Latest News: February 2009

Faculty, Research Center Directors Form Smeal Sustainability Council

Penn State's Smeal College of Business has formed a Sustainability Council to foster collaboration across the college on sustainability-related research and education, and to enhance visibility for the college's sustainability initiatives across the University and externally.

Smeal Team Places Third In International Trading Competition

For the fifth time in the six-year history of the Rotman International Trading Competition, a team from Penn State's Smeal College of Business has finished in the top five. At the this year's competition, held Feb. 19 to 21 at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, Smeal's team took third place.

Conference To Explore Issues In Early-Stage Venture Investing

Leading angel investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs from across the country will convene at Penn State's University Park campus on March 20 for the Nittany Lion Early-Stage Venture Capital Conference, hosted by the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Smeal College of Business. The daylong event begins at 8 a.m. with a reception at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.

Smeal Students On Winning Product Design Team

An interdisciplinary team including students from the Smeal College of Business took first place for the second semester in a row in the Penn State College of Engineering's Learning Factory Design Showcase held in December.

MBAs Spend Day With Warren Buffett

Twenty-Seven Smeal College of Business MBA students traveled to Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 6 to spend the day with legendary investor Warren Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway.

Business Ethics Takes On Greater Import Amid Increasing Scams

"There is no substitute for corporate and academic leadership role models with integrity, explicit ethics training, and support of employees who choose the high road," writes Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education.

Accounting Professor Awarded Fulbright Grant

Sajay Samuel, clinical associate professor of accounting at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at the American University of Beirut (AUB) in Lebanon beginning this month.

Smeal MBAs Develop Sustainability Scorecard For Campus Paper Needs

In an effort to use more environmentally friendly bathroom tissue and other janitorial paper supplies on campus, Penn State's Office of Physical Plant (OPP) turned to a group of eight Smeal College of Business MBA students to develop a method for identifying more sustainable paper products.

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