BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As artificial intelligence applications continue to evolve and become more integral as a tool for individuals, governments, and businesses to make decisions more quickly and efficiently, the potential for its misuse and the need for its security and privacy also grow. Sagar Samtani, associate professor of information systems and Weimer Faculty Fellow… Read more »
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Kelley School Professor Clark Barwick honored by IU President Whitten with the highest university-wide teaching award

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Clark Barwick, teaching professor of communications at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, recently received IU’s highest university-wide teaching award. IU President Pamela Whitten presented Barwick with the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. He was one of eight IU faculty members from four campuses to be recognized for their teaching and… Read more »
IU Kelley School of Business ranks in the top 10 worldwide in terms of research productivity and impact for third straight year

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the third straight year, Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is among the top 10 business schools worldwide in terms of productivity and impact, according to the leading measure of published research contributions. The Kelley School was ranked ninth in the University of Texas at Dallas’ rankings of top research schools in… Read more »
IU Kelley School of Business mourns the death of John Rau, its eighth dean

Pat Hopkins, dean of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and Conrad Prebys Professor, today notified members of the Kelley Community that John Rau, “our esteemed colleague” and former dean, has passed away: “John was not only a remarkable leader but also a cherished member of the Kelley family. His vast contributions to both… Read more »
Message from the dean: Pat Hopkins, Kelley’s passionate advocate for further success

As I begin my role as dean of the Kelley School of Business, I am humbled and energized to work alongside our remarkable community of stakeholders toward our collective mission. I arrived in Bloomington as a newly minted PhD in August 1995, with little knowledge of our school (which wasn’t even called Kelley then), our… Read more »
Kelley investment management students win prestigious Balyasny Asset Management stock pick competition

NEW YORK – A team of three students from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finished in first place in the prestigious Balyasny Asset Management Winter Stock Pitch Competition, which attracts top talent from business schools across the country and provides them with invaluable experience they will use in the future. In mid-January, students… Read more »
Research offers new direction on how disaster relief organizations should communicate through social media

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – According to the basics of crisis communications theory, disaster relief organizations should always speak with “one voice.” As demonstrated through recent events such as the Los Angeles wildfires, information these organizations provide through social media can be vital to saving lives and protecting property. But while this approach usually is true during… Read more »
Gig economy may serve as a substitute for those seeking other, more permanent work

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While traditionally laid off employees have relied on consumer credit and unemployment insurance to maintain consumption, research finds that the gig economy serves as a substitute for many seeking other, more permanent work. In a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics, researchers matched anonymized data from on credit profiles with… Read more »
When we feel a loss of personal control, we seek out others like ourselves, research says

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Amid these turbulent times, as our society comes to grips with headlines about wars, the latest health scares, rising prices and social upheaval, people feeling a loss of personal control tend to seek out others who are more like themselves. That’s according to new research from the Indiana University Kelley School of… Read more »
Vikram Pandit to serve as the next Poling Chair at the IU Kelley School of Business
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Vikram S. Pandit, chairman and chief executive officer of The Orogen Group and a prior CEO of Citigroup and president of Morgan Stanley, will visit the Indiana University Kelley School of Business as its Poling Chair of Business and Government. Pandit will join former Kelley Dean John Rau as Poling Chair, whose… Read more »