One-Two Finish for Haas at UCLA Energy Case Competition
Students from University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business have taken home the first-place prize in UCLA’s Challenges in Energy Case Competition – and the second-place prize, for that matter. The two teams, comprised of eight MBA students from Haas’s MBA Class of 2020, grabbed the top two spots in a competition with the…
Read More$10 Million Donation Launches Wharton’s Alternative Investments Program
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School is launching a new program focused on alternative investments, thanks to a $10 million gift from undergraduate alum Josh Harris and his wife Marjorie Harris. Harris’s gift establishes the Joshua J. Harris Alternative Investments Program, which will host events and create learning opportunities for Wharton students related to alternative…
Read MoreStudy: Francesca Cornelli is Kellogg’s New Dean
There’s a new dean at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management: Francesca Cornelli. Cornelli, who will take over in August, is currently a professor of finance at London Business School. Announcing Cornelli’s appointment, Northwestern University president Morton Schapiro described Cornelli as “uniquely suited to take our Kellogg School to the next level — and to…
Read MoreStudy: An MBA Boosts Pay But Doesn’t Necessarily Close the Pay Gap
A new report from the Forté Foundation suggests that while getting an MBA boosts economic mobility for everyone, it doesn’t necessarily close the pay gap – especially the gender pay gap. The study surveyed 900 MBA graduates, asking them about their current job, their last job before getting an MBA, and their first job out…
Read MoreStanford GSB Holds Top Spot in Financial Times Global MBA Ranking
For the second time in a row, Stanford Graduate School of Business has captured the number one honors in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking , beating out Harvard Business School . According to the ranking, the top ten MBA programs of 2019 are: – Stanford Graduate School of Business – Harvard Business School –…
Read MoreUS News’s 2019 Online MBA Ranking
You can do everything online now, including get an MBA. But what are the best business schools to get an online MBA from? US News has a few thoughts on that, which they’ve shared in their latest online MBA ranking. According to US News, the top online MBA programs in the United States are: Indiana…
Read MoreB-Schools With the Highest Average GMATs for 2018
Ever wondered how all the top MBA programs stack up with each other in terms of average GMATs? Fortunately, Poets & Quants has taken the time to tally up those numbers, releasing a list of average GMAT scores at 50 top business schools. There are several interesting things that jump out from the GMAT data…
Read MoreRoss Team Wins 2019 Deloitte Case Competition
A team of four MBA students from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business has won the 2019 Deloitte National Case Competition, taking both first-place honors and the People’s Choice Award. This year’s finals, held at Deloitte University near Dallas, Texas, brought together 16 teams comprising 64 students. The finals were the culmination of a…
Read MoreUCLA Anderson Rejects All Three Candidates for Dean
What’s the difference between the MBA admissions process and the B-school dean search process? When it comes to hiring a dean, everyone can get rejected, apparently. That’s what has happened at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, according to a new report from Poets & Quants. It seems that the university’s provost, Scott Waugh, has nixed…
Read MoreYale Student Startup Awarded Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant
Hand Me Up, a company founded by three MBA students at Yale School of Management, has received the 2018 Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. The startup, created by Melissa Mazzeo, Jatin Batra and Cyndi Chen, aims to solve a common problem parents encounter: having to constantly…
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