Congratulations to senior major Caroline Will. Out of 150 applicants, Caroline Will has been selected as one of five 2018 Kentucky Derby Festival Princesses. Over a four month period, she will be an ambassador for the City of Louisville, and will attend over 70 Derby Festival events. Princesses of the Royal Court are chosen based on poise, intelligence, personality, academics, knowledge of the Derby Festival, as well as school and community involvement.
Steven Lugauer was quoted in the Wall Street Journal in reference to how population aging affects economic growth..
Steven Lugauer presented “The Importance of Capital in Production and the Second Demographic Dividend” at the Midwest Economics Association conference on March 23 in Evanston, IL.
Will Gerken was interviewed for NPR's Marketplace on March 15, 2018 for a piece entitled "How one shady employee can poison the workplace." The podcast version is available online at https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-morning-report/03152018-us-edition.
Scott Soltis and Dan Brass (with David Lepak, U. of Massachusetts Amherst) had their paper, "Social Resources Management: Integrating Social Network Theory and Human Resource Management," accepted for publication in Academy of Management Annuals.
Ram Pakath’s paper, “Business Social Media Analytics: Characterization and Conceptual Framework,” jointly authored with Clyde W. Holsapple and Shih-Hui-Hsiao, has been accepted for publication at Decision Support Systems.
The University of Kentucky MBA selected Tempur-Sealy International, Inc., headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, to be spotlighted for their sponsorship in Project Connect. Project Connect is the built-in internship experience that's exclusively offered in the One Year MBA program at the Gatton College of Business and Economics whereby student teams are paired with companies to work on projects of importance.
