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Team Attends CaseIT, Vancouver:
Tepper School students Emily Lee, Emily Wright, and Katarina Shaw attended the 2012 CaseIT international case competition at the Vancouver-based Beedie School of Business, Simon Frazer University.
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Job Creation through Innovation:
Tepper School adjunct professor Razi Imam, Founder and CEO of 113 Industries as well as author of the book Driven, discussed job creation through innovation at a White House-led forum on jobs and the economy.
Articles of Interest:
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"The Netiquette of Working Life"
Financial Times discusses the issue of business etiquette for new technologies such as e-mail, social networking and instant messaging.
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"Speaking Up is Hard to Do"
Researchers from Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute explain why many people in group settings clam up, temporarily losing their problem-solving ability.
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"Where Good Ideas Come From"
What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen? Popular thinker Steven Johnson offers seven key principles. Video.
Feb 09 -
4:30
to
6 p.m.
CMU Hosts World Bank President Zoellick Robert B. Zoellick, president of the World Bank, will speak on current issues facing the global economic system. The World Bank was established in 1944 to reduce poverty in development countries by promoting foreign investment and international trade.
Feb 09 -
6 p.m.
to Mar 22 -
8 p.m.
Boeing Business Case Challenge Teams of 4-6 undergraduate business and engineering students compete in an interdisciplinary business case competition, starting with dinner on February 9 and concluding with final presentations on March 22.
Feb 11 -
10:30 a.m.
to
3 p.m.
AMA Pittsburgh Regional Conference The Undergraduate Marketing Association hosts the second annual American Marketing Association Pittsburgh Regional Conference, "Marketing Around the Planet," with a networking lunch, and international panel via web-conferencing, and more.
Feb 14 -
4:30
to
5:30 p.m.
"Confessions of an Inside Trader" Garrett Bauer was involved in one of the largest insider trading schemes in history. Scheduled for sentencing later this year, he is now speaking at colleges across the country about the dangers of insider trading. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Finance Association (UFA).
Feb 22 -
5:30
to
6:30 p.m.
Shutterly President and CEO to Speak Jeffrey Housenbold, (TSB '91), is a new media visionary who now leads Shutterfly's strategic direction and growth. Event co-sponsored by the Business Technology Club.
Feb 24 -
8
to
11 p.m.
2012 Tepper Ball Tepper School undergrads will gather for dining and dancing at the annual Tepper Ball at LeMont, one of Pittsburgh's Five-Star Diamond Award-winning fine dining restaurants, overlooking the amazing Pittsburgh skyline.