August 2010 Archives

Where do you go for a taste of what college life and a business degree are like?

For the high school students attending the first-ever GopherBusiness camp at the Carlson School of Management, one of the stops was Izzy's Ice Cream in St. Paul.

Eleven new tenured and tenure-track faculty will have joined the Carlson School of Management when classes resume at the University of Minnesota on September 7. The new arrivals increase the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty to 111.

Put Carlson School business students together with University science and engineering students, add in some intellectual property from University professors, and see what kind of business ideas ignite. That's what two Carlson School PhD students did in the class they created and led last year, and the results were especially promising for two of their students.

PRI's The World - 8/20/10

Mehmet Murat Kristal, Xiaowen Huang, Roger G. Schroeder - International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 30 Iss: 9

Harry J. Sapienza was awarded the 2010 Gerry Hills Best Paper Award by the American Marketing Association Entrepreneurial Marketing Special Interest Group.

Ten Small Companies or Nonprofits to Receive up to $3,500 to Improve Business Skills

The Carlson School New York Regional Club, led by Craig Seitel '88 MBA, is now in its fourth year. During that time, it has grown into a tremendous networking organization. The club is comprised of four committees, covering different areas of outreach. If you are interested in starting a Carlson School regional club in your area, contact Director of Alumni Relations Todd Gordon at tgordon@umn.edu.

Michael Ramlet graduated summa cum laude from the Carlson School in 2009 with a B.S. in business and public policy. Under the direction of Professor Parente, he was the first undergraduate student at the Carlson School to write a senior thesis. His thesis, which appears this month as a MILI Working Paper, evaluated the federal health IT incentives in the 2009 economic stimulus bill and the economics of provider electronic medical record adoption.

Phil Esten, the new CEO of the University of Minnesota Alumni Association, will speak at next "1st Tuesday Speaker Series" on Tuesday, September 7.

This is a test of the news function of the Carlson School website.

Kirsten's practice news story.

Can you believe it? Favre announces his retirement today.

Senior Maya Suresh discovers finance major provides more options than she first thought.

Ovulating women unconsciously buy sexier clothes, says new research from the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management.