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The ring around the ‘white’ collar

L. Christopher Knight, an FBI forensic accountant, will discuss what “white-collar crime” means from a law enforcement viewpoint during a talk at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business at 5 p.m. Feb. 28 in Mendoza’s Jordan Auditorium.

Carol Elliott

Notre Dame Ethics Week 2019 examines the effects of economic inequality

Notre Dame Ethics Week 2019 will examine the economic gap during its annual event held Feb. 12 to Feb. 15 (Tuesday to Friday) at the Stayer Center for Executive Education Commons C. “Economic Inequality: On Campuses, in Communities and at Companies” will feature both Notre Dame and outside experts with diverse professional experience and backgrounds to discuss some of the underlying causes of economic inequality and its impact on specific segments of society, as well as related emerging issues such as technology and CEO pay.

Carol Elliott

CEOs profit from issuing negative news releases ahead of stock option grant dates, study shows

Some CEOs are profiting from releasing more negative news releases leading up to their executive stock option grant date, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. The move depresses the stock price and lowers the guaranteed “strike price,” which allows the CEO to exercise their stock option to buy a specified number […]

Shannon Roddel

Annual breakfast series to focus on nonprofit marketing

The 2019 Nonprofit Breakfast Series, an annual educational series for nonprofit professionals, will kick off Feb. 19 (Tuesday) at the University of Notre Dame with a focus on nonprofit marketing.

Erin Blasko

Mendoza names new associate dean for executive education

The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business has named finance teaching professor Walter Clements as the associate dean of Executive Education, a new position in the College as of January 2019. The associate dean for Executive Education will oversee all non-degree and degree programs offered by Mendoza’s Stayer Center for Executive Education, including its Executive MBA programs in South Bend […]

Carol Elliott

Notre Dame announces awardees of the Science of Wellness Catalyst Seed Grant Program

Sixteen faculty members from the University of Notre Dame have been awarded funding from the University’s Science of Wellness Initiative’s (SWI) Catalyst Seed Grant (CSG) program. Nearly 100 pre-proposals were submitted and faculty from five different colleges and schools received awards. The sponsor of the initiative, Charles and Jill Fischer Provost Thomas G. Burish, said he […]

Brandi Klingerman

What the future holds: Big picture trends in the digital landscape, crowdfunding, fake news and more

Who better to peer into the future than experts on the digital landscape, social media and disruptive technologies? How about a best-selling author who wrote a book about one of the worst corporate scandals in U.S. history? Or the founder of a nonprofit seeking to inspire and empower communities of those suffering with rare diseases? […]

Carol Elliott

In Memoriam: Timothy J. Gilbride, Steve and Anne Odland Associate Professor of Marketing

Timothy J. Gilbride, Steve and Anne Odland Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, died Jan. 12 of cancer. He was 52.

Carol Elliott

Love connection: Joint bank accounts prompt romantic partners to spend more wisely, study finds

Plagued by a splurging spouse? Open a joint bank account. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that people who share money from a joint account are less likely to wastefully spend for fear of having to justify the expenses. Those partners will avoid pleasure spending in favor of utilitarian purchases, which are […]

Shannon Roddel

Excellence in Leadership Program named in honor of Affleck-Graves

The Excellence in Leadership Program at the University of Notre Dame has been named in honor of John Affleck-Graves, the executive vice president of the University, who announced last summer that he will retire in June.

Dennis Brown