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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

Following the crowd: New study shows how to improve group consensus

The growing number of crowd-sourcing sites shows the extent to which consumers rely on popular opinion. New research by professor of finance Zhi Da and Xing Huang of Washington University in St. Louis has found a way to improve their accuracy.

Shannon Roddel

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

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 […]

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