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Grad Student Applications Due Nov. 24 for Super Analytics Challenge
All University graduate students have until Nov. 24 to apply for the fifth annual Super Analytics Challenge, hosted by the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. This competition presents an opportunity for grad students from Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University,...
Industry, Academia, and Innovation Converge at Health Science & Business Conference
Can the business side of healthcare have a positive impact on patient care? The 2024 Health Sciences & Business Conference, hosted by Pitt Business, set out to illustrate the power of this intersection. On October 25, 2024, the conference, “Advancing and Scaling...
Barry Mitnick Honored at Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh Buddy Walk
Barry Mitnick, professor of organizations and entrepreneurship at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, was honored at the 30th Annual Buddy Walk of the Down Syndrome Association of Pittsburgh, held at PNC Park on October 19, 2024. Over 2,000 people attended...
Providing Advice to Help Students Succeed
At the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, students earning a master’s degree in business dedicate part of every fall and spring semester to enhancing their skills and advancing their career goals. All full-time students in the MBA and Master of Science...
Academic Kinship: How the Vandenberg Brothers Are Shaping Their Futures at Pitt Business
For Alex and David Vandenberg, the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business PhD program is like an extended family. The brothers enrolled in the PhD program, focusing their studies on accounting. Alex (PhD ’24) started in 2019 and his brother David (PhD ’29) joined...
Capstone Experience Prepares MBA Students for Business World Success
How do you create real-world learning opportunities in an MBA program? The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business does this in various ways. One example is the Integrated Capstone course, where students leave the classroom and see first-hand how innovation...
Tracy D. Conti, MD Among 2024 “Best and Brightest Executive MBAs”
Tracey D. Conti, MD (EMBA ‘24) from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh is among the Poets&Quants’ 2024 Best and Brightest Executive MBAs across the globe. The list celebrates students from the Class of 2024 who...
Recent MBA Graduates Recognized by Poets&Quants
Three graduates from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, Bishal Dasgupta (MBA/MS ’24), Abdoulai Jobe (MBA & MHA ’24), and Kelly Lu (MBA/MS ’24), were named MBAs to Watch by Poets&Quants. This feature highlights some of the outstanding MBA students...
New Health Science & Business Conference
Discover how leaders across health sciences champion patient-centered healthcare solutions through research, innovation, and patient care. Get inspired as speakers share their unique perspectives, contributions, and knowledge. Join keynote speaker Ken Gabriel,...
Happy 50th Anniversary to Barry Mitnick’s Theory of Agency
We often think that in the many relationships in society where we depend on the services of others it is always better to have more perfect agents. But consider three cases: A. Imagine you own a company, but you can't manage it all by yourself. You hire someone to run...