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Alumni Weekend 2022 returns in person April 22-23

Dedicating himself to “good trouble”

Napoleon Wallace (MBA ’10) is generating impact and alpha to benefit the people, communities and organizations that matter most to him.

Using her voice to create systemic change

Maital Guttman (MBA ’13) leads DEI strategy for Europe at McKinsey & Co.

Learning from leaders

The Dean’s Speaker Series returns with a lineup of outstanding leaders, including two alumni.

Another step forward

Ruben Rakonczai (BSBA ’21) moved to the U.S. from Hungary with a suitcase and his parents looking for a better life.

Comfortable with being uncomfortable

A two-time recipient of scholarship for University employees’ children of reflects on her time at Carolina and abroad.

Make an impact to close the year

Ensure UNC Kenan-Flagler’s success for generations to come with your final gift of 2021.

Ready for a virtual workout

Anna Shuford (BA ’20, MBA ’22), channeled her frustrations with virtual workouts into a new business.

Finding sustainable energy solutions

Chance Cobb (MBA ’13) is ushering in a green revolution by making battery power cheaper and more accessible.

Leading with heart

Gino Esposito (BSBA ’21, MAC ’22) is a wrestler, entrepreneur, writer and man of faith. He plans on using his business acumen to make the world a better place.

Making Carolina home

Carolina has become a second home for graduating senior Truman Mitchell thanks to the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School's community of faculty and classmates.

Investing in a better future

The Center for Sustainable Enterprise accelerates social and environmental sustainability with innovative and profitable business solutions.

Creating something bigger than herself

Throughout her career, Lee Leonard Podolsky (BSBA ’89) has created opportunities for herself and others.

Paving the way for academic leadership

PhD student Ricky Burgess studies leadership, identity and morality in the context of teams.

Accelerating her career in biotech

Amy Manning (MBA ‘17) used what she learned in her Executive MBA Weekend Program to propel her career.

Making the change from the Navy to Google

Meghan Wilkens (MBA ’20) values the collaborative culture at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

Understanding the art and science of human capital

The pandemic postponed his move to Chapel Hill, but Sekou Bermiss is already having a big impact at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

Don’t call us

Customers would rather hold the line than get callbacks, UNC Kenan-Flagler researchers show.

Telling her story

Nancy Johnson (MBA ’09) has been telling stories – as a journalist, brand communicator and now a novelist – all of her life.

No passport required

COVID-19 prevented studying abroad, but it didn’t get in the way of learning and connecting across the globe.

Welcoming our new faculty

This fall we welcomed nine talented full-time faculty members and two post-doctoral research associates to our community.

The greatest entrepreneur of all time

A first-generation college grad, Tyrell Carter (BSBA ’21) aims to make it easier to start and run a business.

Showing CSR is good strategy

Professor Olga Hawn believes firms should use the most effective, efficient means to do the most good with their limited resources.

Taking hoops journey to Rwanda to make lives better

Jake Mendys (BSBA ’16) uses basketball and business to change lives from Rwanda to the NBA.

Creating a toolkit for equitable business

Future business leaders research organizational equity as a path to achieving DEI goals.

Broadening their horizons

GLOBE students from UNC learn with classmates from Copenhagen and Hong Kong – even in a pandemic.

Harnessing business as a mechanism for good

Conducting business compassionately was a theme of Mary Laci Motley’s (BSBA ’21) time at Carolina.

Illustration with hand drawn textures depicting pharmacy and medical research concept.

Tackling grand challenges

Professor Mahka Moeen uses historical cases to draw a roadmap for innovation when governments need to solve critical challenges.

Prof’s passion for teaching tax is contagious

For tax professor Courtney Knoll (PhD ’05), it’s always been all about the students.

Celebrating 10 years of MBA@UNC

In what seemed like a risky move, UNC Kenan-Flagler established the School as an educational pioneer.

In the News

When malls and department stores close, what happens next?

Professor Saravanan Kesavan discusses the changing retail economy.

It’s true: Our emotions can make us rich (or poor)

Professor Camelia Kuhnen came to the U.S. from Romania to study at MIT. Today she is an expert in neuroeconomics, behavioral finance and corporate finance. She studies the intersection of human nature and finance.

Boomerang CEOs: What happens when the CEO comes back?

Professors Chris Bingham and Brad Hendricks and Travis Howell (PhD '20) write about the consequences of bringing a former CEO back to the firm.