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The MBA programs at the University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics showed dramatic improvement in the recently released 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Business Schools rankings report, which surveyed 475 MBA programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International in the fall of 2018 and early 2019.


The University of Kentucky’s Gatton College of Business and Economics MBA programs showed dramatic improvement in recently released rankings by U.S. News & World Report. 


Alex Rosenzweig grew up in Long Island, New York, some 750 miles away from Lexington, with no links to the Bluegrass State. Now, in his final year pursuing a degree in engineering and a minor in Jewish studies at the University of Kentucky, he says he is part of a “Big Blue family.”

While he began his first year alone in a new place, he is now in his senior year as part of a strong network of friends, including two siblings and two cousins. How five relatives from Long Island ended up going to UK together is a long and complicated story, but it starts and ends with community.


Haipeng (Allan) Chen and his coauthors, Jia Xu and Jiuchang Wei, recently published their paper, "Strategic Responses of Stigmatized Firms to Regulative Pressures through Enhanced CSR Effort" in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management (CSREM). CSREM currently has an impact factor of 4.918.


Dan Stone’s paper with Candace Witherspoon (UK PhD, Accountancy, 2012) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Emerging Technologies, “Tax Preparer Certification, and Organization Form among Uncertified Preparers, Influence Client Satisfaction and Experience, Candace L. Witherspoon and Dan Stone, 


This month, I’m excited to bring you an opportunity to visit with Gatton’s first year students, and hear what they loved, learned and were challenged by during their first semester at the college. You won’t want to miss their advice on getting the most out of today’s Lexington and the University of Kentucky!

I hope the video below will make you as proud as I am about all the wonderful things happening at your college, and the amazing students that you help support.


The Department of Management hosted the 2019 Mid-South Management Research Consortium, organized by Wally Ferrier and Joe Labianca, February 22-24, at the Gatton College. Albert Cannella, Texas A&M University, presented the keynote address, "Strategic Leadership Research in the Digital Age".

University of Kentucky presenters included:

Joyti Gupta, "Celebrity CEO: A Network Perspective"

Jason Ross, "Toward a Theory of Dormant Ties"