Archive | December, 2012

Columbia Business School Professor Eric Johnson Selected as 2012 ACR Fellow

NEW YORK — December 27, 2012 — Eric Johnson, Norman Eig Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, has been selected as a 2012 Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Fellow for making a significant impact on scholarly work in the field of consumer behavior. One of only 25 Fellows since the award was established in [...]

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Co-Insurance in Mutual Fund Families

Breno Schmidt, Assistant Professor of Finance A recent Financial Times article referenced research completed by Goizueta Business School Assistant Professor of Finance Breno Schmidt and Luis Goncalves-Pinto, a colleague from the National University of Singapore. The article examined the commonality of in-house trades made to protect distressed funds in danger of needing to sell assets [...]

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Atlanta Based Company to Buy New York Stock Exchange

Jeffrey Rosensweig, Associate Professor of Finance IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), an Atlanta based company, recently announced its plan to buy the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Jeffrey Rosensweig, Associate Professor of Finance at Goizueta Business School, spoke to WABE about Atlanta’s appeal in the global marketplace. During the interview, Rosensweig also commented on the likelihood of there [...]

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I Resolve To …

Lately, most days start with an adrenaline rushed, fear-based, cars-chasing-me feeling. As the school year continues, and my to-do list gets longer and longer, I’ve decided to take a step back and reflect on what gift to give myself this holiday season. I decided to give myself three small things: I will give myself a [...]

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10,000 Cameras: Surveillance, Security and Privacy

Ramnath K. Chellappa, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management  recently provided insight to Creative Loafing Atlanta about the possible impact and public reaction to Operation Shield, an extensive system of public and private surveillance cameras monitored by the Atlanta Police Department. There are plans to install and link up to 10,000 cameras over [...]

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A Wonderful Weekend for Women

By Laura Jones & Leslie Kim Guest blogger Leslie Kim, second-year Guest blogger Laura Jones, second-year Two years ago we were prospective students checking out various business schools, writing essays, and trying to figure out where we wanted to go if we got in … Now 2 years later, it is the middle of the [...]

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A House Full of Terrific

Wait.  Before I get to my post about my terrific roommates, you have to watch this video.  Remember when I wrote about the cohort system at SOM?  Well, this year we’ve inaugurated the Cohort Cup competition, where the four cohorts in both years compete for glory and EPP’s (Eminent and Purposeful Points).  This is a [...]

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Section Wars and the End of Fall B

We T’14s are a quarter done with our Tuck experience (so sad!) and the time has absolutely blown by. It has been incredible. However, in looking back, the experience has been a bit bittersweet – making it through Fall A and B has been a lot harder than I imagined. You are definitely thrown under [...]

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Tiny Tuckies Holiday Party

Winter break is upon us!  T’13s have been off since Thanksgiving and T’14s had one final assignment due on Dec 13th, after taking final exams from 12/10-12/12. The Sunday prior to finals was the Tiny Tuckie holiday party, a really great boost of holiday spirit and community to push the first-years through their exams.  All [...]

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Happy Holidays!

The Darden Admissions office will be closed for the holidays on Monday, 24 December – Tuesday, 1 January. We will reopen on Wednesday, 2 January. Have a Happy Holiday!  

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