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McCombs School Announces 2005 Hall of Fame Inductees
The McCombs School will induct Robert B. Rowling, Ronald G. Steinhart
and Sara Martinez Tucker into its prestigious Hall of Fame during a
ceremony on November 11.
Learn more about the inductees and award.
Red McCombs to Honor American Visionary George Kozmetsky With UT Wind
Ensemble
Red McCombs, the benefactor and namesake of the McCombs School of
Business, will take to the stage in honor one of his greatest
inspirations, the late business school dean Dr. George Kozmetsky. The
musical tribute, featuring the UT Wind Ensemble, will be held at 8 p.m.
Nov. 10 at Bates Recital Hall. The one-night-only performance, entitled
“American Visionary,” features a short symphony composed by Dan Welcher,
the Lee Hage Jamail Regents Professor in Fine Arts. McCombs will provide
the voice for three narrations on the extraordinary life of Kozmetsky,
written by international investment expert and Kozmetsky protégé Robert
Kuhn.
Get the full story.
McCombs BBAs Record the Ups and Downs of Freshman Year
The voice of The University of Texas at Austin’s freshman class has been
entrusted to six of this year’s incoming students. Ashley Denefield, BBA
’09, and Eman Winston, BBA ’09, both from Galveston County, were chosen
from 3,000 applicants to write a series of online journals for Inside
UT, chronicling their first year at the university. “I’ve always read
the journals since they were first published,” Denefield said. “They
helped me choose which school to go to and what student organizations to
join.”
Winston, a high school super-achiever, writes in his first few journals
about his realization that he should not measure his self-worth by the
number of student organizations he joins. Denefield, who participated in
McCombs Future Executive Academy for two summers during high school,
takes readers through “The Freshman Focus”—her recipe for success for
the first year—and how to balance a social life and academics.
Read the student journals.
McCombs’ Executive MBA Program Ranked No. 12 in the World
BusinessWeek’s 2005 ranking of the Best Executive MBA programs placed
the McCombs School of Business in the No. 12 spot this year. Schools
from around the world were ranked based on student satisfaction with
curriculum, value and peers. “The ranking of our program is recognition
of the strong commitment from our faculty, staff, alumni and students to
deliver a first-class program which meets the needs of students working
full-time,” said Larry Abeln, associate dean and director of Executive
Education. “Our revised 2006 Executive MBA program curriculum and the
new Executive Education Center will allow us to continue to effectively
position the program in the marketplace in the future.” The Executive
MBA program is ranked third among all public universities in the U.S.
See all
of McCombs rankings.
Good Corporate Ethics Not Enough, Public Recognition Also Needed
Bob Bunting, chairman of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants board of directors, wants the business world to “make the
grade” ethically. To achieve this goal, he believes companies need to
center their corporate philosophies around a pillar of strong values and
make their good intentions known to the public. “Values and ethics are
dangerous for anyone to talk about,” Bunting said during his Sept. 28
Lyceum Speaker Series talk. “With ethics you are assumed to be putting
yourself out there as an expert, or as having led an ethically superior
life.”
Get the full story.
McCombs’ Behavioral Scientist Analyzes Forensics Errors
In an analysis of DNA testing methods for crime investigations, McCombs
Professor Jonathan Koehler and his colleague, Michael Saks, explain the
faults of current forensic science. According to their study published
in the August issue of Science, part of the problem is false testimony
by forensic scientists and their unwillingness to admit the chance of
errors in DNA. Koehler uses his experience as a behavioral scientist
specializing in legal issues at McCombs to recommend subjecting crime
labs to “blind testing,” where the results would be reported to the
public. “Some people twist our words into saying we believe no forensic
science should come into court,” Koehler said. “I don't believe that. I
just believe that we’re far better off with forensic science that is
real science.”
Find out more about Koehler’s controversial paper and
learn more about faulty crime analysis.
Integrity Built on Willingness to Choose Long-Term
Investment
If someone offered to give you a $25 Amazon.com gift card today
or a $35 gift card in three days, which would you choose? At the
Oct. 12 Lyceum Speaker Series, Sarah Teslik, CEO of the
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, explained that
preference for immediate rewards is simply human nature, but it
is also responsible for some of the shortcomings in business.
Get the full story.
Idea to Product International Competition to be Held at UT Austin
On November 4 – 5, student teams representing leading universities from
three continents will present their commercialization plans for
early-stage technologies, including a solar water treatment system, a
non-invasive colon cancer detection system, a rapidly deployable
hardened shelter and a human-powered battery charger. The teams present
their 10-minute plans to judging panels consisting of prominent faculty,
business professionals, entrepreneurs, attorneys and venture
capitalists. The teams compete for $25,000 in cash prizes and a chance
to compete in the McCombs School hosted MootCorp® Competition. The I2P™
competition is hosted by the Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise of the
College of Engineering in cooperation with the McCombs School of
Business and the student Technology Entrepreneurship Society. For more
information, visit http://www.ideatoproduct.org/int/.
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relocation, honors, publications, marriage, new children or any new
thing you have going on!
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