Business & Economy
Whitman supply chain students visit Pratt & Whitney, key suppliers
Fourteen supply chain management undergraduate students in the Whitman School of Management traveled to Hartford, Conn., to visit Pratt & Whitney, world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, industrial turbines and space propulsion systems. The company…
Whitman’s Lumpkin named co-editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Whitman School of Management faculty member G. Thomas Lumpkin has been named co-editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (SEJ) by the Strategic Management Society (SMS). The announcement was made at the SMS annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla. Lumpkin, the…
Whitman students travel to Philadelphia for supply chain conference
Four students in the Whitman School of Management recently attended the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) annual Global Conference in Philadelphia. The students joined more than 3,000 participants from more than 42 countries for facility tours, academic sessions,…
iSchool welcomes new assistant dean for advancement
The School of Information Studies (iSchool) has announced that Scott A. Barrett will join the iSchool as the assistant dean for advancement beginning Dec. 5. Barrett joins the iSchool from Loretto, the largest provider of eldercare services in Central New…
Yormark named Best CEO Student Leader
Michael Yormark, a junior in the Whitman School of Management majoring in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises, as well as marketing management, was named the Best CEO Student Leader at the 2011 Collegiate Entrepreneurs鈥 Organization (CEO) conference.
Jeffrey Harris, Dean鈥檚 Professor of Finance at Whitman and former chief economist at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, to speak
Jeffrey Harris, Dean鈥檚 Professor of Finance in the Whitman School of Management, will deliver a lecture, 鈥淔inance in a Dodd-Frank World,鈥 on Wednesday, Nov. 2. Harris recently served as chief economist at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The lecture…
Whitman Dean Melvin T. Stith is inaugural inductee to PhD Project Hall of Fame
Melvin T. Stith G鈥73 ,鈥77, dean of the Whitman School of Management at 黑料不打烊, is an inaugural inductee into the newly established PhD Project Hall of Fame. The PhD Project is an award-winning program that aims to increase diversity…
Snap-on Inc. CEO to deliver Martin and Phyllis Berman Distinguished Lecture Oct. 20
The Marketing Department and the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies in the Whitman School of Management at 黑料不打烊 will host a lecture by Nicholas T. Pinchuk, chairman and CEO of Snap-on Inc., on Thursday, Oct. 20. Pinchuk鈥檚 talk,…
Finocchiaro, deputy chief of staff (comptroller) for U.S. Army Europe, named director of defense programs at Whitman School
Irma P. Finocchiaro G鈥91, now retired from senior executive service as the deputy chief of staff, G-8 (comptroller) for the U.S. Army Europe headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany, has been named director of defense programs at the Whitman School of Management…
Whitman supply chain management programs ranked in industry study
The Whitman School of Management鈥檚 supply chain management programs were ranked in a recent Gartner study on how leading universities are educating supply chain management professionals to contend with a rapidly changing field. Whitman鈥檚 graduate program was ranked sixth in…