Colleagues,
Please read this email in full. The first portion summarizes clarifying information from the university about operational expectations. This was given yesterday and does not include consideration for the planned closing of K-12 public schools. I have added an addendum to the end covering this additional item.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 19, 2020) — Finding reliable, accurate information about the novel coronavirus COVID-19 is becoming more convoluted each day, especially when it comes to social media. With an overwhelming amount of information, it can be difficult to decipher fact versus fiction. Craig Martin, a professor and associate dean at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, is the course coordinator for the comprehensive infectious diseases course in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum.
Dan Brass was recently featured on the most recent edition of Talking about Organizations, a podcast about organizational theory. The topic was Power, Influence and Networks.
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Companies are adopting Enterprise Social Media, like Slack, to democratize social networks and foster communication and creativity. In a recent paper, co-authored with computer scientists based in Italy, Prof. Ajay Mehra examined how gender and rank shaped emergent social networks on an Enterprise Social Media platform.
Steven Lugauer was named a research affiliate at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research (CEPAR). Steven joined the Department of Economics in 2016. He received a PhD and MS in Economics at Carnegie Mellon University, an MBA in Economics and Finance at the University of Miami, and a BA in Economics at the University of Chicago. His primary research interests are in macroeconomics and demographics.
Ph.D. candidate Evisa Bogdani presented her paper titled, “The Role of Assurance in Equity Crowdfunding” on January 18, 2020 at the Audit Midyear Meeting in Houston, Texas. Her research interests are in audit and financial accounting using archival methods. Specifically, she is interested in examining the role of assurance and disclosure’s features in emerging new financial markets such as equity crowdfunding.
In a ceremony held on Tuesday, March 3, Economics Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies Darshak Patel was presented with the UK Alumni Association 2020 Great Teacher Award.
Initiated in 1961, UK’s Great Teacher Award is the longest-running UK award recognizing teaching. In order to receive the award, educators must first be nominated by a student. The UK Alumni Association Great Teacher Award Committee, in cooperation with the student organization Omicron Delta Kappa, then makes the final selection. Recipients receive an engraved plaque and stipend.
UK students and business leaders are encouraged to register by Friday, March 13 for the Business Innovation Summit set for April 24-25 on the campus of University of Kentucky. Hosted by the Gatton College of Business & Economics, this two-day event provides students with opportunities to learn and connect with industry leaders as well as compete to win seed funding for innovative business plans.
Dan Halgin, Steve Borgatti, and Zhi Huang recently published “Prismatic Effects of Negative Ties” in Social Networks. Research on negative ties has focused primarily on the harm they do. In this paper, Halgin and co-authors show that negative ties can also have beneficial market effects. They argue that, like positive ties, negative ties can link actors together in the minds of observers, and theorize that negative ties with high-status others can benefit a focal actor.
