The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø today announced a $100,000 gift from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Regent Joanne Harrell and her husband, former longtime Seattle elected leader Bruce Harrell, benefitting the Consulting and Business Development Center (CBDC) at the Foster School of Business.
A commitment to innovation powered the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø to a No. 7 ranking for graduate entrepreneurship programs by The Princeton Review. The 2021 ranking marks an all-time high — solidifying ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and the Foster School of Business as a leader in entrepreneurial education and incubation within the Pac-12 and across the Western United States.
Chris Petersen, former head football coach at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and Boise State University, has been appointed as the Edward V. Fritzky Endowed Chair in Leadership at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Foster School of Business for the 2020-2021 school year, officials announced today. Established in 2002, this prestigious faculty position is designed to bring distinguished leaders to campus to share their expertise with faculty and students.
Two films by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø faculty members — business professor Jeff Shulman and English professor David Shields — will have screenings in Seattle in coming days — both with strong connections to the city.
Frank Hodge has been named the next Orin and Janet Smith dean of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s Foster School of Business, Provost Mark A. Richards announced today. His appointment, set to begin July 9, 2019, is subject to approval by the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Board of Regents.
When it comes to supporting and promoting the growth of minority businesses, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø has a long track record – 27 years to be exact. This milestone represents the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s long-standing relationship with the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (MSDC).
Nearly 50 different graduate and professional programs and specialties at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø are among the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Graduate School rankings released March 20.
The CleanTech Alliance has presented the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø with the organization’s 2017 CleanTech Achievement Award. The honor recognizes the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s dedication to research and development of transformative clean energy technologies, facilities, pipelines for startups and industry partnerships. The award was announced on Nov. 8 at the annual meeting and 10th anniversary of the CleanTech Alliance, a Seattle-based consortium of more than 300 businesses and interest groups across six U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. The organization cited the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s…
Managing a casino might not be the first career path envisioned with a degree from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. But 22 tribes across Washington state depend on tribal casino resorts to provide jobs, generate revenue to operate tribal governments and promote economic development. So for ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø students who call those reservations home – or simply want a job in Indian Country – the gaming industry looms large. That’s the thinking behind a professional program that, for the first time, will…
For entrepreneurs, connections are as good as gold. Especially connections with the right investors. But connections with the wrong investors can inhibit a firm’s ability to innovate, according to new research from the Foster School of Business.
Ever been so hungry that you can’t think of anything but finding food? Research from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Foster School of Business finds that the single-mindedness that results from hunger makes people more likely to commit unethical acts to satisfy that hunger — but less likely to lie, cheat or steal for reasons that don’t address the immediate physiological need.
Gratitude is universally considered a social good, but gratitude can have a dark side. It can impel us to eat more sweets, according to new research by Ann Schlosser, professor of marketing at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Foster School of Business.
A product recall is never good news for a firm. Research from the Foster School of Business indicates a recall is not necessarily good news for competitors, either.