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Driven Alumni: Li Li Leung, MBA/MS '03
February 20, 2019
U.S.A. Gymnastics announced in February 2019 that Li Li Leung would be its new president and CEO. Leung, a former gymnast (she competed in the Junior Pan-Am Games and for the University of Michigan in the N.C.A.A. Championships) and alumna of Isenberg's Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management has spent the past 4 years as VP of Global Partnerships for the NBA.
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Isenberg Students Give the Hub Some Love
February 13, 2019
A month after the debut of Isenberg’s game-changing Business Innovation Hub, impromptu interviews with undergraduates reveal unanimous appreciation for the new building and its resources. Students agree that the 70,000-square-foot addition to Isenberg offers great study and social space, and they applaud its architecture, its abundance of natural light, and its internationally diverse café.
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Major League Baseball Talks Diversity
February 12, 2019
Executives from Major League Baseball and the Boston Red Sox participated in the inaugural Isenberg Conversation on Diversity and Inclusion. Tyrone Brooks and Pam Kenn '01 discussed how and why their organizations are working to ensure that players, staffers, and fans all feel welcome.
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Driven Alumni: Tony Jordan '95
February 08, 2019
Tony doesn’t take his success for granted. He worked hard to get where he is today. “There aren’t a lot of people that look like me in the Boston market doing the job that I have. And you know, I was told by others, ‘I don’t know that you can do this, because not many minorities are successful.’ And I put my head down a long time ago to say hey, I’m going to be the example.”
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Finance Professor’s Article Wins Graham and Dodd Scroll Award
February 06, 2019
A paper published in the Financial Analysts Journal in December by a group of researchers that includes Isenberg’s Bing Liang won the 2018 Graham and Dodd Scroll Award from the CFA Institute.
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Isenberg Names Associate Dean for an Inclusive Organization
February 05, 2019
Nefertiti Walker's strategic vision for diversity and inclusion will inform every corner of Isenberg's operations.
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Isenberg PhD Graduate and Dissertation Co-directors Earn National Honor
January 29, 2019
Isenberg PhD graduate Mary Catherine Dodgson ’17 and her dissertation co-directors, Christopher Agoglia and Bradley Bennett, received top honors for her dissertation in the American Accounting Association’s Accounting, Behavior and Organizations Section.
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Isenberg PhD Candidates Win Best Paper Award
January 24, 2019
Akshaya Pawar and Raju Gholap, doctoral students in the Hospitality & Tourism Management Department at Isenberg, received the Best Graduate Student Research Paper Award in November at the International Association of Hospitality Financial Management Education (iAHFME) Research Symposium in New York.
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Accounting Professor Kitto Honored with PCAOB Fellowship
December 24, 2018
Andrew Kitto, an assistant professor in Isenberg’s accounting department, was selected as an Economic Research Fellow at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the regulatory body that oversees the audits of public companies.
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Isenberg Graduate Welcomes Risk Taking in the Workplace and Beyond
December 20, 2018
Isenberg Online MBA graduate Spencer Suderman ’15 is a principal consultant with the high-profile consulting firm ISG (Information Services Group) and a world record‒holding aerobatics pilot.
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UMass Amherst Names Anne P. Massey New Dean of the Isenberg School of Management
December 19, 2018
Anne P. Massey, professor and Ruth L. Nelson Chair of Business at the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin, has been named dean of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The appointment of Massey, who built her distinguished career at Indiana University, was made by Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs John J. McCarthy.
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Profile in Philanthropy: Paul Carney '82
December 19, 2018
A 1982 Isenberg accounting graduate, Paul Carney spent the lion’s share of his career in senior managerial finance and administration positions for early-stage, emerging technology companies, funded by premier Silicon Valley venture capital and private equity firms. Paul has been a consistent donor to the greater UMass community since he graduated. Isenberg’s Business Innovation Hub boasts a state-of-the-art café and seating area that carries the proud name of Paul Carney ’82 and his family. “My aim in making this high-profile gift is to raise awareness of giving and philanthropy at Isenberg and UMass Amherst,” he observes.
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Isenberg Alum and Entrepreneur Brings Collaborative Art to Kids
December 18, 2018
Chris Bent '12 founded Piccles, a collaborative online coloring app targeted to children in hospitals and other medical facilities. The 2012 Innovation Challenge runner-up (for Crowd Solar, which used crowd-funding to help communities buy renewable energy) has consulted with Matt Glennon's marketing classes on his new venture.
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Boy Meets School: Business Prodigy Finds Entrepreneurial Environment
December 05, 2018
How a business prodigy found at UMass the entrepreneurial environment he had been searching for.
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Building Better Villages Wins Hult Prize at UMass
December 04, 2018
Aiming to improve the residential foundation for rural communities in India, the venture team consists of Aashish Kumar (computer science), Kavya Ramachandran (chemical engineering) and Achintya Kumar (engineering).
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TempGrams Wins Top Prize at Innovation Challenge: The Seed Pitch
November 30, 2018
In front of a panel of industry experts, 17 teams gave five-minute pitches of their venture ideas and participated in Q&A with the judges, competing for $15,000 in equity-free funding.
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Edward Kolb '15 MBA: From Physician to Physician-CEO
November 20, 2018
“In Isenberg’s Online MBA program, my professors and the administrative staff consistently went out of their way to ensure that I had the opportunities and resources that I needed to succeed in the program and in my profession,” recalls 2015 graduate Dr. Edward Kolb. A medical doctor with a focus on anesthesiology and pediatrics, Ed is Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Hospital Operations at Boys Town National Research Hospital and Clinics, in Omaha, Nebraska. This November, he assumed the role as hospital director.
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$2,500 Awarded to Start 2018-19 Innovation Challenge
November 06, 2018
In front of an audience of nearly 200 students, faculty, staff and supporters, 27 teams gave 60-second pitches of their venture idea. Determined by a panel of industry expert judges, $2,500 in prize money was awarded to the first-, second- and third-place teams and the audience choice selection.
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Building a Younger Fan Base: Sport Management Executive in Residence Offers Marketing Advice
November 02, 2018
“Sports fans are getting older,” observed 2018 Mark H. McCormack Executive in Residence Bernie Mullin in a campus-wide lecture in October. “In that trend, baseball does worst, with fan age growing by half a year each year,” Mullin remarked. Last year’s NCAA football attendance, he added, was the lowest in 30 years. And three years ago, season ticket sales to collegiate football continued their decline, dropping by 10%.
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Global Financial Crisis Revisited: CISDM Conference Examines What We Learned
October 29, 2018
Ten years ago, the globe was gripped in a historic financial crisis. Markets crashed, entire countries defaulted – Greece is still reeling from the effects -- and the event forced major policy shifts that have shaped the financial landscape across the globe. This was the topic of presentations and discussions at the Isenberg School of Management’s annual CISDM conference on October 4.
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