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An expanded vision

Business on the Frontlines launched in 2008 at the Mendoza College of Business as a Notre Dame MBA course. The course, founded by management professor Viva O. Bartkus, is rooted in the belief that there is dignity in work and all people can be empowered to contribute to society.  During the past 12 years, BOTFL […]

Carol Elliott

Frontlines in America

Business on the Frontlines' new domestic program partners with organizations seeking to revitalize US communities in Chicago and Appalachia through the dynamic power of business.

Carol Elliott

From the court to the classroom to the C-suite, Muffet McGraw offers up some pointed leadership lessons about gender inequity

Former Notre Dame head women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw spoke to the Mendoza Women in Business Club, a group consisting primarily of graduate business students for the purpose of fostering a strong and supportive community of prospective and current students and Mendoza alumnae.

Carol Elliott

Women Lead: The people side of business

Management & Organization professor Cindy Muir (Zapata) was profiled for the University of Notre Dame's annual "ND Women Lead" feature in celebration of International Women's Day.

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Idea Generation: How a business class is designing better futures for girls school 8,400 miles away

Where traditional humanitarian efforts might call for aid, students in Notre Dame management teaching professor Wendy Angst's Innovation and Design Thinking class envision sustainable, human-centered solutions that could bring about lasting change. And, thanks to an anonymous donor, they have the opportunity to apply their classroom learning to the problem and implement and test their ideas.

Carol Elliott

Fitzgerald Institute and Hesburgh Libraries partner to advance real estate education

The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate has teamed with the Hesburgh Libraries’ Thomas Mahaffey, Jr. Business Library to advance real estate training, education, and research at Notre Dame.

Brandi Wampler

Education as legacy: A conversation with María Stutsman y Márquez

María Stutsman y Márquez joined the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business as the director of Graduate Recruiting & Admissions in early October 2020.

Carol Elliott

Growth experience: 2020, a year in review 

  The coronavirus pandemic has triggered massive upheaval in every sector and reshaped the business landscape for the foreseeable future. But one thing hasn’t changed: our community’s commitment to Grow the Good in Business. Looking back at the stories we’ve shared this year, we see this imperative at work again and again in the lives […]

Mendoza College of Business

Call forward: An MBA gift sends a message

The Notre Dame MBA Class of 2020, whose degrees were conferred virtually in May, gifted Mendoza College of Business with three phone booths.

Carol Elliott

Healthy food from a vending machine? Notre Dame MBAs work with Canteen to reimagine the future of ‘unattended retail’

A project that paired a Notre Dame MBA team with Canteen, the nation’s largest unattended retail company, explores how to provide healthier food options through its extensive vending operations.

Carol Elliott