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Professor Jeffrey Inman Receives High Honor in the Field of Consumer Psychology
J. Jeffrey Inman, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty and Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Consumer Psychology. One honoree is named each year in recognition of unique and outstanding contributions to the field...
Professor Ray Jones Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award
Ray Jones, Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Mehta Family Faculty Fellow, and Director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award. The Chancellor’s award annually recognizes...
Faculty Feature: Yun-Oh Whang
He is known as the professor who is more passionate about marketing than anyone. Yun-Oh Whang is a clinical assistant professor of business administration. He is notorious for encouraging and challenging his students to dive deeper into the marketing world –he...
Professor Barry Mitnick Wins Aspen Institute ‘Ideas Worth Teaching Award’
Learning how to create a monopoly is typically not included in a business school curriculum, so Pitt Business professor Barry M. Mitnick urges his students to listen up. “I tell students to pay close attention, because they won’t get this in their other...
Bianca Joi Payton Honored as One of Poets&Quants’ Best and Brightest MBAs
Bianca Joi Payton (MBA ’21) was recently named one of the Top 100 Best and Brightest MBAs across the globe by Poets&Quants. The Top 100 list celebrates MBAs from the Class of 2021 who embody the excellence and voices of their schools. Students named...
Katz MBA No. 7 for Online Program by Fortune
The part-time MBA program at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business is ranked the No. 7 online program in the U.S. by Fortune.
A Message from the Dean Regarding the Derek Chauvin Trial
Dear Pitt Business Community: As I reflect on this past year full of tragedy and sadness, I find that I am simply unable to find the words that would adequately express what I need to share with you. Tragic and targeted acts of violence have become so common...
Professor Barry Mitnick Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Barry M. Mitnick, Professor of Business Administration and of Public and International Affairs, has been awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. The Chancellor’s award annually recognizes teaching excellence by members of the University of Pittsburgh’s...
A Message from the Dean on Anti-Asian Racism
Dear Pitt Business Community: Since the beginning of the pandemic, our nation has witnessed a surge of senseless violence, hate crimes, and bias incidents against Asians and Asian Americans. The events that took place in Atlanta, Georgia last week are an...
Ten Years of Rising in the Ranks: Katz Lands in the Top Five Business Schools Making the Biggest Climb
In a ten-year study by Poets&Quants, the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business was named as one of the top five business schools to have risen the most in MBA rankings between 2010 and 2019. In its impressive ascent, Katz ranked 64th in 2010 and broke...