Jana Wilhelm, Instructor in the Von Allmen School, received the Best Paper Award for 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Accounting Associations for her Paper with Paul Wilhelm (Sullivan University) "Proposed Multidimensional Fraud Risk Models: Auditing for Dark Tetrad Individuals and Their Opposites in Organizations."
By Vice President for Research Lisa Cassis T
Last week it was my distinct pleasure to join James Ziliak, Gatton Endowed Chair in Microeconomics and the executive director of the Kentucky Research Data Center (KRDC), for a reception and tour of this new center.
With the KRDC, the University of Kentucky joins an elite group of universities, and is the only one in the East Central region of the country, to be home to a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Federal Statistical Research Data Center.
The University of Kentucky's Gatton College of Business and Economics welcomed 71 new students into the One Year MBA program in early June. After completing their 3-day Orientation, which included Alumni speakers, team-building exercises and program expectations, the students now embark on a year-long, accelerated experience until May of 2018.
The University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics Building has been certified as a LEED® Gold building by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Gatton is the third building at UK to receive a LEED Gold certification.
Monika Causholli presented her paper titled "Ties that bind: Knowledge sharing networks and auditor job performance" co-authored with Theresa Floyd, Nicole Jenkins and Scott Soltis at The European Accounting Association annual meeting in Valencia (Spain), The University of Pisa (Italy), and The Free University of Bolzano (Italy).
The University Research Professorship Awards honor a select few faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in scholarship and creative work that addresses scientific, social, cultural and economic challenges regionally and around the world. The Gatton College had the opportunity to nominate a single professor to receive this award.
The finance faculty hosted the second annual PNC Finance Conference at Gatton College April 28-29, 2017. Twelve papers were presented, selected from 320 submissions. Participants came from all over the world, including Hong Kong, Melbourne, Lisbon, Stockholm, and Vancouver. Lauren Cohen, the L.E. Simmons Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School, gave the keynote address. More information is available at http://www.uky.edu/financeconference/.
Chong Wang’s paper, “Thick as Thieves: Reciprocity between Compensation Peers” (with Paquita Davis-Friday and Nicole Thorne Jenkins) has been accepted for presentation at the 2017 American Accounting Association annual meeting.
Research led by University of Kentucky faculty member Aaron Garvey reveals that careful marketing can impact consumer eco-product purchasing habits.
Kenny Domilise, a senior analyst at Kentucky Teacher’s Retirement System (TRS), visited FIN 485 on April 24 and will speak to the Finance Society on April 25. TRS-KY is part of the state pension system, with approximately $18 billion in assets. Kenny’s responsibilities at TRS-KY include portfolio management and credit analysis. He was a Co-founder and Director of Research of Water Tower Investments, LLC.
