Business & Economy
Whitman School’s Matt Shumer Selected for Blackstone LaunchPad Techstars Summer 2019 Lift Program
Matt Shumer ’22, founder of OptechVR/Visos, is part of an elite cohort of seven university teams from the United States selected for the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars LaunchPad Summer 2019 Lift program. The LaunchPad Lift accelerator program, which kicks…
Students Take Home Five Prizes in NY Business Plan Competition; Law Student Earns Top Tech Prize
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ student teams won five prizes in the 10th annual New York Business Plan Competition (NYBPC) organized by the Upstate Capital Association of New York on April 26 in Albany. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ teams won the most of any university…
Students Participate in Blackstone LaunchPad Techstars Startup Weekend in Los Angeles
Four ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students were selected to participate in the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars Startup Weekend in Los Angeles April 26-28. They were part of a cohort of 70 student attendees representing 20 universities from six states and two…
Three Reasons Why Major League Baseball Attendance Is Slumping
Many Major League Baseball teams are witnessing big drops at the box office this season. Newhouse School Professor Brad Horn, former vice president for communications and education at the Baseball Hall of Fame, suggests three reasons why. There’s a cold, harsh…
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Student Team Competing Tonight in ACC InVenture Prize Competition Finals; Event Will Be Streamed Live
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students Alec Gillinder ’20 and Quinn King ’20 (College of Visual and Performing Arts, School of Design) have made it to the final five of the ACC InVenture Prize Competition. The elite finalists, selected from a field of…
Whitman School Celebrates Partnership with National Black MBA Association
In March, the Whitman School held a reception to celebrate its recent partnership with the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) as part of the Collegiate Partnership Program. The event provided an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to connect with…
BFAS Launches Academic Leaders Training Program
Academic leaders require knowledge of the financial and administrative framework of the University to make effective decisions and to fulfill their duties in an accurate, effective and financially responsible manner. The Academic Leaders Training program, developed by the Division of…
On a Winning Streak: ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Sport Analytics Students Prove They’re Ready to Storm the Industry
Assembling a championship-caliber team and a profitable business organization is a challenge that sports owners, executives and managers face every day in the ultra-competitive world of sports. Increasingly, they are turning to data analytics for an advantage. Whether it is…
Alumni Business Owner Propels ‘People-First’ Philosophy
Serial entrepreneur Ed Mitzen is part of a new wave of socially conscious business leaders When Ed Mitzen ’89 was filling out his college application some 35 years ago, he had one goal in mind—getting into medical school. That all…
Fetner Family Gift Launches ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ NYC-Based Experiential Learning Collaboration
A generous gift from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Trustee Harold (Hal) Fetner ’83 and his wife, Nina, will help establish the creation of an experiential learning collaboration in New York City between the Whitman School and the School of Architecture. The two…