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School News
Diversity Characterizes School's New Professional MBA Class; Women Make up Nearly Half
Almost half of the 30 students in the School's new Professional MBA program are women, with the full class representing nine different countries.
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University Welcomes Julio Frenk as New President on August 16

Julio Frenk, a noted leader in global public health and a renowned scholar and academic, joins the University of Miami as its sixth president on August 16.

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Alumni Weekend & Homecoming
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Senior Wins National Real Estate Industry Scholarship
Mary Dooley, a finance and business technology major, is one of just 10 university students across the country to be named a CREW Network Scholar.
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In the News

 

Equity - August, 2015 - The Australian Shareholders Association magazine published an article about research conducted by Henrik Cronqvist, professor of finance, which found that investor behavior can be attributed in part to genes, to parenting, and to other environmental factors. Article 

 

Miami Today - July 30, 2015 - An article on the value of student internships included information about the School's MBA internships and quotes from Mary Young, director of the Ziff Graduate Career Services Office, who noted for students and employers, internships are "a try-and-buy on both sides."

 

Tampa Bay Times - July 24, 2015 - Chet Schriesheim, University Distinguished Professor of Management, was quoted in an article about racist comments made by Hulk Hogan, noting that "most people are more moderate than that and the result is that these types of private utterances that become public really have a very negative effect." Article

Equity - August, 2015 - The Australian Shareholders Association magazine published an article about research conducted by Henrik Cronqvist, professor of finance, which found that investor behavior can be attributed in part to genes, to parenting, and to other environmental factors. Article

Miami Today - July 21, 2015 - An article focused on the School's neuroscience work noting that researchers are exploring the relationship between the brain and finance in its new neurofinance lab where finance students participate in experiments. The article included quotes from Alok Kumar, finance department chair, who noted that in order to "understand group behavior, it makes sense to understand how they would make decisions at an individual level." Article

The Wall Street Journal - July 13, 2015 - In the newspaper's "The Experts" report, Robert Plant, associate professor of business technology, writes that 3-D printing could threaten today's firms in the food-industry, noting that "the 3-D printer could one day be the Uber of their industry." Article

Miami Today - July 1, 2015 - An article about professional athletes and their post career business ventures, noted that the School of Business offers an MBA program for athletes with 40 current and former NFL players in the current class. Article

 

The Florida Bar Journal - July/August - An article calling for the law profession to embrace technology included thoughts from Robert Plant, an associate professor of business technology, noting that he "says computers eventually will pass the bar exam and represent defendants in court." Article

 

 

 

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August 5, 2015
Online MBA Webinar: Tour the UOnline Classroom

August 13, 2015
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October 21 - 23, 2015
Latin American Health Care Compliance Program

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