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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.”

Shannon Roddel

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?

Carol Elliott

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.

Shannon Roddel

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.

Gwen O'Brien, NDWorks

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.

Jason Reed

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.

Carol Elliott

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.

Melissa Jackson

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

Good spirits: ND MBA grad shifts distillery production to hand sanitizer

Barely a week after federal regulators gave distilleries the green light to begin production in the wake of the shortage caused by coronavirus, the first bottles of Indiana Whiskey hand sanitizer rolled out for distribution to essential workers in the region.

Melissa Jackson

Pandemic prayer

Every day of the week, in the small chapel on the second floor of Mendoza College of Business, MBA candidate Father Arthur Joseph Ssembajja prays alone.

Carol Elliott