A Ross School of Business startup that helped accelerate the removal of dangerous lead pipes in Flint and many other communities has joined a White House partnership aimed at replacing all of the nation’s lead service lines in a decade.
New research demonstrates perceptions of customer service do not always align with the actual service provided. Results from three studies found consumers belonging to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups rated poorer quality service less negatively compared to white consumers.
Radiology, the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and the leading journal in the field of medical imaging, will feature special centennial content this year in connection with the publication’s 100th anniversary.
On Monday, January 9, 2023, at Meeting Room 2, 2nd Floor, Jaiyossompati Building 2, the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Chulalongkorn University Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wilert Puriwat, Dean of Chulalongkorn Business School, and Prof. Dr. Apichat Asavamongkolkul, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, signed an agreement for an academic collaboration between Chulalongkorn Business School and the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, to enhance excellence in academics and management.
A new study suggests that the format in which graphs are presented may be biasing people into being too optimistic or pessimistic about the trends the graphs display.
Maryland’s Smith School of Business and Deloitte Foundation have launched a scholarship program to support a racially and ethnically diverse student population and help strengthen the pipeline of diverse CPA talent.
NIBIB has established the Center for Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration—BETA Center, a new intramural research program to solve a range of medicine’s most pressing problems. The BETA Center will serve the wider NIH intramural research program as a biotechnology resource and catalyst for NIH research discoveries.
Why did some savings and loans eagerly embraced the market while in others remained community-based? Researchers add communities and local associations to economic sociology’s toolkit for understanding the social foundations of firms and markets.
A new study by world leaders in patent data has revealed some unusual trends in energy tech R&D, questioning whether companies are more committed to extracting fossil fuels or in pursuing genuinely ‘green’, renewable energy technologies.
With the aim to address key challenges impacting U.S. and global health care organizations, leaders representing every facet of the industry will converge for the 2023 “The Business of Health Care Conference,” to be held Feb. 24 at the University of Miami Coral Gables Campus.
Allocating passenger aircraft emissions using airfares rather than travel class would give a more accurate idea of individual contributions, finds a study led by UCL.
How can a sports team win off the field with variable ticket pricing strategies? A new study in the INFORMS journal Management Science sheds light on the adoption of variable pricing increases in primary market ticket sales by looking at National Football League (NFL) ticket markets.
Generous donations make the remarkable growth and advancements in cancer care at Huntsman Cancer Institute possible. Huntsman Cancer Foundation, the nonprofit organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds to support the institute, has a new leader. Kim Wirthlin will be the president and chief operating officer (COO) beginning February 1. The foundation’s work is critical in supporting cutting-edge research and the highest standards of clinical care at Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Ross School of Business management expert Dave Ulrich and his colleagues have developed a game-changing approach to human resources that focuses on achieving results for all stakeholders of an organization.
The EU regularly exports large quantities of poultry meat to West African countries. These exports have been criticized for harming importing countries in West Africa and exacerbating poverty there.
Students at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business have raised $4.2 million to establish a real estate private equity fund that they and their future peers will manage and use to make investments in existing and future developments. Called Sample Gates Management Inc., it is the largest undergraduate student-managed real estate private equity fund launch, measured by dollars raised, in the country.
Ochsner Health has been named one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2023 by Newsweek. Ochsner earned 4.5 of 5 stars on a scored list of 1,000 companies that most respect and value having different kinds of people.
An increase in anti-Chinese sentiment has led to consumer discrimination against Asian American-owned small businesses, according to new Ross School of Business research.
Cornell University researchers found that visual depictions of food pantry offerings, including brand names, have an ameliorative effect on negative product perceptions.
Beginning in January, the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, in partnership with Greentown Labs, will provide a soft landing pad in the U.S. for the third cohort of Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme: Clean Growth edition, which is designed to cultivate and support the launch of innovative climatetech companies with a strong potential to scale internationally to new markets.
The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Data Science Institute today announced the launch of Transform, a new accelerator for startup companies focused on the breakthrough technologies of data science and artificial intelligence.
A new study, led by Bayes Business School, found that there are sizeable costs and benefits for spinouts – stand-alone new firms founded by former employees of established firms – as they try to establish themselves in the market.
APRINOIA Therapeutics Inc. ("APRINOIA"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease ("AD") and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ("PSP"), and Ross Acquisition Corp II (NYSE: ROSS, ROSS.U, ROSS WS) ("ROSS"), a special purpose acquisition company founded by former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement") for a business combination (the "Business Combination").
Xavier University of Louisiana (Xavier) and Ochsner Health (Ochsner) today announced an agreement to establish a joint College of Medicine. The partnership will create a new, standalone College of Medicine in New Orleans, training the health care professionals of tomorrow
Doppler radar, the Consumer Price Index, quarterback rating – these and many other measuring tools have refined the way performance is both documented and predicted in weather, the economy and sports.
Likewise, Cornell University researchers have developed a new method to better understanding mutual fund returns, which could impact both performance rankings and fund managers’ career trajectories.
Construction of the long-awaited medical school near Uptown Charlotte is officially underway. The Queen City is the nation’s largest city without a 4-year medical school. The first shovels of dirt were turned today at a ceremony near the intersection of Baxter and South McDowell streets, commemorating groundbreaking on Wake Forest University School of Medicine Charlotte and the surrounding innovation district, known as “The Pearl.”
A proposed rule by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that would ban employers from entering noncompete clauses with their workers cites research by Ross School of Business experts.
The Notre Dame study looks at performance based on the impact the CEO has on the firm within the context of the performance they inherited and the time period in which they ran the firm.
The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute today presented the 35th Economic Report to the Governor to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox at the 2023 Economic Outlook & Public Policy Summit, hosted by the Salt Lake Chamber. The report has been the preeminent source for data and commentary on Utah’s economy for over three decades, with the latest edition noting Utah’s economic resiliency in 2022 while also highlighting an uncertain economic environment heading into 2023
The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) and the Association Management Center (AMC) are regretful to announce the passing of ARN and AMC co-founder Dagny Engle, RN CAE, on January 2, 2023.
GenVault, one of the nation’s most secure, comprehensive commercial facilities for bioinventory storage and transport, recently received three significant certifications, augmenting its already robust list of certifications, registrations, and compliance.
For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories’ contributions to the economy have topped $4.2 billion in a fiscal year. Sandia also reported today it created 480 new jobs in fiscal year 2022.
Teams of students from 32 colleges and universities are coming to the Indiana University Kelley School of Business to compete at the National Diversity Case Competition. The competition will bring together 133 students who represent some of the best and most diverse talent in undergraduate education from across the nation.