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MBA Students Develop New Product To Promote Oral Hygiene In Kids

After a semester of exposure to the tools and processes of new product development, a group of Smeal MBA students put their classroom knowledge to use by developing a new product of their own. Their invention for an innovative electronic toothbrush for children has entered a key phase in its evolution just as the 2003-04 year is set to begin. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/hygiene.html.

Smeal Collaborates On Technology Transfer Course

In partnership with the College of Engineering and Penn State’s Hershey Medical Center, Smeal’s Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship has won a grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for the development of a course that provides students with hands-on experience in converting new inventions into commercial opportunities. Read more about the initiative at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/process.html.

Management Professor Named To Ethics Initiative

Linda Klebe Treviño, Franklin H. Cook Fellow in Business Ethics at Smeal, has been named to the new Ethics Education Task Force for AACSB, which is charged with identifying potential enhancements for business education and with reviewing the accreditation standards for ethics education in business. Read more about the task force at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/trevino.html.

Smeal Business Law Professors Honored At Annual Meeting

Jeff Sharp, Associate Professor of Business Law, won both the Charles Hewett Memorial Master Teacher Award as top presenter and the Ralph C. Hoeber Outstanding Article Award at the recent annual meeting of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business. Daniel Cahoy, Assistant Professor of Business Law, won the Hoeber Excellence in Research Award at the event. Read more about the Smeal award winners at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/prof.html.

U.S. News Ranks Undergraduate Program Among Nation’s Best

Smeal tied for 17th overall and 10th among public universities in the 2004 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Undergraduate Business Programs” issue. The college was also ranked in several specialty areas, with Management, Marketing, Productions and Operations Management, Real Estate, and Supply Chain Management all ranking in the top 12. Read more about the rankings at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/usnews.html.

Smeal Ph.D. Graduate Wins Dissertation Award

Kevin Corley, a 2002 Ph.D. graduate in Management and now an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the University of Illinois, won the 2003 Newman Award for the best paper based on a dissertation during the Academy of Management’s annual meeting in Seattle. Read more about Corley’s honor at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/corley.html.

Smeal Research Centers Examine Customer Relations Management

Despite the popular viewpoint that the Internet and e-Business applications are failing, a recent white paper from the eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) and the Center for Global Business Studies points out that best-in-class approaches to customer relations management still have the power to bolster a company's financial bottom line. Read more and access the complete white paper at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/wpaper.html.

New Book From Smeal Professor Investigates Supply Chain Methods

Intended for supply chain practitioners, researchers, and students, a new book co-edited by Supply Chain Professor Terry P. Harrison, investigates the latest innovations in supply chain practice and research. Read more about “The Practice of Supply Chain Management: Where Theory and Application Converge,” at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/aug03/book.html.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world's news media. In August, faculty members appeared in media outlets such as Business Week, The New York Times, and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories.

Programs and Events

Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for its upcoming programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/date.html for more information or click the link below for some of the specific programs being offered this fall.

September 28- October 3	Designing and Leading Competitive Supply Chains http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dlsc.html
October 26-31	Developing Management Effectiveness: A Program for Emerging Leaders http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dme.html
November 2-7	Marketing Strategy in Business Markets http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/msbm.html

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