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2019 ‘Fraud Day’ to feature experts in corporate fraud

Three experts in corporate fraud will present their unique perspectives and experience as part of “Fraud Day” at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place 10 a.m.-5 p.m. April 26 (Friday) in Jordan Auditorium.

Carol Elliott

Four new minors intended to expand access to business education

To broaden the access to undergraduate business education at the University of Notre Dame, the leadership of the Mendoza College of Business is launching four new minors for the 2019-2020 academic year. Two are intended for non-business majors and two can be taken by any Notre Dame undergraduate, including business majors.

Carol Elliott

Notre Dame graduate business students take top prizes in case-writing competition

Two teams of University of Notre Dame graduate business students took top prizes in the Arthur W. Page Society Case-Writing Competition in Corporate Communications, an event judged by some of the top communication officers and academics. The annual competition is designed to promote the practical applications of corporate communications as a critical management function. Participants submit a case study of an event that had implication for the organization’s public relations, particularly in the area of reputation management.

Carol Elliott

Martijn Cremers appointed dean of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business

Cremers, the Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance and interim dean of the college since July, was selected from among a number of eminently qualified candidates who were considered during a six-month national search.

Patrick Gibbons, executive director of academic communications

ND MBA’s innovative Business on the Frontlines course receives two research grants

Business on the Frontlines (BOTFL) recently received two grants to support the economic impact research associated with projects in Brazil and Colombia. BOTFL launched in 2008 with a unique and audacious vision: to harness the dynamism of business to rebuild war-torn societies and help bring about economic stability and peace.

Carol Elliott

Notre Dame finance professor wins research award

University of Notre Dame assistant finance professor Huaizhi Chen’s research paper took first place in the 17th annual Dr. Richard A. Crowell Prize, which recognizes new and cutting-edge academic research that connects theory and practice in the field of quantitative investing.

Carol Elliott

Mendoza creates undergraduate advising app

Picking a major isn’t easy. Neither is helping a 19-year-old discern what course of study to pursue, as Alison Levey, associate director for advising services at Mendoza College of Business, can attest. But now there’s an app for that, thanks to a collaboration between Levey and the Mendoza IT Operations Group’s Diego Wang, operations project manager, and Mark Kimmet, senior systems engineer.

Melissa Jackson

Notre Dame convenes first Women’s Investing Summit March 22

Women historically don’t invest as much as men do, nor are they well represented at executive levels and boards of investment services companies. As part of an effort to reverse these trends, the University of Notre Dame Institute for Global Investing (NDIGI) is hosting its inaugural Women’s Investing Summit March 22.

Carol Elliott

Mendoza launches new digital marketing minor for non-business students

“The introduction of new and innovative digital technologies has fundamentally changed customer decision journeys and behaviors,” said Shankar Ganesan, the John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C., Professor of Business and chair of the Marketing Department. “The digital marketing minor provides the skills necessary to acquire, retain and engage with customers in this dynamic marketplace."

Carol Elliott

41 projects in 4 days – MBA Interterm provides experiential learning

As spring break 2019 begins, students in the University of Notre Dame’s graduate business programs are using this down time to put their business acumen to work. More than 160 students at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business will participate in Interterm, a one-credit course offered March 4-7 that engages students to work directly with organizational partners on a real-world challenge.

Carol Elliott