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Released: 2-Jun-2020 1:55 PM EDT
Research Affiliates CEO on Leading and Investing in a Time of Uncertainty
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

As CEO of global asset management firm Research Affiliates, Katrina Sherrerd (Ph.D. ’87) is leading the influential financial services firm through a period of deep global uncertainty, as world financial markets continue to show great volatility amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Released: 2-Jun-2020 1:50 PM EDT
Keys to Small Business Resilience in Uncertain Times
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Faced with limited customer flow, forced shut down of operations and a looming economic recession, the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic leaves small-business owners to make decisions with little idea of what the future may hold. What lessons can they take from the success and resiliency of businesses that have survived crises in the past?

Released: 1-Jun-2020 6:05 PM EDT
Trump escalates war with Twitter
Arizona State University (ASU)

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies after Twitter flagged his posts as being incendiary and misleading. Experts weigh in on whether social media platforms should be responsible for fact-checking.

Released: 1-Jun-2020 1:55 PM EDT
Can Firms Be Trusted After Easing of Collusion Rules During Pandemic?
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty and Research Valerie Suslow, joined by research colleague Margaret Levenstein of the University of Michigan, examines the impact of relaxed regulations against corporate collusion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 1-Jun-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Names 2020-2021 Board of Directors
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

CHICAGO – Nineteen national leaders in nutrition, health and business will serve as the 2020-2021 Board of Directors of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Released: 29-May-2020 9:00 AM EDT
COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Launches COVID-19 Decision Support Dashboard
COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition

The new COVID-19 Decision Support Dashboard synthesizes large amounts of complex, essential data into easy-to-use key findings for public and private-sector leaders navigating the “reopening” of communities and businesses.

Released: 29-May-2020 6:20 AM EDT
Tourism: what’s our new normal?
University of South Australia

After months of lockdown, it’s no surprise that people are itching to get out and about. But with ongoing debates about how and when to open Australia’s state and territory borders, it’s hard to know what to expect.

Released: 28-May-2020 3:55 PM EDT
Finding working capital is key to small businesses efforts as reopening accelerates
RAND Corporation

As small businesses reopen after a lengthy pandemic shutdown, one key challenge will be finding working capital to replenish inventories and pay employees until revenue returns to normal, according to a new RAND Corporation perspective based on interviews with a select group of small business owners.

Released: 28-May-2020 3:15 PM EDT
UVA Darden Launches New Digital Product Management Specialization
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has launched a new suite of courses on digital product management available to learners across the world.

Released: 28-May-2020 3:15 PM EDT
Leading Mindfully: COVID-19 and the Big Human Pivot, Part 3
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

If the COVID-19 crisis triggered health, economic, social and psychological changes that mean we will be living and working through destabilizing moments now and for the foreseeable future, then all the more reason now to adopt and practice essential skills of Leading Mindfully. How should we start thinking in new ways that better represent reality?

Released: 28-May-2020 3:00 PM EDT
As ORNL builds novel reactor, nuclear industry benefits from technology
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at DOE's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory working on the Transformational Challenge Reactor, a microreactor built using 3D printing, find their work may revolutionize manufacturing in the nuclear industry — and in other industries, too.

   
Released: 28-May-2020 2:35 PM EDT
NC Economic Forecast: Recovery Could Take Years
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

John Connaughton, UNC Charlotte professor of financial economics, presents the quarterly Barings/UNC Charlotte NC Economic Forecast. In the forecast, he discussed the economic effects of COVID-19 and the outlook for the state's economic recovery.

Released: 28-May-2020 2:15 PM EDT
Thomas Jackiewicz Appointed President of University of Chicago Medical Center, COO of UChicago Medicine health system
University of Chicago Medical Center

Thomas E. Jackiewicz, a leader with extensive experience in top academic health systems and medical schools, has been appointed the new president of the University of Chicago Medical Center and chief operating officer of the UChicago Medicine health system, succeeding Sharon O’Keefe, who earlier announced her plans to retire in July 2020.

Released: 28-May-2020 11:15 AM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Honored as Bronze Stevie Award Winner in 2020 American Business Awards
Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer, Health was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Web Awards category in the 18th Annual American Business Awards® for the Care Without Judgement video series, an exploration of how three practicing nurses take on the challenges of the nursing profession while balancing their calling as caregivers.

Released: 28-May-2020 9:45 AM EDT
Top Chicago Universities Launch Social Movement to Team Up the Public & Researchers in Fight Against COVID-19 & Other Diseases
University of Chicago Medical Center

Nine top universities and hospitals have launched a social movement and free tool to match the public with health research opportunities that need volunteers in the hunt to discover treatments, vaccines, and what the pandemic’s long-term impacts will be on survivors.

Released: 28-May-2020 9:35 AM EDT
Tech Contest Seeks to Bolster Energy-Efficient, Language-Based AI Applications
New York University

A technology consortium has launched an industry-wide competition to jump-start the development of more energy-efficient, language-based AI applications.

Released: 28-May-2020 4:45 AM EDT
UniSA brings industry expertise and research together to strive for Zero homelessness
University of South Australia

The pursuit of zero homelessness in Australia is one step closer this week as renowned social change expert and Industry Adjunct with the University of South Australia, David Pearson, is appointed as the first CEO for the Australian Alliance to End Homelessness.

Released: 27-May-2020 4:45 PM EDT
Stepping into the Esports Field
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

As the burgeoning esports industry continues to explode, it opens new professional opportunities for graduates—from business and marketing to video production. Embracing this, the CSU has begun incorporating esports into student life and academics.

Released: 27-May-2020 12:20 PM EDT
Entrepreneurship Journal Devotes New Issue to UVA Darden Professor’s Theory of Effectuation
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

An influential academic journal has devoted the entirety of a recent issue to effectuation, the theory of entrepreneurship pioneered by University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy.



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