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Department of Management
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July 30, 2021
RIT’s Saunders College creating online life sciences MBA
Rochester Business Journal announces that RIT’s Saunders College of Business will use a grant of up to $500,000 from Empire State Development to establish a new online life sciences executive MBA entrepreneurship program.
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July 28, 2021
Going back to school could cost more this year
WHAM-TV interviews Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about how demand, supply, and inflation are affecting prices on everything from shoes and clothes to computers.
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July 28, 2021
Rochester-based Royal Car Wash eyes major expansion in New York
The Democrat and Chronicle interviewed Kenan Guler, assistant professor of management, about competitive business strategy.
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July 27, 2021
Undergraduate research project focuses on future of restaurant dining post COVID-19
Third-year hospitality and tourism management major Maddie Reim worked with Saunders College of Business Associate Professor Jerrie Hsieh on research pertaining to the return of consumers to restaurant dining. Reim will present her findings during RIT’s Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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July 23, 2021
Want A Career Boost? Try Speaking Up For Someone Else
Forbes references research by Kristin Bain, assistant professor in the Department of Management.
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July 22, 2021
Tech Support
Inbound Logistics talks with Steven Carnovale, assistant professor of supply chain management, about how the need for supply chain resilience, visibility, agility, and control drives technology across multiple sectors.
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July 20, 2021
Want A Career Boost? Try Speaking Up For Someone Else
Research conducted by Kristin Bain, Ph.D. and three other professors was featured in Forbes.
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June 23, 2021
RIT alumna Susan Holliday ’85 donates $1.25 million to Saunders College of Business expansion
The gift from alumna and vice chair of RIT’s Board of Trustees, Susan Riedman Holliday ’85 (MBA), will fund the creation of a 6,000-square-foot fourth floor signature event space, comprised of a conference hall, reception gallery, and wine room–all featuring expansive views of the RIT campus.
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June 15, 2021
Former RIT/NTID women’s soccer standout Mia White to play in Europe
Mia White, former standout player and captain of RIT’s women’s soccer team, has accepted an invitation to play in Europe for the Primera Regional Madrid league’s Sporting Club Madrid team, a pre-developmental professional academy formerly known as Football Academy Madrid. White will be the only Deaf player on the team.
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June 10, 2021
Bob Barbato, Saunders College professor and former department chair, retires from RIT after 42 years
Professor Bob Barbato joined RIT in 1979. Since then, he has taught courses in leadership, entrepreneurship, and business ethics in more than seven countries–first taking his wife and kids with him to Ethiopia on a Fulbright scholarship, and then to RIT’s international campuses in Kosovo, Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Beijing, and Dubai.
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May 7, 2021
Alumnus Chance Wright ’18, ’19 makes $1.8 million donation to RIT’s Saunders College of Business
The majority of the donation will support renovations to existing spaces in Max Lowenthal Hall, home of Saunders College. Classrooms and common learning spaces on the third floor will be renovated, as will a seminar room on the first floor.
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April 28, 2021
Enhance your Resume with the RIT Edge
A master's of business administration (MBA) at Saunders College of Business provides students with a strong foundation in business that’s fused with digital technology and lives at the center of a university recognized for technological excellence.