Whether the country can overcome domestic adversity and withstand external shocks were questions occupying the minds of speakers at the 2019 CEIBS-Darden Private Wealth Investment Forum, co-hosted by the China-Europe International Business School and Darden.
After the U.S. stock market plummeted late last year, falling at one point by 20 percent from its highs, it has risen steadily the first two months of this year Indeed, the broad market measured by the S&P 500 index has now recouped most of its previous decline and is within 5 percent of its high in late September.
Following an extensive national search, Cedars-Sinai has appointed David R. Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC, FAAN, as senior vice president and chief nursing executive. Marshall brings more than three decades of healthcare experience from bedside nurse to nursing-leadership proficiency and a reputation for enhancing innovation and emphasizing compassionate care.
In the early 1980s, ESPN was looking for some leverage over big networks and college basketball caught its corporate eye. CBS owned the rights to the Final Four but Roger Werner (MBA ’77), an alumnus of Darden and his fellow ESPN executives realized that few were paying attention to the earlier rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
On Selection Sunday, UVA men’s basketball received a No. 1 seed in the 2019 NCAA Tournament, the fourth time in the past six years the team has been awarded a top seed. With a 29-3 record for the season, the program serves as a consummate example of a high-achieving team.
Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop improvement company unlocking the natural diversity of plants, announced today at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit that it has acquired the assets of Schillinger Genetics, also known as eMerge Genetics, an Iowa-based company currently delivering novel high-yielding, high-protein non-GMO soybean varieties.
University of California San Diego computer scientists have completed the first comprehensive evaluation of Intel’s new Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules (Optane NVDIMMs). They found that Optane DIMMs can make key storage applications 17 times faster, especially if system designers adapt their hardware and software to make the best use of the new technology. They also found that the DIMMs can significantly expand main memory capacity without sacrificing much performance.
A new book by a Johns Hopkins University negotiation expert argues that this approach ― a “monetary mindset” ― comes from our daily use of money and leave us far short of negotiation success.
In new research, UVA Darden Professor Roshni Raveendhran argues that micromanagement is not a leadership style. Instead, it’s a label that we tend to give to behaviors that focus on controlling minute details in inappropriate situations.
LifeBridge Health and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) have joined forces for a Shark Tank-style challenge to find the best and brightest digital health startups to present innovative ideas that could change the face of healthcare. Challenge participants are presented with the chance to earn a prize of up to $50,000 and the opportunity to work directly with healthcare practitioners and industry experts to further their work.
Babson College's Boston Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® -- a venture accelerator specifically for women entrepreneurs -- will host its finale event for the 2018-2019 cohort on March 13, 2019, 6 pm, Babson Boston campus, 100 High Street, Boston.
The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business has announced it will move the Weekend MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth program from UT Southwestern to The Centrum in Uptown Dallas fall 2019.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business continues to show positive momentum in key rankings, moving up in multiple categories in U.S. News and World Report’s Best Business Schools 2020 rankings.
The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business’ Professional MBA program jumped 16 spots in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for the best part-time MBA programs, moving to No. 44 overall, and No.1 part-time MBA in Utah.
New research from the University of Notre Dame has found a way to improve the accuracy of crowd-sourcing sites.
SimCapture Cloud’s mobile application turns any iOS phone or tablet into a portable simulation education capture device.
Top prize in the University of Adelaide’s annual Australian eChallange France Awards has gone to Hexa Surfboard who have won one year’s business incubator space in Adelaide.
New research shows just how powerful the United States’ and other countries’ influence can be on persuading other nations to ratify international treaties.
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) today announced that Matt Browne, a partner in Cooley LLP’s San Diego office; and David L. Szekeres, senior vice president, Business Development, and general counsel for Heron Therapeutics, Inc., have been appointed to the Institute’s Board of Trustees.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs issued its FY 2019 Phase II Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) with approximately $100 million in available funding.
The Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell offers a free, 12-week online business certificate program, which gives entrepreneurs the skills, knowledge and resources to build their own businesses.
The University of Virginia’s Master of Science in business analytics (MSBA) program is accepting applications for enrollment to the Class of 2020 and has announced a number of admissions open houses for professionals interested in learning more about the 12-month program, which begins in August.
A UAB spinoff formed from intellectual property for a novel protein purification system is off to a quick, seed-stage start. The system appears to meet the “Holy Grail” of protein purification — high-yield, high-purity and high-activity.
Companies are struggling to make sense of the ramifications of artificial intelligence (AI) for their countries and for their firms as the technology rapidly transforms nearly every core business function. And national differences are evident in how these corporations implement AI solutions.
The 13th Annual Babson Sustainability Forum will take place on Babson College’s Wellesley campus, March 29, 2019, 8 am to 6 pm. The Babson Sustainability and Energy Club’s annual forum, with the theme Embracing The Future’s Goals, will host talks and elite panel discussions covering the broad umbrella of sustainability, featuring industries from agriculture and food, fashion, financing, and clean tech and energy.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) today announced that Bryan Hitchcock has joined the association as the Senior Director of Food Chain and Executive Director of the Global Food Traceability Center.
O Centro Médico Puerta de Hierro é o membro mais recente da Rede de atendimento da Mayo Clinic, um seleto grupo de sistemas de saúde independentes que trabalha em proximidade com a Mayo Clinic a fim de aprimorar a assistência médica e atender melhor pacientes e comunidades.
Babson College’s Miami Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab®—a venture accelerator specifically for women entrepreneurs—will host its finale event for the 2018-2019 cohort on March 12, 2019.
“Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: An ASCB Regional Meeting” is a day-long meeting that will include education research and scientific plenaries, a poster session, networking lunch, afternoon workshops, and mixer.
March is Women’s History Month. The directors of two women’s centers at Iowa State University say it is a time to celebrate, but also an opportunity to recognize challenges that still persist, such as the gender pay gap and equity for all women.
ASCB announces East and West Coast dates for summer biotech course, scholarships
The deadline for submitting first responder technologies for assessment in the Next Generation First Responder (NGFR) – Birmingham Shaken Fury Operational Experimentation (OpEx) has been extended to March 8th.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) has been awarded the U.S. Agency for International Development’s newest five-year, $35 million global knowledge management project. CCP is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
According to analysis of the largest public European and international surveys of human beliefs and values, prejudice against immigrants in the UK is rare and comparable with that in other wealthy EU and Anglophone nations. Published in Frontiers in Sociology, this new study challenges prevailing attitudes on Brexit, the nature of prejudice, and the social impact of modernization.
Announcement of University Hospitals being named one of 2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere.
Futurist Mike Walsh, CEO of innovation consultancy Tomorrow and award-winning, bestselling author of Futuretainment, is delivering the keynote address at the American Association of Endodontists’ annual meeting known as AAE19 in Montréal, taking place April 10-13.
UAH’s College of Business is an early and ongoing supporter of the Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) program, an initiative that seeks to bring entrepreneurial education to school districts in Decatur and throughout Morgan County.
Scientists at UC Davis will utilize data from Hungry Planet Intelligence and Benson Hill Biosystems’ computational platform Breed, powered by CropOS™ to predict combinations for seed optimization.
The ads will also be aired during other prominent shows in the New York market over the next several months.
The Charlotte region has a population that is growing faster than its housing stock. As a result, prices are rising for all housing faster than inflation. This increase in prices is affecting both owner-occupied and rental properties.
Babson College offered the latest edition of its Global Symposia for Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE) in Dubai February 18-21, 2019.
The National University of Singapore (NUS) today announced that Professor Freddy Boey, Senior Vice President (Graduate Education & Research Translation) will become Deputy President (Innovation & Enterprise) from 1 April 2019. Prof Boey will be responsible for the University’s initiatives and activities in the areas of innovation, entrepreneurship and research translation, as well as graduate studies in this new role. As part of this appointment, Prof Boey will also assume leadership of NUS Enterprise when Dr Lily Chan, CEO of NUS Enterprise, steps down at the end of March 2019. Dr Chan will continue on in an advisory capacity from 1 April 2019.
Darden School Foundation announced today that Ashley Williams has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Learning Officer of UVA Darden Executive Education, Lifelong Learning and Non-Degree Programs. Williams will assume her new role at Darden April 1.
Normally, it's good to believe in yourself. But research from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business indicates that it can be bad advice for amateurs investing online in unregulated, sometimes risky, equity crowdfunded ventures.
Babson College Management Lecturer Peter S. Cohan has authored Scaling Your Startup: Mastering the Four Stages from Idea to $10 Billion.
“Honoring the Traditions of the Past While Confronting the Challenges of the Future” — the name of a new Darden global course — aptly describes the inaugural Darden Worldwide Course to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.
When a reward is tempting enough, people will break their own moral codes to gain the desired prize. Afterward, they’ll tell you exactly how they were justified.
The Babson College 2019 Black Affinity Network Conference, hosted by the world’s top-ranked college for the study of entrepreneurship, focuses this year on the unique contributions and achievements of black professionals across music, film, radio, television and more, featuring some of the media and entertainment industry’s pioneering professionals.
A looming 1 March deadline to prevent another round of escalating tariffs between the United States and China is more fraught than typical trade disputes. If that wasn’t already clear to observers, U.S. President Donald Trump made it abundantly so during his State of the Union address on 5 February.
Ninety-nine percent of Babson College’s most recent undergraduate alumni are employed or continuing their education, according to statistics from the Class of 2018 six months after graduation*. Salaries are on the rise, too. The average starting salary for Babson’s Class of 2018 was $57,580.
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