The Utah Coal Country Strike Team’s multi-pronged proposal to boost financial prosperity in Carbon and Emery counties resonated with the Alliance for the American Dream on Tuesday, earning it one of five spots in the final pitch competition this summer. The economic vitality that has brought Utah national recognition has bypassed the two counties, where economic conditions have steadily declined since 2001 with falling [...]
The MBA Online program at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business has been ranked top 20 in the nation in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Online MBA rankings, landing at No. 17 overall and No. 4 in the West. This ranking represents an eight-spot jump from the 2018 rankings and a 25-spot cumulative jump over the past two [...]
The Full-Time MBA program at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business ranked No. 2 in the world in Bloomberg Businessweek’s inaugural global MBA indexes for both learning and entrepreneurship. In addition to the Eccles School’s strong showing in the index rankings, the Full-Time MBA program was ranked No. 36 overall in the U.S. (a 20 spot jump from the previous year) [...]
University of Utah President Ruth V. Watkins has appointed Heidi Woodbury as the university’s new vice president for institutional advancement. Woodbury will assume the position on Feb. 1, 2019. Woodbury currently is the assistant dean for external relations at the David Eccles School of Business. An alumna of the U, Woodbury was selected after a vigorous, competitive national search. She succeeds Fred Esplin, who [...]
The American College of Bankruptcy announced today that Elizabeth Tashjian, professor of Finance and Garn Faculty Fellow at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, will be inducted as a Fellow of the College. The ceremony will take place on March 15, 2019 in the Crown Room of the historic Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, California and will be presided [...]
Congratulations to our Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute for being named one of three finalists in the American Dream Ideas Challenge! Their proposal, called the Utah Coal Country Strike Team, is focused on helping Carbon and Emery counties, both of which have been hit by the decline in coal production since 2001. The team proposed creating a Silicon Slopes East in Price, which would [...]
The David Eccles School of Business team was named as one of nine regional winners of Deloitte FanTAXtic, Deloitte’s student Tax Case Study Competition. More than 60 teams representing more than 40 colleges and universities participated in the regional event from Nov. 9-10, held at Deloitte offices across the U.S. The Eccles School team demonstrated the ability to work collaboratively to solve a complex [...]
The recipients of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Leadership in Ethics Education Awards for 2017-2018 have been announced. The awards honor faculty and staff across the campus of the University of Utah for their successful efforts to create new ethics-related courses, to integrate new business ethics content into existing courses, to mentor students on ethics initiatives and to help make business ethics a permanent [...]
The David Eccles School of Business Marketing + Communications team won six awards at the 31st Annual Golden Spike Awards, held by the Public Relations Society of America Greater Salt Lake and Utah County Chapters on Thursday, Nov. 15 at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium. The competition recognizes excellence and best practices in public relations and business communications in Utah. Judges select winning entries [...]
The MBA Online program at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business jumped three spots in the 2019 Princeton Review Top 25 Online MBA Programs ranking, landing at No. 11. The program was ranked No. 3 in the West. The ranking criteria focused on five core areas: academics, selectivity, faculty, technical platforms and career outcomes. Data points were weighted in more than [...]