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Racial bias in school bonds

Finance professor Paul Gao's paper “What’s in a (School) Name? Racial Discrimination in Higher Education Bond Markets,” forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics, was featured in BizEd.

BizEd

IT researcher honored with ‘early career’ award

For her research in the area of IT management, University of Notre Dame business professor Hong Guo received an “early career” award from the leading international association for professionals in operations research and analytics. …

Carol Elliott

ETFs practice passive aggression

Finance professor Peter Kelly's research on the predictive power of insider sales at loss was featured in an Bloomberg opinion piece. 

Bloomberg

Study: When corporate insiders sell stock at a loss, watch out

A new paper by the University of Notre Dame’s Peter Kelly takes a rigorous look at the predictive power of insider trading — not the illegal kind, which is based on access to information not in the public domain, but the normal trading activities of corporate executives.

Michael Hardy

Student Startup Spotlight: Eren Sagun and A Box Full of Sunshine

Eren Sagun is a Notre Dame sophomore studying Finance and Data Science. She started exploring her business, A Box Full of Sunshine, in August 2016.  A Box Full of Sunshine is a non-profit business that provides heartfelt care packages to grieving children and families who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Eren is excited about her project because the organization has the potential to help thousands of people throughout the country that deal with the immense pain that comes with losing a loved one. It also gives her the opportunity to brighten the lives of those who are going through a dark time, and she is so grateful to have the chance to help others.…

Whitney Bouey

Testing the waters: How a team of MBA students put their business skills to work in Puerto Rico

The five Notre Dame MBA students faced a task that wasn’t for the fainthearted: Drink a glass of water that 30 seconds before was a disgusting mixture of ditch water, dirt, rocks and even cigarette butts. This wasn’t some team-building version of Truth or Dare, but a real-life demonstration of the water filtration system that the students — all military veterans — shortly would be distributing to rural residents of Puerto Rico who were still struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Carol Elliott

Notre Dame vigil for synagogue victims draws a call to stop anti-Semitism

Management & Organization professor Georges Enderle was quoted in a South Bend Tribune story about Notre Dame's vigil to honor victims of the Saturday shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue.…

The South Bend Tribune

5 steps to integrate a business’ security solutions

Mike Chapple, academic director of the Master of Science in Business Analytics program at Mendoza College of Business, wrote a BizTech piece on integrating business security tools.

Mike Chapple

Mendoza’s marketing major puts a strong emphasis on digital skills

As consumers cut cable TV cords and increasing rely on digital platforms for entertainment, information, purchasing and a range of other services, another trend is rapidly taking shape: Digital media is accounting for an increasing share of total advertising. To address this trend, Mendoza's Marketing Department is adding digital media coursework to its undergraduate and graduate offerings, and bringing Tim Bohling, a digital media specialist, on board to advise and teach.

Carol Elliott

Commentary: Why good businesspeople do bad things

Business ethics professor Joseph Holt reflected on the recent conviction of an Adidas exec and two others on fraud charges in a commentary piece published in the Chicago Tribune.

Joseph Holt