Students from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business are the first place winners of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative’s seventh annual Consortium Case Competition, which took place April 19-20 in Denver. The second place team was from University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management, and the third place team was from University of Wyoming’s College of Business. The winning team [...]
Thirty students participated in the final round of the 2018 Hinckley Institute of Politics (HIP) Talks Competition, which was held at the David Eccles School of Business. This year’s event was of particular significance for the Eccles School, with Full-Time MBA student Karina Rivera securing the Grand Prize for her talk entitled “Don’t Cry Little Girl!” “One of the biggest lessons that has shaped [...]
The Opportunity Scholars program headed south this past weekend, gaining valuable experiences and relationships while in Zion National Park. For many of the scholars, the outdoor experiences they engaged in this past weekend were entirely new. Led by program directors Latu Kinikini and Rich Kaufusi, the scholars set up their campsite upon arrival and began engaging in activities revolving around leadership, relationship building, and [...]
The University of Utah Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Club received 1st place at the State Leadership Conference (SLC) as the Outstanding Chapter of the Year, earning the most points amongst the five colleges competing. As the second largest chapter at the competition, all 20 students who competed qualified for the National Leadership Conference (NLC) in Baltimore this summer. Each year, the PBL Club at [...]
Just what does a product labeled ethical actually mean? The Deseret News dove deep into the topic, and drew upon the expertise of Dr. Abe Bakhsheshy, a professor at the David Eccles School of Business who also runs the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative. Read his insights into the world of business ethics and why companies label themselves as producing ethical products in the full [...]
Congratulations to team Aspiring Analysts for winning the inaugural Game Day Ad Analytics Blitz competition, hosted by the Eccles School Department of Operations and Information Systems! Team members and Eccles School students Gayathri Kunnathil, Harshan Nagulapally, Naveenkumarreddy Peddagorla and Vineel Talupula came together to collect Twitter data during the Super Bowl on Feb. 4, 2018, and analyze the tweets to find business insights surrounding [...]
The Opportunity Scholars program has given students immense support, financial aid and guidance for more than 20 years and continues to grow each year. At the end of each semester, the program celebrates its graduating students at a luau. This semester’s luau began with a speech by Michelle Kaufusi, the newly elected mayor of Provo city. As a first-generation student herself, Kaufusi experienced many [...]