Business & Economy
Trip Inspires Business Venture for Maxwell Alums
During a 2018 visit to Oaxaca, Mexico, Fabiola Lara and Sabith Khan soaked up the rich cultural traditions of artisans who sell handmade goods like baskets, rugs, coverlets and clothing. But the married Maxwell alumni pair were troubled by the…
2022 Holiday Retail Expectations
While the Black Friday 2022 shopping event is still a week away, holiday deals and sales promotions have already been underway for weeks at some of the nation鈥檚 largest retailers. Ray Wimer is an assistant professor of retail practice at…
2023 Panasci Business Plan Competition Announced
Interested in learning how to write a business plan? Have a great idea for a business but are not sure how to get the funding you need? Looking for access to amazing mentors? Prepare yourself (and your team) by signing…
Bandier Program Named Top Music Business Program
The Newhouse School鈥檚 Bandier program for recording and entertainment industries has been named a top music business program by Billboard magazine. The program has been included on the publication鈥檚 鈥淭op Music Business Schools鈥 list every time it has run. The…
73rd Annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program to Focus on Environmental Social Governance
The聽Whitman School of Management鈥檚聽H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management聽will host its annual聽Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, from 1 to 5:30 p.m. at the聽Whitman School of Management (Room 007) and virtually. This year’s program will focus…
黑料不打烊 Hosts Micron Technology as Company Announces $100B Historic Investment for Computer Chip Manufacturing Complex in Central New York
Earlier today, 黑料不打烊 was the site of a historic announcement of a transformational investment by Micron Technology in the Central New York region: a $100 billion semiconductor fabrication facility in the Town of Clay鈥攖he largest investment and facility of…
Falk College Professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Explores Ways to Benefit Farmworkers and Farmers
Laura-Anne Minkoff Zern, an associate professor of Nutrition and Food Studies in Falk College, says the focus of her field鈥攆ood system sustainability and fair access to healthy food鈥攐ften overlooks one key element: The people who labor to grow that food….
Whitman鈥檚 Business Programs Move Up in U.S. News and Bloomberg Businessweek Rankings
Martin J. Whitman School of Management received external validation of its upwards trajectory among business schools in the form of double-digit leaps in the rankings for both their undergraduate and full-time MBA programs. U.S. News & World Report聽ranked Whitman鈥檚 undergraduate…
Tracy Barash ’89 Appointed Chair of the Whitman Advisory Council
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has announced that Tracy Barash ’89 has been appointed chair of the Whitman Advisory Council. Tracy Barash 鈥89 is senior vice president/head of research, data and insights, business operations and franchise planning for…
Blackstone LaunchPad to Host Arts Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Creatives This Summer
Creative business coach Peter DePasquale 鈥12 (dual B.F.A. in arts education and printmaking), as well as an M.F.A. (printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) will be leading a four-week intensive boot camp accelerator to help students…