Fourteen undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Pittsburgh travelled to participate in the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) Conference in October 2009. Along with 1,200 other students from across the country, Pitts young innovators networked with experienced entrepreneurs, met like-minded peers and participated in educational seminars and workshops. Read the full story.
Vicky Hoffman received the Dean's Excellence in Research Award at the September faculty meeting. This annual award is presented to faculty who had two acceptances in "A" journals in the previous calendar year.
Brian Butler was awarded an NSF grant for $241,455 for "Designing Virtual Organizations for Impact and Sustainability: Exploring a Resource-Use-Impact Planning Model."
Mei Feng and Shuqing Luo from Katz, along with Weili Ge and Terry Shevlin from the University of Washington were awarded the Glen McLaughlin Prize for Research in Accounting Ethics 2009. The title of the paper is "Why do CFOs Become Involved in Material Accounting Manipulations?"
Living in Pittsburgh is even easier than going to school in Pittsburgh. The Economist named Pittsburgh the most livable city in the United States in 2009. In this unique tapestry of neighborhoods, many within minutes of Katz and the College of Business Administration, you'll have a plethora of fun choices about where to hang your hat. Check out the University of Pittsburgh's Award Winning Cool Pittsburgh site
Consulting Field Projects provide students with meaningful experience-based learning opportunities. Each term, these courses allow teams of masters and undergraduate students from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and the College of Business Administration to work on projects of critical importance to client organizations representing a broad range of industries as well as government and nonprofit organizations.
The final requirement of these Consulting Field Projects is for each team to participate in the McKinsey Cup Competition. Teams present their project summary as well as their findings and recommendations to a panel of judges who evaluate each presentation based on its analytical rigor and content.
