School of Business Professor Named Best Associate Editor Award of Information Systems Research

Professor Giri Kumar Tayi has been awarded the Best Associate Editor Award of Information Systems Research, for the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Professor Tayi is the longest serving associate editor, two three-year terms, of ISR since its inception twenty years ago. He is the first School of Business faculty member to serve on the editorial board of the premier academic journal in Information Systems.

School of Business Partners with Local Schools to Sponsor First Regional Business Plan Competition on Renewable Energy and Sustainability

The region’s first business plan competition with a focus on energy technology is a cooperative effort.   Sponsoring the contest with the School of Business are the UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Rensselaer and Union College.  This spring, students are invited to submit business plans around a student-born innovation designed for a currently unmet need in the energy sector.  The top teams will present to a panel of investors, scientists, and energy industry executives.  Grand prize is $10,000.

UAlbany School of Business Conference on "Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability" Sept. 25-26

Studying International Business Internationally

A trip to Ireland with UAlbany'sSchool of Business literally put the world of international finance within reach for recent graduate Kate Finkbeiner

School of Business Key in Global Security Fight

Software firm Palantir Technologies of Palo Alto, Calif., has donated 16 core licenses worth $2.25 million for cyber-security research at the University at Albany.

$525K Gift From Deloitte

Deloitte is endowing $525,000 to the School of Business. The endowment will serve the school in a couple of ways.

The Princeton Review Ranks UAlbany's School of Business Among Top 15 Graduate Schools Most Highly Rated By Students

The University at Albany's School of Business was among the Master's in Business Administration (MBA) programs most highly rated by their students, according to a report in the April issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.

MBA Program Garners Top 10 Ranking from Princeton Review

The University at Albany Master's in Business Administration degree ranks ninth in offering the "Greatest Opportunity for Women," according to the Princeton Review's 2009 Best 296 Business Schools.

High Schoolers get a look at careers in Accounting

The University at Albany is partnering with the NYSSCPA to offer the Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession (COAP) program to area minority high school students

Finance Profs Shawky and Smith Quoted in Wall Street Journal.

Fluctuating stock markets and the deep-rooted financial crisis have kept UAlbany's School of Business professors Hany Shawky and David Smith even busier these days.

School of Business Dean Releases 23rd Annual Business Climate Survey

Eighty percent of Capital Region businesses say they view the area economy as stagnant or recessionary, but 82 percent say they do not expect to lay off workers in the coming year, according to a business climate survey conducted by the UAlbany School of Business.

Business Students Market the Nissan Cube to Gen Y

The business majors put aside textbooks, lectures, tests and term papers to collaborate on a marketing campaign for Nissan's soon-to-be launched vehicle, the Cube.  

MBA Team Wins Top Prize

UAlbany School of Business students developed a novel way for shoppers to improve their grocery-store experience. The team won a top prize in the Price Chopper Innovation Challenge with an idea to help customers build their grocery lists online.

Our Small Business Development Center among Top Ten in Nation

The New York State Small Business Development Center based at the University at Albany, has been named one of the the top ten centers in the nation by the U.S. Small Business Administration. 

MBA HRIS Concentration Recognized

The SHRM, recently certified our HRIS concentration as one of four MBA programs in the country meeting their criteria for a comprehensive education in human resource management.

The Financial Crisis Explained By the Experts

The Finance Department, the Center for Institutional Investment Management and the Economics department recently sponsored a Forum on The 2008 Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses.