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Financial Times

The “$300 house project” scoops video award

A team from UNC Kenan-Flagler, led by Annie Evans and Parker Wilson (both MBA ’11) won second place in the Global Business School Network annual video competition for their video about the School’s “consultancy projects in eastern Africa that focused on sustainability.” (April 30)

Golf World Magazine

An Outside the Box Proposal

Finance professor Richard Rendleman’s research on the biases inherent to the system used rank world golfers is featured. This article also appeared in Golf Digest. (April 30)

WRAL

UNC mascot's parents urge organ donation

The parents of the late Jason Ray (BSBA ’07), former UNC mascot, urge the public to become organ donors. (April 30)

Triangle Business Journal

San Francisco firm sets up lending post at Duke, UNC

Strategy/entrepreneurship professor Ted Zoller discusses Social Finance, Inc., a company that provides low-interest student loans. (April 27)

Financial Times

Something for the Weekend

Research by Virginia Kay (PhD ’13) and former organizational behavior professor Dan Cable on how honest job seekers are about themselves is featured. (April 27)

Bloomberg Businessweek

B-school Twitter Roundup

Kristen Fanarakis (MBA@UNC ’13) addresses three common myths about online programs. (April 24)

The Wall Street Journal

A Study on Job Seekers' Mental Health

Research by Virginia Kay (PhD ’13) and former organizational behavior professor Dan Cable on how honest job seekers are about themselves is featured. (April 24)

Bloomberg Businessweek

Latin American B-Schools: Muy Caliente

OneMBA academic director Marina Heck talks about the recent interest students from abroad are having in studying in Brazil. (April 23)

Triangle Business Journal

Scaled-down $34M remake of Rizzo center

Chief financial officer Dave Stevens comments on the funding sources for the expansion of the Paul J. Rizzo Conference Center in Chapel Hill. (April 20)

Yahoo! Finance

2tor, Inc. Secures a $10 Million Revolving Line of Credit

MBA@UNC partner 2tor announces a new line of credit it has e received from Comerica Bank based on their strong track record and anticipated growth. (April 18)

Bloomberg Businessweek

Going Green: MBA Sustainability Programs

The Sustainable Enterprise Concentration is featured in this discussion of sustainability programs available to MBA students. (April 17)

Bloomberg Businessweek

Honesty Is the Best Policy for MBA Job Seekers

Research by Virginia Kay (PhD ’13) and former organizational behavior professor Dan Cable on how honest job seekers are about themselves is featured. (April 17)

Bloomberg Businessweek

B-School Twitter Roundup

MBA admissions director Sherry Wallace shares thoughts on what international MBA applicants should think about before applying to a U.S. business school. (April 17)

Triangle Business Journal

Meet the 2012 40 Under 40 winners

Tucker Bartlett (MBA ’03) of Self- Help Credit Union, Katie Kross (MBA ’04) of the N.C. Sustainability Center and Sumit Vohra (MBA ’07) of Lonerider Brewing Co. named among the Triangle’s top 40 under 40. (April 17)

Fast Company

9 Principles For Great Branding By Design

Marketing professor Mark McNeilly writes about using design to help build a great brand. (April 16)

Mashable

Women at Work: Can Startups Level the Playing Field?

An infographic developed by MBA@UNC detailing where women fall in the grand scheme of business is featured. The infographic was also featured in Yahoo! News. (April 16)

Financial Times

Out of sight but not out of mind in the virtual world

MBA@UNC is featured along with its high “standards of intellectual rigour and challenge. The course is neither cheaper, nor less selective in its admissions criteria than its residential sister.” MBA@UNC executive director Susan Cates is interviewed, as is Brian McGrath (MBA@UNC ’13). This article also ran in the Financial Times Asia. (April 16)

Yahoo! Finance

Rex Healthcare Launches Rex Strategic Innovations to Advance Healthcare Innovation

Rex Healthcare announces the creation of Rex Strategic innovations, a new initiative that includes strategy/entrepreneurship professor Ted Zoller as part of an experienced advisory board. MarketWatch also ran the article. (April 13)

The New York Times

Behind Instagram’s Success, Networking the Old Way

Strategy/entrepreneurship professor Ted Zoller talks about how important networking is to success as an entrepreneur. (April 13)

Triangle Business Journal

Advisers named for Rex investment fund

Strategy/entrepreneurship professor Ted Zoller is announced as a member of the new Rex Strategic Innovations advisory board. (April 13)

The News & Observer

UNC system wants to forge stronger ties with Chinese universities

Dean emeritus and Board of Governors member Paul Fulton (BSBA ’57) talks about the importance of continuing bonds with universities in China. (April 12)

Reuters

What if you can't sell your home?

Adjunct real estate professor Norman Block discusses ways to improve your property’s appeal to potential buyers. This article also appears on Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Malaysia. (April 9)

CNBC

Fast Money 'Tweets' & Touts

Dan Kearby (BSBA ’14) gets his “fifteen minutes of fame” asking the “Fast Money” hosts about the treasury market in this video from the show. (April 5)

Yahoo! Finance

UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School Turns to Ping Identity to Solve Identity Management Complexity

UNC Kenan-Flagler is announced as having selected PingFederate to provide a seamless sign-on experience for its variety of IT applications. (April 4)

Globe and Mail (Canada)

Paying more to get less: The cost of external hiring

Organizational behavior professor Sreedhari Desai’s study on men in traditional marriages and their perception of women in the workplace is cited. (April 3)

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