| The U.S. Department of
Education has awarded a grant to the University of Miami to establish a
Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), which
will be housed at the School
of Business Administration. The University will receive $355,000 in the
first year of the four-year grant cycle, for which the University has
requested $1.5 million. READ MORE |
The School of Business joined WorldCity as a co-sponsor for its fifth
annual Who's Here Celebration May 13 to honor the 1,100-plus
multinationals in South Florida and the more than 125,000 employees who
work for them here. The annual event also capped a year of research
which was conducted to better understand the role of the multinationals
in the local community and their impact on Latin America, the Caribbean
and the rest of the world. READ MORE
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During spring commencement, the School's graduating seniors were told to
find themselves so they can "change the world," while MBAs were urged
to be prepared to reinvent themselves "over and over again." READ MORE, WATCH VIDEOS AND CHECK OUT PHOTOS
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| Students in the School's Advanced Organizational Behavior course joined
forces with Stand Up For Kids, an entirely volunteer driven non-profit
organization to create a blueprint to prevent homelessness in South
Florida. READ MORE |
Don't miss the University of Miami Global
Business Forum Jan. 12 - 14, 2011 - a unique opportunity to delve into T he Business of Health Care: Defining the
Future, the theme of the conference. Featured speakers will include Jeffrey
Immelt, the chairman and CEO of General Electric, Kathleen Sebelius, the US
secretary of health and human services, and Arthur Agatston, the author of The
South Beach Diet, among others. The early registration fee of $399, available
through June 15, 2010 offers a significant discount off the regular
registration fee of $750. To learn more and register, visit the Global Business Forum Web site. |
In the News
AOL Money & Finance - May 25, 2010 - Andrea
Heuson, a professor of finance, provided insight on April's
jump in home sales, attributing it to an expiring tax credit for new
homebuyers and indicating the positive news could be short lived. "It
gushes out for a while, but when the pressure goes away, everything
slows down again," she notes. Article
South Florida Business Journal - May 20, 2010 - An article
reported that the University had received a grant from the U.S.
Department of Education to establish a Center for International Business
Education and Research (CIBER) at the School of Business. The article
included quotes from Dean Barbara Kahn and Joseph
Ganitsky, professor of management and the director of the UM
CIBER. Article
WLRN Radio - May 14, 2010 - Andrea Heuson,
a professor finance, provided insight in a Friday Business Report
segment on the boom in lawyers helping would-be condo buyers fight
developers to get their money back after the South Florida condo bubble
burst. The segment also aired May 20. Listen Latin Trade - May 12, 2010 - An article
details many of the recent changes that have been made in the School's
MBA programs, such as new concentrations in real estate and mergers and
acquisitions. The article, which includes quotes from Dean Barbara
Kahn, also notes the growth in the programs in health sector
management. Article
The Miami Herald - May 11, 2010 - Andrea Heuson,
a professor of finance, was quoted in an article reporting that more
than 40 percent of South Florida homeowners owe more on their mortgages
than their homes are worth. ``We have to just get the normal market
clearing efficiently at prices that everybody trusts," she noted. Article
Nightly Business Report (PBS) - May 10, 2010 -
A segment on how framing marketing information in different ways can
lead consumers to make different decisions featured comment from Howard
Marmorstein, an associate professor of marketing. Video/Transcript
PODER - May 1, 2010 - In a regular column for the
magazine, Dean Barbara Kahn wrote about the importance
of having a diverse workforce in order for companies to successfully compete
in the global marketplace. Article
The Miami Herald - May 1, 2010 - In an article about
whether states will opt to run federally mandated high-risk insurance
pools themselves or allow the federal government to run them, Steven
Ullmann, director of the School's programs in health sector
management and policy offered his insight, noting that some states "have
better knowledge regarding their constituents and prefer not to have
provisions dictated to them." Article More In the News
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