Melissa Lewis-Western, assistant professor of accounting at the Eccles School, recently returned from the Western Region Meeting of the American Accounting Association. There, she was honored with a best paper award. Her paper, “Competing reporting objectives and financial reporting quality” that she co-wrote with Adrienna Huffman, beat out more than 80 papers to win the top honor. The paper looked at the multiple incentives [...]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute recently was featured in the Pac-12 network documentary “Conference of Champions.” The University of Utah section focuses on student entrepreneurship and innovation, looking closely at the company Blyncsy, started by student Mark Pittman. Blyncsy is able to track the movements of people using signals from cell phones. The U. has implemented the system to track movements at Rice-Eccles Stadium so [...]
It’s only been a few weeks since graduation here at the Eccles School, but it’s difficult not to get nostalgic about that huge day. Check out this fun video that captures the celebrations and ceremonies of that momentous occasion. And, again, congratulations graduates!
Editor’s Note: This is our second graduation speech from one of the graduate school convocation speaker finalists. (Check out the first one here.) A dozen Eccles School graduate students auditioned to deliver the 2015 graduation address, but we only had room for one on the convocation program. So, rather than turn everyone away empty-handed, we offered to have students give their speech for posterity’s [...]
Graduation is nearly upon us. It’s a time to reflect, celebrate and begin making dreams a reality. A dozen Eccles School graduate students auditioned to deliver the 2015 graduation address, but we only had room for one on the convocation program. So, rather than turn everyone away empty-handed, we offered to have students give their speech for posterity’s sake and share them online. Here, [...]
Four Eccles School MBA/MHA students recently competed in the University of Alabama Healthcare Case Competition, and even though it was only the second year the Eccles School has competed, the students reached the semi-finals. They ended up competing in a Group of Death (for all of your World Cup fans out there), and the two teams that beat them — University of North Carolina [...]
David Pogue is the Rosetta Stone of the 21st Century. He takes complicated, novel-sized instructions for technology — everything from DVRs to cell phones to software programs — and makes them understandable to a person who just happens to not have a degree in information technology. He shares his knowledge through his columns on Yahoo! Tech (after 13 years as a New York Times columnist) [...]
What can you expect from the David Eccles School of Business MBA Online program? Cutting-edge business knowledge, taught by some of the nations's most highly-regarded business and academic leaders. Our faculty prepare you with the real-world skills that will have an immediate impact on you and your career. With the MBA Online's mobile-friendly video lectures that you can watch from anywhere in the world, [...]
Hundreds of students visited dozens of booths at the recent Career Fair, which allowed students to explore potential companies to work for and begin to network with recruiters. Career Fairs aren’t just about finding a job, but rather about starting the conversation with a company so your resume will be lifted to the top of the list for an internship or career placement, said [...]
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