Manning School of Business students are giving back to the community in several ways this holiday season, including a food drive initiated by first-year student Jayson DeLong.

Faculty members Meg Sobkowicz-Kline, Marie Frank, Ingrid Hess, Hieu Phan and Neil Shortland have received three-year fellowships from the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility to pursue research on ethical leadership.

Business alum Jonathan Geanakos ’84 returned to campus to share professional insights and personal advice with students during a talk hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

Ethics 101: Higher education’s role in creating a more socially responsible and sustainable world

This year, the Nancy L. Donahue Celebration of the Arts celebrated the Lowell philanthropist’s $2 million donation to renovate Durgin Concert Hall. It is only her latest gift to the university.

Cindi Bigelow, third-generation president and CEO of family-owned Bigelow Tea, shared leadership lessons and inspired students to bring out the best in others during a talk at University Crossing.

More than 250 students were challenged to think about ethics and social responsibility in new ways at UMass Lowell’s first annual Ethics Fest, hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

The Manning School of Business team of senior Thomas Stranberg and juniors Raj Aurora and Prabakar Adithya earned two first-place finishes at the 24th International Business Ethics Case Competition.

Manning School of Business students Thomas Stranberg, Prabakar Adithya and Yuvraj Aurora recently competed in an ethics case competition hosted by Providence College in preparation for April’s virtual International Business Ethics Case Competition.

Five Manning School of Business faculty members and one Ph.D. student received research grants from the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility for summer-fall 2020.

Student leaders from the Manning School of Business hosted “Lifting Our Voices,” a virtual panel discussion on issues impacting social justice and racial equality. The discussion is part of a broader university-wide effort to combat racial injustice.

More than 100 students learned how quantum leadership can create flourishing businesses during author and professor Chris Laszlo’s visit to campus for the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility’s Distinguished Speaker Series.

Students from Manning Women in Business and the Society of Women Engineers learned how the tech industry is addressing diversity issues in a panel discussion hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility at the UMass Club in Boston.

Nearly 300 students participated in a discussion on “Authentic Success, Living an Ethical Life” with motivational speaker and University of Denver Assoc. Prof. Corey Ciocchetti, an event hosted by the Donahue Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility.

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 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.

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.