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On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UK Public Relations and Marketing‘s Carl Nathe talks with Gatton Dean Simon Sheather about his life, his career, and what attracted him to the Bluegrass.

Listen to the podcast here!


Check out what's happening at Gatton as we launch UK’s “Kentucky Can: The 21st Century Campaign,” with Simon J. Sheather, dean of the Gatton College of Business and Economics.

See stories from incredible students and faculty who have been directly impacted by the generosity of our alumni and friends. Through this comprehensive campaign, the Gatton College will be able to achieve more for our students, our commonwealth, and communities around the globe.  


Congratulations to Huiwen Lian and her co-authors (Linde Liang, Douglas Brown, Samuel Hanig, Lance Ferris, & Lisa Keeping) on being awarded an Ig Nobel Prize from Harvard University for their research, “Righting a wrong: Retaliation on a voodoo doll symbolizing an abusive supervisor restores justice,” The Leadership Quarterly, Feb., 2018. The research used voodoo dolls to explore how and why employees retaliate against abusive supervisors. The prize, announced Sept.


Steve Borgatti and Joe Labianca, in collaboration with the College of Medicine and the College of Pharmacy, have been awarded a 2-year grant worth $425,745.


David Hardesty joins the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Marketing Research.


Haipeng "Allan" Chen and coauthors have won the 2018 Naresh K. Malhotra award for the greatest long-term contribution to the Review of Marketing Research.


Congratulations to Brad Jordan, who has been ranked in the top 10% of Authors on SSRN by all-time downloads.


Congratulations to Michael Graehler, Ben Long, Mortez Momeni, Will Smith, Yelipaer Tuergan, Wenzhu Yong, Frank Zhang, and Michael Zhu. These students have

been selected to receive CFA Exam Scholarships to cover the costs associated with taking the CFA exams. Passing the exams is the first step towards obtaining the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation, the top globally respected and recognized investment credential.