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MBA Student Poses Global Economics Question to Gates
When Georgetown MBA Evening Program student Stephanie Chen got the chance to pose a question to Microsoft founder Bill Gates on live television on May 6, she wanted to know two things.
“What is the greatest global challenge in the next 10 years, and what can this generation of young business leaders to do solve that problem?” she asked him from the McDonough School of Business during Fox Business Network’s live coverage of the Berkshire Hathaway board meeting in Omaha, Neb.
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MBA Students and Faculty Recognized at Year-End BBQ
The Georgetown McDonough MBA Program celebrated the end of the academic year with its traditional barbeque on April 30. Despite the persistent rain showers, Full-time and Evening Program MBA students, faculty, and staff gathered to recognize the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff.
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CEO of JPMorgan Asset Management Discusses Changing Structure of Global Financial System
On Friday, April 26, the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy and the Georgetown Wall Street Alliance hosted an event at JPMorgan Chase and Co. World Headquarters in New York City featuring Mary Callahan Erdoes (C ’89). Erdoes serves as the Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Asset Management, a global leader in investment management with more than $2 trillion in client assets.
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MBAs Win Washington Post/IBM Technology Case Competition
The team of Joshua Caust-Ellenbogen, Kim Garnett, Ian Wing, and Geoffrey Wellington from the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business MBA Evening Program won the top prize at the 2013 Technology Case Competition, held on April 26. The event was organized by the Georgetown Technology, Innovation, and Design Graduate Association (TIDGA) in partnership with The Washington Post and IBM Global Business Services.
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Then and Now: Graduation 2013
Please follow our Facebook feed in the coming days for the reflections of several of our soon-to-be graduates of the McDonough Business School. Here is John Balkam's reflection on his time here:
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Economists Conclude Limiting Participation in FCC Spectrum Incentive Auctions Could Decrease Revenues by 40%, Increase U.S. Spectrum Deficit
Washington, D.C. – The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business released a new study today on the potential impact of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) spectrum incentive auction rules if the Commission bans or limits participation of qualified auction bidders.
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Free the Girls Bra Drive Surpasses Expectations
Six Georgetown McDonough undergraduates organized a successful university-wide bra drive for the Free the Girls Project in early April. With a goal of collecting 100 bras, student expectations were exceeded with 157 bras collected and $60 raised. The students reported an overwhelming response from alumni, with more than 20 percent of the bras coming from mailed-in donations.
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Is Foreign Investment Good for America?
The Center for Business and Public Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will present “Foreign Investment: Is it Good for America?” as part of its Georgetown on the Hill series, which brings the center’s work to Capitol Hill for tutorials on issues of public policy.
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Georgetown McDonough Alumna Receives CPA Exam Award
Ning Zhu (B’12) recently was presented with the Elijah Watt Sells Award for her outstanding performance on the CPA Exam by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The award is given to individuals who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the test. Examinees also must pass all four sections on their first attempt. Zhu is one of the 39 individuals who received the award out of 92,000 candidates who took the examinations in 2012.
Zhu took the CPA Exam in Texas and is currently employed with PwC in Houston. -
Investigation Momentum: Less is More When it Comes to Unreliable Screening Tests
While the debate continues surrounding the reliability and effectiveness of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening tests, a recent study, conducted by Sunita Sah, assistant professor of business ethics at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, investigates another downside of unreliable screening tests – the effect of receiving inconclusive results.