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Fox School of Business students paced back and forth, quietly practicing their presentation for the 8th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum held on April 23rd in the MBA Commons of Alter Hall. Over fifty students and faculty members enjoyed lunch while the record-breaking number of nineteen proposal groups presented their posters and explained their research projects […]

Provost Hai-Lung Dai recently announced that 767 faculty at Temple will receive merit awards. One hundred-eight of that faculty comes from the Fox School of Business. These awards recognize all of the meritorious activities of Temple’s faculty in the 2012-13 academic year. During the Fall 2013 semester, faculty were nominated or self-nominated. Departments, colleges and […]

Guiding Technologies (GT), a startup company focused on improving outcomes and quality of life for autistic children, won the coveted $125,000 grand prize at the 16th annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl®, Temple’s university-wide business plan competition – one of the most lucrative and comprehensive in the nation.  Over $225,000 in cash and prizes was […]

Michael E. Porter discusses regional and global competitiveness in Innovation Leadership Speaker Series Discussed in this issue: • Fox offers 5% scholarship to Temple alumni returning for graduate programs • Milton Hershey School exec, a Fox alumnus, partners with Temple • Fox Global MBA elevates to Top 50 in U.S. News rankings

Fox Risk Management and Insurance Program ranks fifth in the U.S. Discussed in this issue: • Laureen Regan elected president of American Risk and Insurance Association • RMI program receives $50K FM Global grant • Brown & Brown chairman highlights annual awards dinner

MIS ranks number 1 in the world for research (again!) Discussed in this issue: • 14th Annual IT Awards Honor Citi, Relay and Vanguard Execs • New Data Science course helps students harness the power of data • Scholarship, funded by Fox IT Advisory Board, will announce recipients

Dr. Mitrabarun “MB” Sarkar, Professor in the Department of Strategic Management and founding Academic Director of the Global Immersion Program at the Fox School of Business, has been named the H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Dr. Sarkar has been a member of the schools faculty since 2008, and his appointment to the […]

Michael E. Porter discusses regional and global competitiveness in Innovation Leadership Speaker Series Discussed in this issue: • Fox offers 5% scholarship to Temple alumni returning for graduate programs • Milton Hershey School exec, a Fox alumnus, partners with Temple • Fox Global MBA elevates to Top 50 in U.S. News rankings

Fox School of Business Strategic Management Professor Ram Mudambi’s day-to-day routine may seem to include teaching and conducting research on international business, but that’s not all Mudambi does. He works to cultivate the people of Zon. Mudambi’s first fantasy novel, The Empire of Zon, imagines a society in which two megatrends shape the way of […]

Although the HBO series Boardwalk Empire is a work of historical fiction, Fox School alumnus Edward McGinty, BBA ’89, the show’s research advisor, helps ensure that the writers’ words are backed up with historical facts. Here, he talks about how growing up in Atlantic City helped land him a job on the acclaimed series.

Analytics has rapidly integrated into the sport industry to optimize scheduling, assist with resource allocation, and examine the legal environment within sports organizations. A new report from the Temple University Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT), based at the Fox School of Business, examines the history and current state of analytics and Big Data […]

It started as an April Fools’ Day joke: Members of Gamma Iota Sigma-Sigma Chapter – the academic fraternity for students in risk management, insurance and actuarial science – were going to have their heads shaved to raise money and awareness for the fight against childhood cancer. Just nine days later, that joke got serious. Thirteen […]

Upon completion of the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) Jeffrey Simonton, BBA ’13, was able to finish his undergraduate degree in legal studies at the Fox School of Business and earn the rank of second lieutenant. As homage of his hard work and time devoted to finishing his degree, he held his Officer Commissioning […]

Fox School of Business adjunct professor of entrepreneurship Chris Rabb will be one of the speakers at this year’s TEDxPhiladelphia, which will examine the conference theme The New Workshop of the World and will be held at the Temple Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 28. Rabb was nominated by his colleagues to be a […]

Temple University’s Fox School of Business is honoring three top technology leaders at its 14th annual Information Technology Awards on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, on Temple University’s Main Campus. The nationally ranked Department of Management Information Systems (MIS) and the Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) organize this premier event for Greater Philadelphia’s technology […]