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March 6, 2019
MiM Guide

Accounting courses: Energized by technology

Tzachi Zach, faculty director of Fisher's Master of Accounting program, highlights how the college is equipping future accountants with the key skills to communicate with industry-focused data experts and software engineers.
Aziza Allen with her book "Whole"
March 5, 2019
Fisher College of Business

MBA student helping others through published poetry

As a professional in the workplace and then as a graduate student, Aziza Allen felt she had to compartmentalize aspects of herself that made her unique.
Five 2019 Pace Setters winners hold their awards
March 5, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Excellence, achievement honored at 2019 Pace Setters

Achievement, excellence and demonstrated leadership by Fisher students and faculty were recently recognized at the college’s 2019 Pace Setters Awards event.
March 5, 2019
Bloomberg

How did the U.S. stock market get so old?

René Stulz, the Everett D. Reese Chair of Banking and Monetary Economics at Fisher, shares his thoughts on how an aging stock market may not be a negative: "Older firms, larger firms, have a better track record because you became large. You have more of a cushion against the impact of bad news."
Professor Darren Roulstone
March 5, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Q&A with Accounting Professor Darren Roulstone

Darren Roulstone, the John W. Berry, Sr. Fund for Faculty Excellence Professor of Accounting, shares insights into Fisher's accounting PhD program.
March 4, 2019
TechCrunch

Can predictive analytics be made safe for humans?

Dennis Hirsch, a fellow at The Risk Institute, a professor of law and head of Ohio State's Program on Data and Governance, shared insights about the challenges posed by this new data economy.
Stephanie Paxton
March 4, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Making an impact, one taxpayer at a time

Stephanie Paxton (BSBA ’12) shares why she returned to Fisher to join with students and alumni to volunteer as part of VITA, which provides free tax prep to low-income and disadvantaged individuals.
Preparing young women
March 4, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Preparing young women to connect with the Fisher experience

For young women in high school who are considering a college education at The Ohio State University, anxiety about such a life-changing event — whethe
Female Leader Panel
March 4, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Panel connects students with successful female leaders

Alexandra Parrish walked out of a recent Leadership and Character class with fresh insight from three successful leaders with deep ties to Fisher and Ohio State: Paula Bennett, Rachel Friedman and Elizabeth Mily.
March 1, 2019
Columbus CEO

JPMorgan Chase's Corrine Burger is the best-connected Columbus exec you probably haven't met

JPMorgan Chase's local leader and Columbus 2020 board member Corrine Burger (BSBA '85) has her hands in efforts to grow and diversify Columbus talent.
February 26, 2019
The New York Times

When the bully Is the boss

A boss who “demands” excellence is no more likely to produce it than the boss who requests or nurtures it, and likely less so, the research suggests. Demanding excellence often is just a handy excuse, said Bennett Tepper, the Irving Abramowitz Memorial Professorship at Fisher and a leading researcher of the effects of abusive leadership.
February 26, 2019
Fisher College of Business

A Haven for entrepreneurs and community

Melissa Blackburn and Danielle Lim became friends while classmates in Fisher’s Working Professional MBA program. Since graduating in 2011, they’ve remained connected and co-founded Haven Collective, a co-working space in the Columbus area.
2019 MBA Student and Alumni Showcase
February 26, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Students incorporating their passions into MBA experiences

Students and alumni of Fisher’s Full-Time MBA program recently connected at an event highlighting how MBA students are leveraging their Fisher experience to align with their passions.
Four students readily presenting their case on stage in front of power point
February 25, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Fisher takes top prize at strategy case competition

For Alex Beutel, success means learning how to be comfortable when the problem you’re facing has you feeling very uncomfortable.It was a lesson that B
February 22, 2019
Smart Business

Advantages and disadvantages of middle-market firms

Do you know yourself? Oded Shenkar, the Ford Motor Company Chair in Global Business Management at Fisher and academic director of the National Center for the Middle Market, lays out the inherent advantages and disadvantages of middle-market firms.
Group of men and women standing in front of red curtain at the Economic Nationalism and Trade Conference
February 22, 2019
Fisher College of Business

Interdisciplinary conference examines nationalism, trade

The Risk Institute, Moritz College of Law, Fisher College of Business and the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences recently collaborated to examine — through an interdisciplinary lens — the legal, business and economic consequences of U.S. trade policy at the Economic Nationalism and Trade Conference at The Ohio State University.
VCIC Case Competition participants
February 21, 2019
Fisher College of Business

MBA students shine at venture capital competition

There are case competitions — and then there is the Venture Capital Investment Competition. For a team of MBA students from Fisher, the event provided a unique opportunity to explore the unique aspects of venture capital.
February 20, 2019
Smart Meetings

Networking secrets anyone needs to know

The best way to make life-changing connections is to make yourself uncomfortable. Tanya Menon, an associate professor at Fisher who has 1.7 million views on her TEDx talk, "The Secret to Great Opportunities? The Person You Haven’t Met Yet," says we are creatures of habit. 
February 20, 2019
The Lantern

Reformed ex-convict to share story at TEDx talk

Harley Blakeman (BSBA '17) will bring his message of redemption as part of the TEDxOhioStateUniversity conference, showing how he has used self-confidence — sometimes to a fault — to make his progression from drug dealer to an Ohio State graduate, published author, speaker and CEO of Honest Jobs, a company that helps ex-convicts find employment.
February 19, 2019
The Lantern

Ohio State student startup creates online marketplace for storage space

After Brandon Gotlieb, a third-year in finance, and his roommate, Mike Gargasz, a third-year in electrical and computer engineering, saw a flier in the 18th Avenue Library for a business idea pitch competition with a $1,000 prize, they went to their dorm and got to work. Hours later, the pai
February 15, 2019
BusinessBecause

MBA students are exploring careers with a social impact

At Fisher College of Business, social impact is built into the new MBA curriculum, with students given the opportunity to work with local nonprofits — inspiring careers in social impact.
National Center for the Middle Market
February 13, 2019
Fisher College of Business

National Center for the Middle Market adds Chubb as newest sponsor

The National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM) at The Ohio State University officially announced that Chubb, the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company, has joined Grant Thornton and Cisco as a 2019 sponsor.
February 13, 2019
BusinessBecause

Why I chose a specialized master's degree over an MBA

MBA or master's? Two U.S.-based students explain why they chose a specialized master's program at Fisher.
February 12, 2019
MiM Guide

STEM-certified programs attract international applications and recruiters

Walter Zinn, associate dean for graduate students and programs at Fisher College of Business, says the school pursued STEM designation for four of its business masters degrees to meet the dynamic needs of prospective students and employers. Fisher’s masters programs in accounting, business logistics engineering, business analytics, and finance are STEM-designated. ​​​​​​​
February 8, 2019
Columbus Business First

How can Ohio grow exports? Send in the interns

The Ohio Development Services Agency is funding interns through its Export Internship Program aimed specifically at helping companies learn how to navigate the international business world. The program has been an experiment with three business schools – Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, Youngstown State University’s Williamson College of Business Administration and Cleveland State University’s Monte Ahuja College of Business.

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