Four Manning School of Business finance students – Bony Ganugapanta, Greg Montemurro, Thavady Pech and Katie Sanchez – took part in the CQA Institute’s two-week Advanced Investment Management course at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

The Manning School of Business and the Jack M. Wilson Center for Entrepreneurship hosted the first-ever Biotech East, a weeklong course for Ph.D. students and postdocs in health, science and medical programs interested in discovering the commercial side of science.

“Be true to yourself” and “prioritize” emerged as key themes at the fourth annual Women’s Leadership Conference. Some speakers and sessions also encouraged women to work at tech firms.

The need to promote entrepreneurship among risk-averse millennials is a challenge facing colleges and universities across the country, according to Amy Nelson, CEO of Venture for America, speaking at the Deshpande Symposium.  

Ten students from the Manning School of Business participated in the Salesforce TrailheaDX developer conference and career fair in San Francisco, where they also got an inside look at the CRM giant’s new global headquarters.

The Manning School of Business was well represented at the 2018 annual meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), the world’s largest professional association of operations research and analytics professionals and students.

The Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility welcomed Raj Sisodia, co-founder of the “Conscious Capitalism” movement, for a Distinguished Speaker Series discussion on how business can become the primary agent for healing communities and the world.

More than three dozen students traveled to campus from Japan to receive their MBA degrees, which they earned online through the university’s partnership with Tokyo-based Abitus.

The Manning School of Business recognized outstanding graduate students at its annual Hooding Ceremony at the UMass Lowell Inn and Conference Center, where Ethan Brown ’14 encouraged grads to build a strong alumni network.

UMass Lowell and Middlesex Community College share a common mission: making a world-class education available to all students so that they can achieve their potential. New initiatives are bringing the two schools closer than ever – and creating a model to help all transfer students succeed.

UMass Lowell, a pioneer in online and continuing education, earns high rankings for its excellent professors and up-to-the-minute programs. Now it’s integrating its online and on-campus graduate programs in a new Division of Graduate, Online and Professional Studies.

Thirty-five undergraduate and graduate students from the Manning School of Business were inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society.

More than 280 students finished the academic year by presenting their work at the annual Student Research & Community Engagement Symposium. Many of the students’ research projects aimed to solve or engage real-world problems, from public health to violent crime.

UMass Board of Trustee member Robert Epstein, president and CEO of Horizon Beverage Group, spoke to Manning School of Business students about the evolution of the alcoholic beverage industry and its strategic implications.

Three professors and two doctoral students from the Manning School of Business joined cadets and soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard’s 101st Engineer Battalion for “Operation River Hawk” at Fort Devens.

Elizabeth Altman, assistant professor of management in the Manning School of Business, served for six months as a visiting assistant professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York.

Junior business administration major Nathan Klosowski, a coordinator and supervisor in the Office of Transportation Services, beat out a crowded field to win the university’s Student Employee of the Year award.

Manning School of Business seniors Nick Valenti, Meredith Buckley and Nick Caraco are competing in the International Business Ethics and Sustainability Case Competition (IBESCC) at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

As UML students, three young women worked together on U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan’s congressional campaign. Now that they’ve graduated, they’re working for her full time – alongside four other UMass Lowell alumni.

The Manning Women in Business student organization co-sponsored “A Pitch of Her Own,” a women and innovation pitch contest held at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub.