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Alumni Impact
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Terrell Hunt (MBA '19) and Joshua Scoresby (MBA '19) were named to Poet and Quant's list of 100 MBAs to Watch in the Class of 2019. After graduation Hunt will be a U.S. Department of State, United States Foreign Service Officer and Scoresby will be working for UBS Investment Bank as an associate in their Financial Sponsors & Leveraged Finance Group.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Kickstarter, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in April, was created by Charles Adler, Perry Chen, and Yancey Strickler to help “artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.” Adler visited Notre Dame as part of the Mendoza College of Business’s Ten Years Hence Speaker Series, which explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade.
Faculty Research
It's no secret that privately held companies incur higher debt costs on the bond market than their publicly traded counterparts. At the end of the day, private firms pay about 1 percent more to publicly finance their debt and have a worse S&P 500 bond rating, according to a University of Notre Dame study that tested some of the factors influencing these cost variations.
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The University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business just announced its third annual Office of the Dean Research Mission Awards, which recognizes faculty research that contributes to the greater good in society.
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Jim Leady, associate teaching professor of finance, was named to the to the position as of July 1, 2019. The associate dean for undergraduate studies will oversee all aspects of the undergraduate curriculum and he will work collaboratively with Mendoza’s five academic departments and with the University’s other colleges and schools to develop integrative opportunities for undergraduates.
Faculty in the Media
Poets & Quants interviewed newly named Dean Martijn Cremers. Dean Cremers laid out his vision going forward and reflects on drew him to Mendoza as a finance professor.
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John Affleck-Graves, executive vice president of the University of Notre Dame, will serve as the keynote speaker for the Mendoza College of Business 2019 Graduate Commencement and Diploma Ceremony. The event takes place at 10 a.m. on May 18 (Saturday) in the Joyce Center Purcell Pavilion.
Analytics & Technology
With sleek glasses, dark shoulder-length hair and a charming demeanor, Kevin Hartman looks and acts the part of an innovative practitioner in the world of business analytics and big data. While his job centers around numbers and data, he sees his work as an art form just as much as it is a science. This perspective has also helped him become a relatable and impactful Notre Dame professor.
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The Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate recently launched an interdisciplinary minor in real estate, which is open to all undergraduate students. “The minor is 15 credits, with an introductory course, three electives of three credits each in a variety of different areas … and the last three credits of the minor are these industry engaging colloquia,” Eugenio Acosta, program director of the Institute for Real Estate, said.