Mike Beresky joins grade school pals to open Second Sin Brewing Co. in Bristol, Pa. PHILADELPHIA, July 31, 2020 — When Mike Beresky, BBA ’10, was an accounting student at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, he remembers a message his professors would continually drive home. “They’d always say, ‘With accounting, you touch marketing, you […]

This year, Temple University’s Fox School of Business planned to host the 10th annual Interdisciplinary Symposium on Decision Neuroscience (ISDN) conference, an annual gathering of researchers and practitioners in the field of decision neuroscience that first started at Temple University in 2010. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference hosts in the Center for Applied […]

The emergence of online platforms for healthcare has been growing in popularity over the past decade. Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic and social-distancing, telehealth is more useful than ever. Online question and answer (Q&A) forums where patients can directly raise their questions or concerns to their doctors are one of the most efficient methods of […]

Are you ready to take the next step in your career but not sure which companies would be a good fit for you? It’s time to do your research. But what is the most effective way to learn about a company? You might look at the company website, check out their social media feeds, or look for […]

When Valerie Spinosi Kimbrough, BBA ’12, was getting her undergraduate degree at Temple University’s Main Campus, life was busy. “I was a commuter student who also worked while going to Temple,” she says. “I didn’t have too much additional time for building outside networks.”  Since then, Kimbrough has used her planning and strategy skills to […]

The Lori Hermelin Bush Seed Fund launched in 2017 by Lori Bush, former CEO of Rodan and Fields (Fox ‘85) in partnership with the Fox School of Business and the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI). The Lori Hermelin Bush Seed Fund supports ideas and models that advance women in entrepreneurship, and since its inception, the […]

Research from Temple’s Sezgin Ayabakan shows chatbots could be helpful in alleviating the burden on the healthcare system during the current COVID-19 pandemic PHILADELPHIA, July 21, 2020 — Since early March, the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a near-unprecedented amount of stress on our healthcare system. Hospitals are overbooked. Healthcare employees are overworked. And with cases […]

In the past few years, hospitals have put a much greater emphasis on treating patients as consumers. But the industry is still adjusting to giving people a greater say in their healthcare. The COVID-19 pandemic has only complicated matters, as hospitals are dealing with more patients and needing to account for their choices. How can […]

The job market is uncertain, but members of the Fox Community do not have to navigate the future alone. The Center for Student Professional Development (CSPD) expanded its services in early 2019 to support the Fox School’s expansive alumni network. Pamela Lyman, director of Alumni Career & Professional Development at CSPD, develops, manages and implements […]

It was around 2016 that Gina Bobadilla, BBA ’20, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship graduate student, discovered her interest in innovation. As a project management consultant at RSM International, a world-class audit, tax and consultancy firm focusing on middle-market businesses, Gina balanced her time between her full-time job while also earning a non-credit Specialization in Entrepreneurship: […]

“We have a responsibility to create the kind of world we want,” says Martin Schroeter, senior vice president of global markets at IBM. “We are not going to get 100% of the benefit of helping educate the next generation of business leaders from hiring them, but we are going to live in and operate our […]

Business schools have long emphasized the importance of unique learning experiences—collaborating in a professional workspace (virtually or in-person), live client consulting and real-world problem-solving. In essence, this is experiential learning, and a recent push by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is placing it front and center in the curricula.  Experiential learning […]

For years, an MBA is how professionals have gotten from A to B in their careers. The MBA bump, as it is commonly called, usually manifests as a salary increase or a promotion. These days, it’s not uncommon for the MBA bump to coincide with the baby bump. So how can you learn to balance […]

Center for Hospitality Resilience and Center of Digital Transformation for Small Business will offer statewide assistance to small businesses affected by the pandemic PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2020 — In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still in its infancy, Maura Shenker, director of Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC), said that the role of […]

 “As I return from a marvelous week in Tuscany, it is impossible not to reflect on what made this trip so special. And it was not only the beautiful sites we visited, the delicious food that we tasted or the great wine that we drank. Those were amazing, of course, but what made it even more unique and special was the composition […]