University of Utah President Ruth Watkins announced that Mary Ann Villarreal will join the university as the inaugural vice president for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Villarreal is currently associate vice president of strategic initiatives at California State University, Fullerton. She will assume her new role on July 1, 2019.
In response to the conditions produced by the 2007–09 financial crisis and the eurozone sovereign debt crisis that persisted, one of the world’s central banks doled out some strong medicine — and it caused considerable problems.
Five new innovators will be joining Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI), the entrepreneurship program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory, as part of the elite program’s third cohort. Announced on Monday, April 22, these innovators were selected following an extensive national solicitation process and two-part pitch competition, with reviews from industry experts, investors, scientists and engineers.
The recent introduction of the Green New Deal by Democratic U.S. congressional leaders on the left has renewed hope among some that Congress might get us back on track. The reality is that the climate change clock is still ticking, and it’s more likely that private industry will move faster than legislators to make meaningful progress toward climate goals.
Two New Mexico companies that work with Los Alamos National Laboratory received small business awards from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) at the 18th annual DOE Small Business Forum and Expo in Pittsburgh on April 16.
Babson College Senior Julia Dean has been awarded a Fulbright Study/Research Grant from the world’s largest and most diverse international educational exchange program. As a Fulbright student, Dean will travel to South Korea and create an entrepreneurship boot camp curriculum to empower North Korean defectors to better their lives through education and an entrepreneurial mindset.
New research finds Airbnb is taking an increasing share of business away from the hotel industry.
Felipe Lima de Oliveira wanted to help support his family back home in Brazil. Now, as only a freshman in college, the Wichita State University student is chasing that dream through his homegrown company, Wichita Brazilian Gourmet.
Like their predecessors throughout history, many now-iconic companies have changed trajectories — or pivoted — before achieving success. While relentless pivoting has become part of the startup gospel, new perspectives have started to emerge.
Engineers at Duke University are developing a smart robotic system for sniffing out pollution hotspots and sources of toxic leaks.
Florida State University researcher Samantha Paustian-Underdahl found pregnant women experienced decreased encouragement in the workplace to return to their jobs after pregnancy.
These are complicated times for Mexico: new, leftist political leadership, an increasingly fraught relationship with the U.S., and inflation threatening to ignite. Will the country of 130 million people find an economic door to open? Or will it run into a wall, like the one the U.S. is threatening to build?
Business leaders seeking to discover how to build trust, promote positive engagement, gain support for new ideas, and ultimately drive long-term success and growth have a powerful resource to develop their personal influence through the new Darden Executive Education Collaboration and Influence online course.
But what if coffee aficionados could get the same effects from their morning latte by simply responding to cues that make them think of coffee - including the smells, sights and sounds?
Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to solar panel production costs becoming far higher in the future
To explore responses to water use in food production, researchers from the University of Delaware looked at consumers' willingness to pay for wine made from grapes irrigated with both conventional and recycled water.
For the first time, The Hertz Corporation and the independent Hertz Foundation will jointly advance groundbreaking applied science and engineering with The Hertz Corporation’s sponsorship of a 2019 Hertz Fellow.
Babson College will host its fourth annual India Symposium on April 19, 2019, with the theme, “Gearing for Growth.”
Johns Hopkins Medicine announced yesterday the appointment of Suzanne Sawyer as senior vice president, chief marketing and communications officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine. She will begin her new role on June 24.
For the first two weeks Roby Platt dreaded going to his entrepreneurial studies class. Forced to tell his story and pitch himself to his classmates was more than he could handle.
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry today announced that the Department of Energy will award 86 grants totaling $95 million to 74 small businesses in 21 states.
University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumna Valerie Camillo (MBA ’00) knows you want to know about Gritty. Everyone always asks about Gritty, the wild-eyed, transcendently famous Philadelphia Flyers mascot.
Professor Sean Martin takes a look at the UVA men’s basketball NCAA Tournament championship and the leadership and organizational behavior lessons on display for a team that suffered the greatest upset in the history of the tournament just 1 year prior.
The Weissman Foundry Fashion Show - "Untitled" - will showcase student entrepreneurs from Babson College, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering and Wellesley College (BOW) on Saturday, April 20th, 2019, 6 p.m., on Babson’s Wellesley campus.
Banking and regulation scientist Anjan Thakor publishes a paper with a theoretical model that proposes bridging the divide between bankers and politicians to link capital requirements to credit allocation — the bank's business of financing loans.
After earlier research into anger, a Washington University in St. Louis faculty member and two former students found people feigning anger in negotiation wound up facing more costs — guilt, atonement and actual higher financial costs
Nine Babson startups will pitch in front of judges for their share of over $300,000 in cash and prizes on Thursday, April 11, 5 p.m., during the B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought & Action®) Challenge Finale at Babson’s Wellesley campus, hosted by the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship at Babson.
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center announces the formation of an all-star line-up of agricultural experts to advise the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) as it deploys up to $2.25 million in technical assistance for agtech startup companies.
Over 4,000 dental professionals and specialists are expected to attend the American Association of Endodontists’ annual meeting in Montréal, April 10-13 known as AAE19.
CHICAGO – During the American Association of Endodontists’ annual meeting known as AAE19 occurring in Montréal this April, the Association’s Public and Professional Relations Committee will be debuting their recent, multi-layered ad campaign called “Worth Saving”.
Delta Air Lines is No. 1, and JetBlue is No. 2, according to the 29th annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR), released today, Monday, April 8. The AQR is the most comprehensive study of performance and quality of the largest airlines in the United States. The rating is a multifactor examination of the airlines based on mishandled baggage, consumer complaints, on-time performance and involuntary denied boardings.
Does government spending pull resources away from the private sector? It’s a question that has long vexed economists. One widely held theory, the crowding-out effect, asserts that yes, government spending eats up resources that otherwise would be available for businesses.
People watching "social shows" like "Dancing with the Stars" or "The Bachelor" on television and simultaneously sharing their views on Twitter are more likely to be committed to the program and shop online, according to new research from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.
How do changing economic circumstances affect the type of leadership needed at each stage of a brand’s life? How can you keep a legacy luxury brand vital as it enters its second century? As Professor Jay Bourgeois teaches in Darden’s MBA program, in leadership there are few one-size-fits-all solutions.
What does cash flow and commercialization have to do with caring for cats or cows? The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) believes the answer is, quite simply, everything. CVM has launched the Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship (CVBE), a new interdisciplinary program intended to spur research, training and outreach in veterinary business to improve animal health care.
Babson College has appointed Professor Ken Matsuno to be the College’s Dean of Faculty, a role in which he will lead the full- and part-time faculty and serve on the President’s Cabinet, Academic Council, and the Operating and Finance Committee. His appointment is effective on June 1, 2019.
S&T intensified vaccine research efforts in collaboration with the USDA in Nov. 2018. The African Swine Fever Task Force was born, based out of S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
One of the handful of individuals responsible for the craft beer revolution, Boston Beer Co. Chairman and Co-founder Jim Koch, spoke at the Darden School of Business in late March at an event hosted by the Darden School of Brew, discussing how the upstart brewery carved out a new category in the beverage industry and lessons learned along the way.
Health Quest and Western Connecticut Health Network combine to form new health system to be called Nuvance Health
The 11th annual Babson Latin American Forum will take place at Babson College’s Wellesley campus on April 5, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Babson College’s B.E.T.A. (Babson Entrepreneurial Thought & Action®) Challenge Semifinalist Round takes place at the Venture Expo on April 3, 2019 at Babson’s Wellesley Campus in Olin Hall beginning at 4:30 p.m.
We already know that growing up rich or poor has a tremendous impact on your life — but does it also affect how we treat others in the workplace? Whether or not we’re good leaders? Yes, according to research done by Sean Martin, associate professor at Darden, and his co-researchers.
New research argues that the initial beliefs of team members can influence success. A group of professors found that team performance is influenced by early expectations: When team members came in with doubts, the project suffered; when they bought in right away, performance tended to be higher.
2019 Global Communications Report examines impact of technology on society and the communication industry
As online commerce drives up the number of deliveries being made each day throughout the country, relatively small changes in the timing and frequency of freight deliveries—such as switching the standard delivery window from day to night—may have significant environmental and economic benefits, according to experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
A biopharmaceutical company’s ability to improve society and bolster its humanitarian and philanthropic efforts are inextricably linked to its financial success. Merck Chairman and CEO Ken Frazier sought to emphasize just that point recently, speaking with Darden MBA students at the School’s Grounds in Rosslyn, VA.
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