UT Dallas News Center is an official news voice of The University of Texas at Dallas. http://www.utdallas.edu/news/ http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/24-23951_Students-Run-Multi-Million-Dollar-Simulated-Busine_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Business students Sarah Monique Ching, Iris Mostrom and Ca Nguyen are not CEOs of a $100 million business, but they recently proved they can run a simulated company better than many college students throughout the world. The Naveen Jindal School of Management undergraduate students placed fourth in the Capsim Challenge, an online international competition designed to see which business school students have the business acumen to run a multi-million dollar enterprise. ]]> Fri, 24 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/23-23911_University-Mourns-Longtime-Management-Professor_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The University of Texas at Dallas is mourning Dr. Constantine "Connie" Konstans, a longtime accounting and information management professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management, who died Monday. Konstans recently was honored with a UT Dallas endowed professorship in his name, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award from D CEO magazine. Early this year he was named a 2013 Fellow of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, a nonprofit to help organizations achieve principled performance in areas such as governance and assurance. ]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/15-23731_Jindal-School-Team-Has-the-Edge-in-Social-Media-Co_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS UT Dallas marketing students recently won a case study competition so rooted in business reality that they had to sign a non-disclosure agreement to participate. What the first-place team of four graduate students could say was that they analyzed data on social media sentiment for a Coca-Cola brand and then developed a marketing campaign based on their findings. The top team won $8,000 in the competition that was sponsored by Coca-Cola, NetBase and UT Dallas. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/15-23741_Alumnus-Business-Aims-to-Replace-Animal-Cone-of-Sh_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Like many business ideas, MBA graduate Chakri Paila's startup solves a problem: protecting sick or injured pets from the dreaded "cone of shame." The UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management graduate MBA'03 owns and operates Hagar Collars, which advertises a less mortifying alternative to the Elizabethan-style collar often used by veterinarians. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/13-23641_UT-Dallas-to-Celebrate-More-Than-3000-New-Grads_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS With a record seven graduation ceremonies this week, UT Dallas is preparing for its largest spring graduation cohort ever, with 3,024 students projected to complete their degrees, nearly a 15 percent increase over last year. The University has extended the commencement ceremonies over three days to accommodate the continued increase in the number of graduates. ]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/8-23611_Director-of-Real-Estate-Programs-Took-to-Field-Ear_article.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Dr. Randall S. Guttery, the Naveen Jindal School of Management's director of real estate programs, brings a wealth of academic and practical experience from a 30-year real estate career. A new partnership with a worldwide organization brings more good news for the growing program. ]]> Wed, 08 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/5/7-23481_Summit-Focuses-on-Internal-Auditors-Role-in-Battli_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The onslaught of security breaches has companies increasingly relying on a group of professionals not typically known for their roles in preventing cyberattacks: internal auditors. Businesses have a growing need for internal auditors who can size up their data security policies and potential risks, said speakers at the recent UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management's 8th Annual Fraud Summit. ]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/26-23401_Jindal-Students-Excel-in-State-Business-Leader-Com_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Students in the Phi Beta Lambda business leadership organization triumphed many times over in contests held at the group's annual state conference. The April 12-13 contests at Stephen F. Austin University tested subject knowledge in 26 business and management categories. UT Dallas students earned 29 awards, 19 of which were for first place. "The students simply performed great," said Dr. Vance Johnson Lewis, chapter adviser and director of the undergraduate program in business administration at the Naveen Jindal School of Management. ]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/26-23411_Financial-Expert-Urges-Wedding-Seasons-Newlyweds-t_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS As wedding season approaches, the big day can bring great joy, but also sobering financial burdens. The key, says UT Dallas personal finance expert Jared Pickens, is to avoid piling on debt just as a new marriage begins. ]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/18-23211_Digital-Marketing-Students-Dissect-Data-in-Search-_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS One of the hottest trends in marketing requires talent for turning big data into big sales. Digital marketing analysts study shoppers' cyberfootprints to help businesses zero in on their most likely customers. "You can target people in a very refined way that you can't do with mass media advertising," said Alex Edsel, director of the MS in Marketing Program and senior lecturer in marketing. ]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/18-23221_Executives-Discuss-Technology-and-its-Effects-on-C_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Four senior executives spoke about technology and changing corporate culture during a recent forum at UT Dallas' Naveen Jindal School of Management. The panel session, "Delivering Value Through Managed Innovation," was co-hosted by the Center for Information Technology and Management and Kalypso Consulting. ]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/16-23161_Beta-Gamma-Sigma-Inducts-About-150-Business-Studen_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma is observing its 100th anniversary as a recent induction ceremony invited 150 high-performing JSOM students to the society this year. The new group brings the chapter's total membership to 1,234. ]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/11-23101_Wharton-Tops-UT-Dallas-Business-School-Research-Ra_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania held its firm grip on the No. 1 spot in The UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings for 2013 released Wednesday by the Naveen Jindal School of Management. Harvard University, No. 2, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, No. 3, also maintained their places in separate annual rankings of schools in North America and worldwide. Both sets of rankings measure business school research productivity by tracking contributions in leading publications. ]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/5-22951_Jindal-School-Student-Takes-1st-in-Commodity-Tradi_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Ten finance students from the Jindal School's Financial Leadership Association competed in the second phase of the CME Group Commodity Trading Challenge at the University of Houston on March 22-23. The competition involved an age-old trading language that uses fast-paced shouting and elaborate hand signals as students try to cut shrewd deals. ]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2013/4/3-22881_Tips-Can-Help-Taxpayers-Keep-More-of-Their-Earning_article-wide.html?WT.mc_id=NewsRSS Still haven't filed that income tax return? UT Dallas tax senior lecturer Art Agulnek has some practical advice for avoiding common and costly mistakes and other Tax Day headaches. Too many taxpayers make simple errors that can delay refunds, he says. Others leave money on the table by overlooking deductions. And growing numbers have discovered that identity thieves already have beaten them to their refunds. ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500