This semester,
the School
featured
several provocative
guest lectures
and panel
discussions
as part of
the Individual,
Business
and Society:
Tradeoffs,
Choices and
Accountability curriculum.
Two events
of particular
note focused
on Emerging
Markets and
Corruption
and Corporate
Governance
and the Changing
Role of Today’s
Boards. Both
drew capacity
crowds of
students
eager to
gain insight
from experienced
business
leaders about
workplace
conflicts
and other
issues they
will face
throughout
their careers.
Nearly 1,400
MBA students,
professionals
and sponsors
attended
the 2004
Net Impact
conference,
Business
Leaders Building
a Better
World,
which took
place from
November
11 to 14.
The sold-out
conference
drew participants
from 80 business
schools,
167 companies
and 11 countries.
Professor and Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz has joined two University of California, Berkeley, economists in launching the Economists’ Voice, a journal featuring analysis and opinion by leading economists about key national and international policy issues.
Dean Glenn
Hubbard presented
the annual
Dean’s
Prize for
Teaching
Excellence
to management
professors
Toby
Stuart and Daniel
Ames in recognition
of their
outstanding
teaching
in the core
curriculum.
The annual
award was
established
in 1998 by
alumnus George
Weigers ’61
to recognize
faculty achievements
in the classroom.
Have you ever wondered what happens on the board of a nonprofit or how you get involved? Last Monday, the Social Enterprise Club was fortunate to have David LaGreca, CBS '89 lead a session on NonProfit Board Leadership.
International finance expert Charles Calomiris is the new academic director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business. His global experience, both as an academic and a consultant, makes him particularly well suited to a role that oversees the School’s integration of international business throughout the academic experience.