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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 […]

“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 […]

As a result of global pandemics, social justice movements and more, the needs of consumers are changing more rapidly than ever. It is essential for marketers and businesses to keep their finger on the pulse of what their customers are looking for. Market research and customer insights are a critical way to help with that.  […]

Research from Temple’s Min-Seok Pang shows that intelligent transportation systems could be key to saving both money and fuel and reducing emissions PHILADELPHIA, July 1, 2020 — We’ve all been there. It’s 5:30 p.m., and you’re driving home on Interstate 95. Traffic has come to a complete…stop. Conventional wisdom suggests that the best way to […]

Event to pay tribute to the life of Philadelphia jazz legend Robert “Bootsie” Barnes Last year, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law Act 9, formerly House Bill 619, which officially designated June 19 as “Juneteenth National Freedom Day” in Pennsylvania. The oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the U.S., Juneteenth commemorates […]

This is the third time we’ve checked in with Nasir Mack, Meredith Orme and Robert Zurzolo, three Fox students who were among the first to participate in the school’s new Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Core Curriculum. Now juniors, the group reflects on their experience at Fox, the trends they are into and what they […]

Students and faculty members, led by the Institute for Business and Information Technology, offer free digital services to small businesses and nonprofits affected by COVID-19.

The Fox School of Business is pleased to honor these five exceptional doctoral alumni for their contributions to business research, education and industry leadership. Although this year’s Doctoral Alumni Awards event has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we’re proud of these alumni, as well as all of our graduates, for their achievements.  […]

The Department of Accounting continues its curriculum innovation to meet the changing needs of the accounting industry. As firms begin to incorporate data analytics, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, students must have the foundational knowledge and technical skills to meet the new expectations in the profession.  “Today’s accounting students need to be able to use […]

This spring, the Master of Accountancy program had to adjust to a new environment inside and outside of the classroom. Classes moved online, speakers were rescheduled and students scrambled to adjust to testing changes.  One of the spring events, the annual visit to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the U.S. Securities and […]

In the mid 20th century, British mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing explored the concept of intelligent machines. In 1947, he gave one of the earliest lectures on machine learning, laying the foundation for what would eventually be known as artificial intelligence (AI).  Today, AI is ubiquitous. We experience it in our daily lives through […]

Dear Friends of the Department of Accounting: As I write this letter, we have just finished one of the most unprecedented semesters in recent memory. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, students, faculty and staff rapidly transitioned to online classes mid-semester. We all navigated a different way of learning, instructing and connecting. The Department remained […]

Jayanthi Krishnan, professor and Merves Research Fellow, is set to start her new leadership role as the senior editor of Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory (AJPT). AJPT is a highly ranked international journal and a publication of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association. As senior editor, Krishnan will lead a team […]

Professor Elizabeth Gordon is an internationally recognized researcher and educator, and now chair of the Department of Accounting at the Fox School of Business. In her first year as chair, Gordon has reinvigorated the curriculum and faced the unprecedented challenge of moving the entire department online.  A first-generation college graduate, Gordon attended Indiana University, where […]

Cameron O’Donnell, BBA ’19, transferred to Temple University as a sophomore looking for a major that interested him and provided unique job opportunities. After some searching, he found that accounting fit the bill. As O’Donnell says, accounting is “a dynamic, forward-thinking profession that provides the motivated and curious with opportunity.” Just one year into his […]