steven Floyd and William Wooldridge were honored on September 21 by the Strategic Management Society at its annual conference in Madrid.
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Management Professor Views Failures as Critical to Success
October 03, 2014
On September 15, Charles Manz, Nirenberg Professor of Leadership, explored the failure-success dynamic in a keynote presentation, "Turning Failure into a Gateway to Success," at a Crisis Management Boot Camp for PR professionals at the historic Yale Club in Manhattan.
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Marketing Faculty Member and Students Bring Breast Cancer Message to Retailers
October 01, 2014
In September, Cynthia Barstow, Isenberg marketing lecturer and founder of the campus group Protect Our Breasts, took a group of PoB students to the Natural Products Expo East in Baltimore where she spoke to retailers about the dangers of chemicals in our every day products.
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OIM Seniors Place Second in Bose Case Competition
September 30, 2014
Students led by assistant professor Ryan Wright competed in the 2nd annual Bose Supply Chain College Case Competition. The competition included teams from Babson, Bentley, Bryant, and Suffolk.
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Beta Alpha Psi Chapter Honored with National Awards
September 26, 2014
For the third year in a row, Isenberg's student chapter of Beta Alpha Psi was among the society's Superior Chapters, reflecting its outstanding performance in professional, service, and organizational activities. Alumnus Dennis Hanno '90 PhD was also honored.
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Professors Coordinate Workshop on Cybersecurity Risk Analysis
September 18, 2014
Four professors (three Isenberg and one from Engineering) organized the workshop "Cybersecurity Risk Analysis for Enterprise Security" on September 19th at MIT's Sloan School of Management.
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New Leadership Orientation Program for MBAs Culminates with Executive Panel and Networking Event
September 09, 2014
The newly launched David C. O'Leary '81 MBA Leadership Orientation Program immersed Isenberg's first-year MBA students for three days in professional development activities before classes began, including a panel discussion/networking event at the elegant UMass Club in Boston's financial district
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Two Professors Honored with Endowed Faculty Positions
August 29, 2014
Hossein B. Kazemi, a Professor of Finance at Isenberg, and Christopher P. Agoglia, Chair of Isenberg's Department of Accounting, have been named to endowed professorial positions.
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Management Science PhD Candidate Earns Prestigious FAA Grant
August 22, 2014
Heng Chen plans to use the prestigious Federal Aviation Administration Graduate Research Award to generate guidelines for the number and location of airplane metering points at airports and the tradeoffs involved in their alternative configurations.
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Business Leadership Awards Banquet Celebrates Isenberg and Its Culture
July 24, 2014
Three hundred alumni joined Isenberg faculty and students at the second annual Isenberg Business Leadership Awards that was held on June 18 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston.
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MBA Student Helps Hospital Improve Surgical Instrument Flow
July 24, 2014
Brady Fish '14 MBA completed his practicum last spring at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston where he deployed a variety of operations management tools to improve the flow of surgical instruments and the productivity among staff throughout MGH's 58 operating rooms.
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Class Trip to South Africa Is Opportunity for Student Service
July 07, 2014
Eighteen Isenberg students traveled to South Africa in the spring visited business and cultural venues in and around Johannesburg and Cape Town. They went behind the scenes at a leading marketing agency, a human resources firm, and the accounting firm, Deloitte. They toured a diamond mine, a winery, and a brewery. They also visited game reserves, Cape Town Soccer Stadium, and Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in prison.
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Sport Management Program Earns Elite International Rankings
June 25, 2014
The Mark. H. McCormack Department of Sport Management's masters degree program has achieved elite status in Sport Business International magazine's 2014 Postgraduate Course Rankings. In the survey, released in the magazine's June edition, the Isenberg program ranked 2nd among all postgraduate programs in the United States for the third year in a row.
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