BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Two retired marketing faculty at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business – Jonlee Andrews and Rosann Spiro – were honored on Aug. 17 with the Jack R. Wentworth Lifetime Impact Award. The Wentworth Award is named for the three-time alumnus who taught at Kelley from 1959 to 1997 and led the… Read more »
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Eleven students from Indiana chosen for prestigious Kelley Scholars program
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Eleven incoming Indiana University freshmen from across the Hoosier state have been selected as Kelley Scholars at the Kelley School of Business. The Kelley Scholars, who intend to major in business at IU Bloomington, will receive standard tuition and fees, a stipend for living expenses and funding for academic activities such as… Read more »
Kelley School Dean Ash Soni joined peers from nine other top business schools for meetings with leaders in Washington
WASHINGTON – Ash Soni, dean of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, joined a delegation of 10 business school deans who met on June 15 with legislative and business leaders and economists in Washington, D.C. It was the first time that deans of the nation’s top business schools had come together collectively for such… Read more »
Kelley professor finds diversity of experience among board members leads to innovation
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While gender, racial and ethnic diversity bring value to U.S. companies, research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that diverse educational, industrial and organizational experiences among managers and board members leads to R&D innovation creating economic and social value. “We looked at their experiences and not just their demographic… Read more »
Graduate accounting students recognized at special Pentagon ceremony
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When Brianna Bova started the Master of Science in Accounting and Data Analytics (MSADA) Program at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, she never imagined herself at the Pentagon receiving recognition from the U.S. Department of Defense. That’s where she found herself in late April this year. Bova and seven classmates… Read more »
All in the family: Mother and son earn Kelley degrees together
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — When Agrayan Gupta started college at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in fall 2019, he couldn’t have imagined his mother, Anita, would become his study buddy. This month, the Guptas graduated from Kelley together — he with a bachelor’s degree and she with the Kelley Direct Online MBA. The mother… Read more »
Kelley professor: Use of CoCo bonds – hybrid securities issued by banks – do not protect taxpayers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A financial tool used in the bailout of global banking giant Credit Suisse Group, hybrid securities known as “CoCo” bonds, would not protect taxpayers. Their use should continue to be left to the private sector, instead of being treated as regulatory capital after bank failures in the United States, said a finance… Read more »
A Kelley Honors Program profile: Sarthak Nagar launches his dream
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Sarthak Nagar, B.S., ’23, fueled his passion for aviation by taking an in-depth look at the industry in his senior capstone project with the Kelley Business Honors Program. His fascination with Urban Air Mobility (UAM) — aircraft that operate at lower altitudes within urban and suburban areas — ignited his exploration into… Read more »
Eight specialties in Kelley Full-Time MBA Program rise significantly in U.S. News rankings
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Kelley School of Business rose significantly in eight of 12 specialties as part of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate School rankings. This included placing three specialty areas in the top 10 – Accounting, Entrepreneurship and Information Systems. In all, 10 specialty areas at Kelley ranked in the… Read more »
A Kelley Honors Program profile: Madison Ridley defines her own path
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Madison Ridley, who will graduate with a bachelor’s degree from the Kelley School of Business in May, seized an opportunity in the Kelley Business Honors Program to research her passion — the music industry. She discovered innovative ways musical artists market themselves and gained valuable insights to launch her business dream of… Read more »