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The next level: A Q&A with Dean Martijn Cremers about his strategic vision for the Mendoza College of Business
In a recent livestream interview with Lou Nanni, vice president for University Relations, Dean Martijn Cremers talks about meeting the challenges of the pandemic, some of the changes he’s been able to make and his vision for taking Mendoza to the next level.
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‘All Else Equal’ podcast connects students with business, economics professors
Economist and Finance Professor Jason Reed and Forrest Spence, a colleague in the economics department, teamed up to create a weekly podcast “All Else Equal," with the goal to engage students in the era of COVID-19.
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Expert says Congressional report condemning Boeing, FAA raises questions of culture, mission
According to James Otteson, the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, "Boeing has paid a significant price for what appears to be too much risk taking and the tragic consequences to which it led.”
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Pandemic shapes how B-school students study ‘acts of God’
Each semester, Accountancy Professor Tonia Murphy routinely presents a hypothetical case study to her business law students to demonstrate the process of legal reasoning. It poses a fairly straightforward question: Should a student whose roommate has the flu be granted an extension on taking an exam?
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Without action by Congress, US Postal Service has about one year to survive, expert says
Without action by Congress to fund a service that is essential to every American, however, the Postal Service has at best a year to survive, according to James O’Rourke, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.
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I am HERE: Jason Reed
Finance professor Jason Reed says he’s been mentally preparing to come back since Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., announced that the semester would begin early. “I think I am more excited than the students are, if that’s possible,” Reed said.
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Shelter in the storm: The classroom can be a refuge for students amid the chaos of COVID-19
Like many of his colleagues, finance professor Jason Reed had to radically adjust the way he taught and interacted with his students with the added difficulty and blessing of a new addition to the family. But for Reed, the uncertain times were a reminder of why he came to Notre Dame in the first place.
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A goodwill gesture constructed with a 3D printer and a little extra time
Kevin Zufelt (EMBA ’21) found an opportunity to help the medical community by putting the 3D printer he purchased a few years earlier into good use, making ear savers.
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Finding a seat: 2 business profs and a grad student built an app to help sports venues with physical distancing
Scott Nestler and Seth Berry, both professors of IT, Analytics and Operations, and MSBA/MBA candidate Joe Jenkins developed a cloud-based tool to help venue managers plan out the optimum seating configuration that aligns with their physical distancing and reduced capacity mandates.
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Growing the Good, One Micro-Loan at a Time
University of Notre Dame undergraduate students grow the good in business through the Jubilee Initiative for Financial Inclusion, a micro-lending nonprofit founded by Mendoza College of Business alumnus Peter Woo (B.B.A '14).
Amanda N. Jacobson