Over 500 School of Business Students Participate in Commencement Exercises
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Nearly 400 undergraduate and 180 graduate students from the School of Business joined more than 3,000 newly minted graduates at the University of Miami's spring 2012 commencement exercises, May 9-10, at the BankUnited Center.
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Finance Department Study Reveals Investing Opportunity in States with Weaker Economies
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Companies located in more economically troubled states provide a greater opportunity for investors than companies in other states, according to new research from the School's Department of Finance.
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Company with Management Team that Includes Two UM MBA Students Among Four National Finalists in Small Business Tournament of Veteran Champions - Public Invited to Help Select Winner
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Napster Co-Founder Stresses Importance of Following Your Passion
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John Fanning, founding chairman and CEO of Napster, explored lessons from his experience starting the fastest growing company in Internet history with School of Business entrepreneurship students.
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In the News
New Indian Express - May 20, 2013 - The Indian newspaper published an article written by one of the School's MBA students, Anxshy Kurien, about her experience in the MBA program and living in Miami. Article
The Miami Herald - May 15, 2013 - An article about hospital prices included quotes from Steve Ullmann, director of the School's programs in health sector management and policy, who noted that health care reform will lead to changes in the way consumers pay for health insurance coverage. Article
The Wall Street Journal - May 13, 2013 - The newspaper's MoneyBeat blog featured research by Alok Kumar, the Gabelli Asset Management Professor of Finance and George Korniotis, an assistant professor of finance, which found that companies located in more economically-troubled states provide a greater stock opportunity for investors than companies in other states. The article included quotes from Kumar, who noted that the finding "was surprising because all of behavioral finance theory says there shouldn't be any predictability." Article
C-SPAN - May 10, 2013 - A segment on a panel session about privacy, social and policy implications that arise when employers use social media and other publicly available electronic information to gather personal data of potential employees during the hiring process featured comments by Patricia Abril, associate professor of business law, who was a panelist. Video
CBS 4 TV - May 3, 2013 - Claudia Townsend, an assistant professor of marketing, provided insight for a segment investigating the actual value of discounted products offered to consumers. Transcript / Video
South Florida Business Journal - May 3, 2013 - The newspaper published an article about the School's Entrepreneurship Consulting Program in which entrepreneurship majors spend a semester consulting for small businesses. The article quoted Dean Gene Anderson, who noted that students need to get "out into the real world to give them a clinical experience - almost like medicine."
Bloomberg BusinessWeek - May 2, 2013 - The magazine's online BusinessSchools section featured an article about the School's Emerging Leaders Internship Program in which MBA students spend part of their time at Bacardi U.S.A. and part of the time at Royal Caribbean Cruises in a single internship. The article included quotes from Irena Katzarkov, one of the first students to participate in the program, and Brian Rice, the CFO of Royal Caribbean and a member of the School's Board of Overseers. Article
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