Fox School of Business students won second place in the Aspen Institute’s 2012 Business & Society International MBA Case Competition, which attracted nearly 1,000 students from 25 leading business schools worldwide.

This year’s competition challenged participants with a new case study – produced by the Yale School of Management in conjunction with Technológico de Monterrey – requiring analysis of prospective renewable energy investments by Walmart de México y Centroamérica.… Continue Reading

“Look out the window,” Joseph Plumeri, CEO of Willis Group Holdings, a $3.4 billion global insurance and reinsurance broker, said, gesturing toward a panoramic view of Philadelphia from the seventh floor of Alter Hall. “Everything you see – students walking down Liacouras, office buildings, cars – applies to the insurance industry.”

“Insurance is the DNA of capitalism,” Plumeri added. “Compare that reality to the way insurance is presented – as just another commodity – and you’ll understand why this industry needs to change.”

Change was the reason more than a dozen Fox School of Business MBA students, administrators and Willis staff members gathered March 22 in Alter Hall.… Continue Reading

The Fox School of Business recently held an Executive MBA 25th Anniversary Gala to reconnect with alumni, to provide updates on program, school and university initiatives, and to celebrate the silver anniversary of the Executive MBA’s first graduating cohort.

Executive MBA Academic Director Howard Weiss led the program, which included remarks from Dean M. Moshe Porat and Raza Bokhari, EMBA ’01.… Continue Reading

Temple University’s Fox School of Business is honoring three top technology leaders at its 12th annual Fox Information Technology Awards on Tuesday, April 24. The event is organized by the nationally ranked Department of Management Information Systems (MIS) and the Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT).

Awardees include Adrian R. Gardner, Director of IT and Communications Directorate and Chief Information Officer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; K.… Continue Reading

Mike Krzyzewski helped open the roast of Temple basketball coach Fran Dunphy with a nod to Temple’s upset win over No. 5-ranked Duke.

“It’s tough to roast you man, because you roasted us in January,” Krzyzewski said of the Owls’ 78-73 win at the Wells Fargo Center. “You and your guys really laid it on us in Philadelphia.”

“I admire you immensely man, and the fact that you’re allowing yourself to be roasted tonight to raise money for such a great cause is not surprising.… Continue Reading

The Fox School’s American Marketing Association (AMA) chapter ranked third out of 353 chapters nationally at the 34th annual International Collegiate Conference awards ceremony in New Orleans.

The chapter also earned second place in the AMA website competition and was cited for excellence in planning, professional development, community service, fundraising and chapter operations.

“Our chapter has worked incredibly hard during the 2011-12 academic year to diversify leadership and engage members through a variety of speakers from an array of industries,” chapter President Anna Bondarenko said.… Continue Reading

Nine years after Jonathan Latko, MBA ’03, helped pioneer the Temple University Computer Recycling Center (CRC), the digital divide in North Philadelphia is closing.

Temple CRC’s innovative tactics for overcoming digital inequality will be shared with the world June 4, thanks to its induction into Computerworld’s Honors Laureate international archives.

The CRC’s efforts to refurbish and resell used computers have given nearly 2,000 Temple students and Philadelphians access to technology.… Continue Reading