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Earning your MBA with your partner

When you and your partner both want to earn MBAs, what’s the best approach? With two careers, two personalities, finances and a relationship to balance, it’s a complicated decision. At UNC Kenan-Flagler, couples have options.

Proving the power of mentoring

Whitnie Low Narcisse (MBA ’16) built her entrepreneurial and leadership skills at UNC Kenan-Flagler.

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Seeking greater impact, physician becomes a business leader

The modern American healthcare system is complex and requires leaders who can deftly balance patient’s needs of patients with business demands. They must m...

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Fighting for others

Kate Shallcross Welbourn (MBA ’07) is using her business acumen to support the search for a cure for a deadly pediatric cancer.

Helping others reach new heights

Kevin Clark’s (BSBA ’99) purpose in life is to help individuals and organizations reach their respective potentials.

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Why the U.S. still has a severe shortage of medical supplies

Supply-chain deficiencies are to blame, write PhD grads Dan Finkenstadt and Rob Hanfield, and Peter Guintoe.

Shifting from providing healthcare to solving its problems

Chihao Tsui (MBA ’20) combined healthcare, consulting and entrepreneurship to launch a new career.

Choosing a career path that supports others

Her business education helped Chelsea Vickers (BSBA ’20) find her path – and now she’s helping others find theirs.

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Making changes to build community

From the start of his time at UNC Kenan-Flagler, Graeme Strickland (BSBA ’20) made a difference, putting diversity and inclusion at the top of his priority list.

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Creating diverse and inclusive workforces

Khalil Smith (MBA ’13) has made it his mission to help companies create more diverse and inclusive workforces.

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Investing in women at UNC Kenan-Flagler

The founders of the 100 Women initiative are on a mission to accelerate the advancement of women in leadership positions in business and society. The first step: Attract more female MBA students.

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Opening doors for the next generation of leaders

Professor Claudia Kubowicz Malhotra (MBA ’00, PhD ’06) believes in the power of education to change lives.

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Putting community building at the heart of his real estate career

John Nelson (MBA ’20) is using his MBA to make real estate development a force for positive change.

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Learning while developing solutions for corporate partners

STAR partners student teams with corporate partners to solve complex business challenges.

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Creating opportunities for people to try new things

Joe Darcy (MBA ’20) developed his playbook for a career in venture capital – and is hoping to make the world better along the way.

In the News

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.

Chris Bingham, Brad Hendricks and Travis Howell (PhD '20) find that founders need advice more than other managers do, but they are also more likely to ignore it.

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.