Finance

 Dominick Leuzzi and Matthew McCabe, BBA ’22, founded the Tea Shirt Company in 2019.   The Tea Shirt Company offers screen printing and embroidery services. The company’s name is a play on words, inspired by Leuzzi and McCabe’s beverage of choice during the initial stages of the creation of their business.  “I got to Temple and […]

In 2017, David Larsen, BBA ‘17, was in his final year as a finance student when he met up with Jason Jiang, assistant professor in the Department of Finance, and asked to pick his professor’s brain. This conversation led to a partnership with Professor Jiang and a published paper in a good academic journal — […]

“Why do I give back?” is not a complicated question for Joel Motley to answer. For Motley, who was the Executive in Residence presentation for the Finance Department at the Fox School of Business this fall, philanthropy is in his blood. His mother, Constance Baker Motley, was a leader of the African-American civil rights movement, […]

Most people don’t get the chance to contribute to the greater good on a public scale, but Assistant Professor of Finance David J. Wilk has had the opportunity to do just that with the formerly named Hockessin Colored School #107 (HCS #107) property at 4266 Mill Creek Road in Hockessin, New Castle County, Del. The […]

The eighth-annual Douglas Maine Wall Street Day was held Oct. 16 and featured a virtual panel of six Temple University alumni who are leaders in the financial industry.  Wall Street Day was established by Douglas L. Maine, KLN ’71, a senior advisor at Brown Brothers Harriman. Through Wall Street Day, students learn about the day-to-day […]

The program is an interdisciplinary educational experience for accounting and financial professionals; classes can be taken both in-person and online PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9, 2020 — The tax law is constantly changing and ever more complex, and the stakes for businesses and individuals are significant. To succeed, accounting and tax professionals need a firm understanding of […]

Despite the fact that the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services recently found that adding women to the workplace brings different skills and perspectives to issues such as collaboration and risk management, all of which contribute positively to corporate growth and income, women are still underrepresented in the financial sector, especially in leadership roles.  That […]

Research IRL (In Real Life) is an ongoing series from the Fox School of Business. In a Q&A style format, researchers and members of the business community, including alumni and corporate partners, come together to discuss the intersection of research and its real-world implications. According to the most recent enrollment data from the American Institute […]

The Robert A. Hedges Virtual Risk Seminar Series, hosted by the Fox Department of Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management (RIHM), returned Tuesday, Sept. 1, with the first of six virtual sessions to be held during the fall semester.  Speakers come from both esteemed American and international institutions, and all sessions are free and open to […]

TV impacts what we talk about at the water cooler, but how is it affecting executives’ decision making? What TV viewers consume can shape their decisions and beliefs. In today’s polarized political climate, viewers of MSNBC often have completely different interpretations of current events than viewers of Fox News.  Business executives, however, need to make […]

People are often expected to dress, work and behave with what is “appropriate” to their assigned sex at birth. But how do the languages we speak have an impact on gender representation in innovation and business? Amir Shoham, associate professor of finance and international business at the Fox School of Business, studies the impact of […]

It’s not often that a person works for a worldwide top-15 foreign policy think tank, writes numerous academic reports and finds himself in a prime position to make a huge impact on the world while in college. However, Hunter Kornfeind has found himself in that position. Kornfeind, set to graduate in May 2021, majors in […]

Honors senior finance major and economics minor Sarah Merzen has made quite an impact on the foundation of the Finance program at Temple University. She’s the executive vice president of marketing for the Temple University Financial Management Association, an associate analyst for The William C. Dunkelberg Owl Fund’s Financials & Real Estate Coverage division and […]

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 […]

Finance graduate and longtime center Matt Hennessy is one of a school-record four Temple Owls selected in the NFL Draft, going to the Atlanta Falcons with the 78th overall pick  It’s the night of April 24 and NFL hopeful Matt Hennessey, BBA ’19, sits in his childhood home in Clarkstown, N.Y. He’s surrounded by his […]