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Here's the latest issue of SMEAL Zine, a monthly electronic magazine designed to keep alumni and friends in touch with the latest news and information from Penn State's Smeal College of Business and its nationally ranked programs and world-renowned research centers. |
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Smeal Research: Patent Barriers May Prevent Drug Importation Schemes Unavoidable legal barriers may prevent government-run plans to import less expensive pharmaceuticals from working according to research by Daniel R. Cahoy, assistant professor of business law. Read more about the forthcoming article in the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/patntbar.html. |
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Coyle Receives Logistics Honor In recognition of his pioneering work in developing logistics education, John Coyle, professor emeritus in supply chain and information systems, has received the Eccles Medal from the International Society of Logistics. Read more about Coyle, only the third individual to receive the award typically given to organizations or institutions, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/coyle.html. |
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New Members Join BOV Julie Daum, managing director at Spencer Stuart; Bryon Deysher, president and CEO of Methods Machine Tools; Mazen Snobar, president and CEO of Aramco Services; and Michael J. Williams, retired general of the United States Marine Corps, recently joined Smeal's Board of Visitors, which concluded its fall meetings on Oct. 23. For a complete listing of BOV members, visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/smeal/bov.html. |
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Real Estate Faculty Rank Highest For Editorial Representation Smeal's representation on the editorial boards of leading real estate journals is highest among all real estate faculties, with nine editorial appointments in 2003, up from five appointments in 1998. Read more about the rankings study, which found a strong correlation between editorial board activity and research productivity, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/realest.html. |
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Report Named Best Paper At Entrepreneurship Consortium Focusing on innovative methods for teaching entrepreneurship, “A Scalable Problem-Based Learning System for Innovation Education” describes Penn State's approach and plans to open entrepreneurial instruction to large groups of students across the University and beyond. Co-authored by Tony Warren, director of Smeal’s Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a summary of the report is available at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/report.html. |
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Merck's Frazier To Give Shoemaker Lecture Kenneth Frazier, senior vice president and general counsel for Merck & Co., will discuss how to improve access to medicines and health care in the developing world during his lecture at 4 p.m. on Nov. 17 in HUB Heritage Hall. Read more about Frazier and the Shoemaker Lecture at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/merck.html. |
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BusinessWeek, Economist: Smeal Among Top Programs Smeal’s MBA program is featured among the top 50 in the United States in the 2004 "Best B-Schools" issue, the latest edition of a report compiled every other year by BusinessWeek. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest MBA rankings place Smeal 49th in the world and 31st among MBA programs in the U.S. Read more about the rankings at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/oct04/rankings.html. |
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Reminder: Advanced Manufacturing Forum On Lean Manufacturing Smeal’s Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change will host its 56th Advanced Manufacturing Forum Nov. 4-5 at Penn State. Read more about the event, which will feature presentations from Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Kautex-Textron, and JLG industries, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/amf.html. |
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Update: New Building Fundraising Campaign The college’s broad-based fundraising campaign targeting its more than 60,000 alumni continues. Smeal must raise $28 million by the end of 2005 to receive a $1 million challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation and reach its ultimate private building fundraising goal of $29 million. Read more about the campaign and how you can contribute at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/fundcamp.html. |
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Media Round-Up Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In October, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as the CBS MarketWatch, Money, and the New York Post. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories. |
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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.
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Class Notes For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes.html. You can receive regular updates on events by completing the "Alumni Information Form" found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp. |
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New Address? Change your address, phone and other information at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/membership/address/default.htm. |
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